Eagle Mountain, UT Water Use Rules: Leak Reporting Duty (2026)

160 bars any water user connected to the city system from wasting water, and it names the specific ways a leak accomplishes that waste: through imperfect stops, taps, valves, leaky joints or pipes, or by letting tanks or water troughs leak or overflow. The section also covers wasteful running of water from hydrants, faucets, or stops, or through basins, water closets, urinals, sinks, or other apparatus, and more broadly bars any use of water that violates the rules, regulations, or ordinances that control the city water system.

Because the prohibition runs against the water user rather than the plumbing itself, a leaking pipe or fixture that a customer knows about and does not fix is itself the violation. 290 gives the director or an authorized representative the right to enter a building or premises at reasonable times to inspect for conditions, including plumbing conditions, that make the property unsafe or noncompliant, after first making a reasonable effort to locate the owner and demand entry. 280: a violator forfeits payments already made and the right to use the service, service to the premises is discontinued, and the violator is separately guilty of a misdemeanor for violating any provision of the water chapter.