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

Logan Municipal Code § 13.08.180 is the city's leak and waste rule. It allows free access in all proper hours to the superintendent or other authorized person upon the premises to all places supplied with city water, to examine the apparatus, the amount used, the manner of using the water and any leaks or wastage of water. The section prints no reporting deadline for customers; the duty it creates is to stop waste.

The second sentence makes it unlawful for any consumer to waste water by defective valves, stops, joints or any other means, or in violation of any rules and regulations for controlling the water supply. A dripping valve or a failed joint on the customer's side is therefore the consumer's problem to repair.

The enforcement tool is shutoff. For violation of the section, the water can be cut off from the premises, in addition to the penalty provided elsewhere in the chapter, unless the person promptly pays such additional charges or fine as may be imposed for the violation.

Related sections fill in the repair side. Under § 13.08.130, in case of emergency or accident to service pipes, a licensed plumber can shut off the water at the curb box when no private shutoff has been installed and the plumber could not first reach the city water department. The plumber must immediately notify the department and leave the water off, and the water is not turned on until a private shutoff has been installed. Section 13.08.260 requires a private stop and waste cock within nine inches of the wall where each pipe enters a building. Section 13.08.030 says the waterworks department is not responsible for damages done by water caused by frozen pipes or faulty valves or shutoff cocks caused by use by plumbers or property owners. Interfering with the superintendent or watermaster during an inspection is unlawful under § 13.08.040.