Berwyn, IL Water Use Rules: Leak Reporting Duty (2026)

Section 1050.04 of the Berwyn Code of Ordinances sits in Chapter 1050, Water Conservation, alongside short rules on flushing sanitary sewers, fixtures in public restrooms and water recycling systems at car washes. The leak rule is one sentence long: whenever a water leak is found on private property, the owner of the property, after being duly notified by the city of the leak, shall make repairs to stop the leak. Three parts of that sentence do the work. First, the duty attaches to the owner of the property, not to a tenant or a plumber.

Second, it is triggered by notification from the city, so the obligation begins when Berwyn tells the owner about the leak. Third, the required result is that the leak is stopped by repair. The section prints no repair deadline in days, no notice form and no reporting hotline for residents, so no timeline is written into the ordinance itself. A history note reads (1999 Code, § 1050.06), which shows the rule was carried forward from the earlier 1999 Code. Chapter 1050 cross-references Chapter 1042 for water and sewer connections and use, Chapter 1048 for water and sewer rates and charges, and Chapter 1040 for the waterworks and sewerage system. An owner who wants to know how the account is billed should read those chapters, because § 1050.04 does not itself adjust any charge.