(a) All water districts which provide or propose to provide water and wastewater service shall:

(1) adopt regulations governing the construction of commercial and/or household service lines and connections to the district's water and wastewater system;

(2) complete and have operable water and wastewater lines and a treatment plant before any connections are authorized;

(3) establish an inspection program to ensure that all new commercial and household connections are made in accordance with accepted construction practices prior to authorizing covering (back fill) of the service line trench;

(4) require that the district's inspector certify in writing that the connection was installed in accordance with accepted construction practices and in compliance with the district's regulations governing this type of work;

(5) submit for the executive director's approval copies of its regulations, inspection procedures, method of certification, and method of financing;

(6) upon submission of each bond application, document to the executive director that a water and wastewater service connection inspection program is in force for all new connections and that certification by the district's inspector of compliance with district rules is on file in the district's records.

(b) Suggested regulations for wastewater systems may be obtained from the executive director upon request. Strict enforcement of such regulations will eliminate infiltration/inflow problems in service lines, sewage treatment plant overload and, as a result, reduce operation and maintenance costs.

(c) This section is applicable whether a district intends on operating facilities itself or intends on conveying the facilities to a third party.

Source Note: The provisions of this §293.111 adopted to be effective September 5, 1986, 11 TexReg 3747; amended to be effective October 22, 1996, 21 TexReg 9905; amended to be effective October 26, 2006, 31 TexReg 8699