Water Meters Required; Rates.
Milwaukee City Charter § 14-24
in effect14-24. Water Meters Required; Rates.
The commissioner of public works, with the approval of the common council, may require the attaching and connecting of water meters to all service pipes supplying water from the city water works to hydraulic elevators or to manufactories and other places of business where water is used for manufacturing or other purposes, and the commissioner, with the approval of the common council, may prescribe and regulate the kind of water meters to be used in said city and the manner of attaching and connecting the same, and may in like manner make such other rules for the use and control of water meters attached and connected as herein provided as shall be necessary to secure reliable and just measurement of the quantity of water used for any such elevator or manufactory or other business place, and may alter and amend such rules from time to time, as shall be necessary for the purpose named; provided, that all such rules and all amendments and alterations thereof, shall be approved by the common council before the same shall have effect. If the owner or occupant of any premises, where the attaching and connection of a water meter may lawfully be required, shall neglect or fail to attach and connect such water meter, as is required according to the rules of the commissioner, for thirty days after the expiration of the time in which such owner or occupant shall have been notified by said commissioner to attach and connect such meter, said commissioner may cause the water supply by the city to be cut off from the premises, and it shall not be restored except upon such terms and conditions as the commissioner, with the approval of the common council, shall prescribe. The charge for water supplied by the city in all premises where meters are or shall be attached and connected shall be at rates fixed by the commissioner with the approval of the council, and for the quantity indicated by the meter, unless in any case the commissioner shall determine that the quantity indicated by the meter is materially incorrect, and in such case the commissioner shall determine in the best way in his power the quantity used, and such determination shall be conclusive. (S. 1, Ch. 463, L. 1887.)
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/City-Charter/CH14.pdf#page=6Fetched: 10/26/2026