Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 303

RELATING TO WATER COMPANIES IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE EXPANSION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES OF WATER COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. No water company doing business in New Castle County shall expand its facilities within New Castle County in order to service new customers or subscribers in New Castle County, nor shall any such company supply water to any new or additional customers or subscribers in New Castle County until the company is furnishing water to its present customers or subscribers in New Castle County in such a fashion that water pressure at every house supplied is at least 25 pounds at all times.

Section 2. No water company doing business in New Castle County shall expand its facilities in order to service new customers or subscribers unless it shall furnish water to the house of each new customer or subscriber in New Castle County at the pressure of at least 25 pounds at each house at all times while continuing also to supply each old customer or subscriber at the pressure of at least 25 pounds at each house at all times.

Approved June 21, 1955