No house to have connexion with fittings of adjoining house. Connexion to be by ferrule or stop-cock. Material and joints of external pipes. No pipe to be laid through drains, &c. Depth of pipes under ground. No connexion with rain water receptacle. Stop-valve. Character of cis- Waste-pipes to be removed or converted into warning-pipes. water-rates of which are paid by one owner, the said owner may, at his option, have one sufficient " communication-pipe" for such group or block. 6. No house supplied with water by the company shall have any connexion with the pipes or other fittings of any other premises, except in the case of groups or blocks of houses, referred to in the preceding regulation. 7. The connexion of every "communication-pipe" with any pipe of the company shall hereafter be made by means of a sound and suitable brass screwed ferrule or stop-cock with union, and such ferrule or stop-cock shall be so made as to have a clear area of waterway equal to that of a half-inch pipe. The connexion of every "communication-pipe" with the pipes of the company shall be made by the company's workmen, and the company shall be paid in advance the reasonable costs and charges of and incident to the making of such connexion. 8. Every "communication-pipe" and every pipe external to the house and through the external walls thereof, hereafter respectively laid or fixed, in connexion with the water of the company shall be of lead, and every joint thereof shall be of the kind called a "plumbing" or "wiped " joint. 9. No pipe shall be used for the conveyance of, or in connexion with, water supplied by the company, which is laid or fixed through, in, or into any drain, ashpit, sink or manure-hole, or through, in, or into any place where the water conveyed through such pipe may be liable to become fouled, except where such drain, ashpit, sink, or manure-hole, or other such place, shall be in the unavoidable course of such pipe, and then in every such case such pipe shall be passed through an exterior cast-iron pipe or jacket of sufficient length and strength, and of such construction as to afford due protection to the water-pipe. 10. Every pipe hereafter laid for the conveyance of, or in connexion with, water supplied by the company, shall, when laid in open ground, be laid at least two feet six inches below the surface, and shall in every exposed situation be properly protected against the effects of frost. 11. No pipe for the conveyance of, or in connexion with, water supplied by the company, shall communicate with any cistern, butt, or other receptacle used or intended to be used for rain-water. 12. Every "communication-pipe" for the conveyance of water to be supplied by the company into any premises shall have at or near its point of entrance into such premises, and if desired by the consumer within such premises, a sound and suitable stop-valve of the screw-down kind, with an area of waterway not less than that of a half-inch pipe, and not greater than that of the "communication-pipe," the size of the valve within these limits being at the option of the consumer. If placed in the ground such "stop-valve" shall be protected by a proper cover and "guard-box." 13. Every cistern used in connexion with the water supplied by the company shall be made and at all times maintained water-tight, and be properly covered and placed in such a position that it may be inspected and cleansed. Every such existing cistern, if not already provided with an efficient "ball-tap," and every such future cistern shall be provided with a sound and suitable "ball-tap" of the valve kind for the inlet of water. 14. No overflow or waste-pipe other than a "warning-pipe" shall be attached to any cistern supplied with water by the company, and every such overflow or waste-pipe existing at the time when these regulations come into operation shall be removed, or at the option of the consumer shall be converted into an efficient "warning-pipe," within two calender months next after the company shall have given to the occupier of, or left at the premises in which such cistern is situate, a notice in writing requiring such alteration to be made. 15. Every "warning-pipe” shall be placed in such a situation as Arrangement of will admit of the discharge of the water from such "warning-pipe" warning-pipes. being readily ascertained by the officers of the company. And the position of such "warning-pipe" shall not be changed without previous notice to and approval by the company. 16. No cistern buried or excavated in the ground shall be used Buried cisterns for the storage or reception of water supplied by the company, prohibited. unless the use of such cistern shall be allowed in writing by the company. 17. No wooden receptacle without a proper metallic lining shall Butts prohibited. be hereafter brought into use for the storage of any water supplied by the company. 18. No draw-tap shall in future be fixed unless the same shall be Ordinary drawsound and suitable and of the "screw-down" kind. 19. Every draw-tap in connexion with any "stand-pipe" or other apparatus outside any dwelling-house in a court or other public place, to supply any group or number of such dwelling-houses, shall be sound and suitable and of the "waste-preventer" kind, and be protected as far as possible from injury by frost, theft, or mischief. 20. Every boiler, urinal, and watercloset, in which water supplied by the company is used (other than waterclosets in which hand flushing is employed), shall, within three months after these regulations come into operation, be served only through a cistern or service-box and without a stool-cock, and there shall be no direct communication from the pipes of the company to any boiler, urinal, or watercloset. tap. Draw-taps in connexion with stand-pipes. Boilers, waterclosets, and uri nals to have cisterns. 21. Every watercloset-cistern or watercloset service-box hereafter Watercloset fitted or fixed in which water supplied by the company is to be apparatus. used, shall have an efficient waste-preventing apparatus, so constructed as not to be capable of discharging more than two gallons of water at each flush. 22. Every urinal-cistern in which water supplied by the company Urinal-cistern is used other than public urinal cisterns, or cisterns having apparatus. attached to them a self-closing apparatus, shall have an efficient "waste-preventing" apparatus, so constructed as not to be capable of discharging more than one gallon of water at each flush. 23. Every “down-pipe" hereafter fixed for the discharge of water Watercloset into the pan or basin of any watercloset shall have an internal down-pipes. diameter of not less than one inch and a quarter, and if of lead shall weigh not less than nine pounds to every lineal yard. 24. No pipe by which water is supplied by the company to any watercloset shall communicate with any part of such watercloset, or with any apparatus connected therewith, except the servicecistern thereof. 25. No bath supplied with water by the company shall have any overflow waste pipe, except it be so arranged as to act as a "warning-pipe." Pipes supplying watercloset to communicate with cistern only. Bath to be with out overflow pipe. 26. In every bath hereafter fitted or fixed the outlet shall be Bath apparatus. distinct from, and unconnected with, the inlet or inlets; and the inlet or inlets must be placed so that the orifice or orifices shall be Definition of above the highest water level of the bath. The outet of every such bath shall be provided with a perfectly water-tlight plug, valve, or cock. 27. No alteration shall be made in any fittings in connexion with the supply of water by the company without two days' previous notice in writing to the company. 28. Except with the written consent of the consumer, no cock, ferrule, joint, union, valve, or other fitting, in the course of any "communication-pipe," shall have a waterway of less area than that of the "communication-pipe," so that the waterway from the water in the district-pipe or other supply-pipe of the company up to and through the stop-valve prescribed by regulation No. 12, shall not in any part be of less area than that of the "communication-pipe" itself, which pipe shall not be of less than a half-inch bore in all its course. 29. All lead "warning-pipes," and other lead pipes of which the ends are open, so that such pipes cannot remain charged with water, may be of the following minimum weights, that is to say :— -inch (internal diameter) 3 lbs. per yard. do. 30. In these regulations the term "communication-pipe" shall communication- mean the pipe which extends from the district pipe or other supply pipe of the company up to the "stop-valve prescribed in the regulation No. 12. pipe." Penalties. Authorised officer may act for company. Existing fittings. 31. Every person who shall wilfully violate, refuse, or neglect to comply with, or shall wilfully do or cause to be done any act, matter, or thing, in contravention of these regulations, or any part thereof, shall, for every such offence, be liable to a penalty in a sum not exceeding £5. 32. Where under the foregoing regulations any act is required or authorised to be done by the company, the same may be done on behalf of the company by an authorised officer or servant of the company; and where under such regulations any notice is required to be given by the company, the same shall be sufficiently authenticated if it be signed by an authorised officer or servant of the company. 33. All existing fittings, which shall be sound and efficient, and are not required to be removed or altered under these regulations, shall be deemed to be prescribed fittings under the " Metropolis Water Act, 1871." In the following regulations The expression "the Order" means the The expression "the Undertakers" means the Undertakers or the purposes of the Order. *** The expression "pressure" means the difference of electrical (a.) Where the conditions of the supply are such that the (b.) Where the conditions of the supply are such that the Where these regulatios require any metallic body to be "efficiently connected with earth," it shall be connected with the general mass of earth in such manner as will ensure at all times an immediate and safe discharge of electrical energy. Other expressions to which meanings are assigned in the Order or in the above-mentioned Acts have the same respective meanings in these regulations A. REGULATIONS FOR *** (1.)-(15.) General. SECURING THE SAFETY OF (15.) Where any accident by explosion or fire, or any other acci- Accidents to be dent of such kind as to have caused or to be likely to have caused reported. loss of life or personal injury has occurred at any part of any electric line or work, the Undertakers shall give immediate notice thereof to the Board of Trade. (16.)-(26.) Aerial Lines. Electric Lines other than Aerial Lines. Construction of electric lines. (27) All conduits, pipes, casings, and street boxes used as receptacles for electric lines shall be constructed of durable material, receptacles for and where laid under carriage ways shall be of ample strength to prevent damage from heavy traffic; and reasonable means shall be taken by the Undertakers to prevent accumulation of gas in such receptacles. Crossing pipes, &c. Electric continuity of metal conduits. pipes, and casings. Precautions pipe, &c. Precautions to be taken when bare conductors are used. High pressure lines laid above ground. High pressure lines laid in proximity to other electric lines or to the surface of the ground. Street boxes. (28.) Where any electric line crosses, or is in proximity to, any metallic substance, special precautions shall be taken by the Undertakers against the possibility of any electrical discharge to the metallic substance from the line or from any metal conduit, pipe or casing enclosing the line. (29.) All metal conduits, pipes, or casings containing any electric line shall be efficiently connected with earth; and shall be so jointed and connected across all street boxes and other openings as to make good electrical connexion throughout their whole length. (30.) Where isolated lengths of metal conduit, pipe, or casing are used for the protection of any electric line at road crossings or similar positions, special precautions shall be taken to prevent the possibility of any electrical charging thereof. (31.) Where the conductors of electric lines placed in any conduit are not continuously covered with insulating material, they shall be secured in position, and no unfixed uninsulated material of a conducting nature shall be contained in the conduit. No such conductor shall be at a higher potential than 300 volts. Adequate precautions shall also be taken to ensure that no accumulation of water shall take place in any part of the conduit, and to prevent any dangerous access of moisture to the conductors or the insulators. In the case of any such electric lines laid in conduits after the date of these regulations, the insulators shall be so disposed that they can be readily inspected. (32) Every portion of any high pressure electric line placed above the surface of the ground, or in any subway not in the sole occupation of the Undertakers, shall be completely enclosed either in a tube of highly insulating material embedded in brickwork, masonry, or cement concrete, or in strong metal casing efficiently connected with earth. (33) Where any high pressure electric line is laid beneath the surface of the ground, efficient means shall be taken to render it impossible that the surface of the ground or any neighbouring electric line or conductor shall become charged by leakage from the high pressure electric line. Street Boxes. (34.) In addition to the provisions contained in Regulation 27 as to the construction of receptacles for electric lines, the following regulations shall be observed with respect to the construction of street boxes: (a.) The covers of all street boxes shall be so secured that they cannot be opened except by means of a special appli ance. (b.) The covers of all street boxes containing high pressure apparatus other than cables shall be connected to strips of metal laid immediately underneath the adjacent roadway, and efficient means shall be taken to render it impossible that the covers or other exposed parts of these boxes, or any adjacent material forming the surface of the street, shall become electrically charged, whether by reason of leakage, defect, or otherwise. (c.) Where street boxes are used as transformer chambers, reasonable means shall be taken to prevent as far as possible any influx of water, either from the adjacent soil or by means of pipes; and in the case of any such street box exceeding one cubic yard in capacity, ample provision shall |