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Water Use Rules in Wauwatosa, WI (2026)

1 verified water use rules for Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Leak Reporting Duty

A Wauwatosa water customer who reports and repairs a leak on the customer's side of the meter within fifteen days of the bill can get the water superintendent to adjust that quarter's bill under Municipal Code Section 13.04.180. Separately, Section 13.04.480 makes the owner responsible for repairing a leaky service pipe or facing a water shutoff.

Wauwatosa Water Leak Reporting and Repair Duty

Some Restrictions

Wauwatosa Municipal Code §§ 13.04.180, 13.04.480

The water superintendent may adjust a customer's quarterly water bill where a leak in the water system has existed on the outlet side of the customer's water meter if satisfactory evidence that such leak has been repaired is presented to the water superintendent within fifteen days of receipt of the bill for water service for the quarter in which such leak was repaired and the water superintend...

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