§ 20-1-113. CONTROL OF WATER EXTENSIONS; DUTY OF CITY TO SUPPLY WATER.

The operating control of water extensions in the metropolitan district shall be in the hands of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore who shall bill and collect the water rates established as provided in § 20-1-115 of this title and shall maintain the water distribution system in as good a condition, and the water service in as efficient a manner as the remainder of the water system owned and operated by the City of Baltimore so that there shall be at all times an adequate flow of water fit for human consumption, none the less pure than the water furnished by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to the inhabitants of Baltimore City, and sufficient to supply to the inhabitants of the county water for all public, private, domestic, manufacturing, or other needs which the water mains were designed or intended to supply.

(1988 Code, § 35-138) (Bill No. 126, § 2, 9-28-1990; Bill No. 30-03, § 1, 7-1-2004)

Annotation:
  A statutory precursor to this section, as it existed prior to amendment, is referred to in Dinneen v. Rider, 152 Md. 343, 136 A. 754 (1927). Home Owners' Loan Corp. v. Baltimore City, 175 Md. 676, 3 A.2d 747 (1939), also cites the former section in holding that Baltimore City water service charges for property in Baltimore County do not constitute a lien. Ch. 258 of the Acts of 1947 empowers Baltimore City to discontinue water service to any person or property in or outside the city limits because of nonpayment of fees or charges.