Water Use Rules in New York (2026)

Albany property owners must install, maintain, and repair their own water service lines, and the Water Commissioner can…

In the Town-operated Stony Brook Water District, the consumer, not the District, must keep service pipes and meters in…

Owners and occupants must immediately repair leaks in service pipes beyond the main. If not fixed within 24 hours of…

In Glen Cove, the property owner must repair any leak in the water service pipe between the main and the meter, since…

Under Hempstead Code § 70-10, water customers connected to the Town of Hempstead Department of Water must notify the…

In the Dix Hills Water District, property owners must repair leaks on their side of the service line immediately at…

When DEP finds a leak at a water tap or service pipe, it notifies the owner or occupant, who must make repairs to stop…

Rochester property owners, not the City, are responsible for repairing a leaky or defective water service pipe from the…

Consumers on the Smithtown and St. James Water Districts must report and repair any leak in their service line…

Syracuse property owners and tenants must give the water division's meter repair shop immediate notice of any stoppage…

Yonkers property owners connected to the city water main must fix any leak in their service pipe within 48 hours of…