2022 Service Rules and Regulations Louisville Water Company
for future services, the applicant shall also pay the refunding amount attributed to services that did
not materialize in the section of main to be abandoned.
3.08.4 Cost Adjustment - Upon completion of the water facility relocation, under either method, the actual
cost of the project to the Company shall be determined. If the actual cost is found to be less than
the amount deposited, the excess amount shall be refunded to the applicant. If the
actual cost shall be determined to be more than the amount deposited, then a supplemental bill
shall be rendered to the applicant for payment within 30 days. A detailed summary of actual costs
will be made available to the applicant, upon request.
3.08.5 Ownership and Control - After the construction of an approved water facility relocation, it shall
become the sole property, and be under the exclusive control and management, of the Company,
and the Company shall have the right to extend such water facility or to make connections thereto
for extensions, for itself, and for other parties who may make proper application for extensions, all
without the consent or compensation of the applicant for whom the relocation was made.
3.08.6 Determination of Size of Water Main - Company may install a pipe line of larger size than the
main being relocated. In this event, total project cost entering into the computing of the deposit
and the cost to the applicant shall be on the basis of that required to relocate the existing size
main, including the cost of material, labor and rock excavation. The applicant will bear the cost
for installations, labor, and rock excavation associated with upsizing the mains up to and including
12 inches in diameter water mains. For mains being upsized to larger than 12 inches in diameter,
the Company will bear the incremental cost of material, installations, labor and rock excavation
associated with upsizing the water main.
3.08.7 Rights-of-Way and Easements - No application for water facility relocation will be approved until
or unless the streets or roadways in which they are to be installed have been shown on a final
subdivision plat intended for public dedication and recordation or legally dedicated to public use
in compliance with the pertinent statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations of the appropriate
public agency, or accepted as dedicated public ways by municipalities, County Fiscal Courts or
State agencies by recorded deeds, or easements of sufficient size as determined by the Company
are granted to the Company by the applicant, or are obtained for the Company and such dedication
or easement permits installation of public water service facilities. Where mains are installed based
on a final subdivision plat and the plat is subsequently changed, the developer retains the sole
responsibility, and Louisville Water retains the right to require the developer, to procure and
provide to Louisville Water, with no cost and expense to Louisville Water, any and all easements
specified herein including, but not limited to, changes and / or modification of the design due to
engineering and / or field construction conditions.
4.0 TAPPING FEES
4.01 Tapping Fee Policy
Tapping fees, as per the regular schedule approved by the Board of Water Works, as the Board
may otherwise designate, will be collected and retained by the Company from customers applying
for water service to property abutting on pipe lines installed by the Company, at its expense, and
also on pipe lines installed and paid for by others, as set forth in Section 3 of these rules.