SERVICE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is between EAST CENTRAL SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT, a District
organized under the laws of the State of Texas (hereinafter called a District) and
__________________________________________(hereinafter called the Applicant and/or
Customer),
The District shall sell and deliver water and/or sewer service to the Applicant and the
Applicant shall purchase, receive, and/or reserve water and/or sewer service from the District in
accordance with Order Setting Rates and Policies of the District as amended from time to time
by the Board of Directors of the District. Upon compliance with the District’s Rules, including
payment of an Application Fee, the Applicant qualifies as a new applicant or continued
Customer as a Transferee and thereby may hereafter be called a Customer.
The Customer shall pay the District for service hereunder as determined by the
District’s Order Setting Rates and upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, a copy of
which has been provided as an information packet, for which Customer acknowledges receipt
hereof by execution of this Agreement.
The Board of Directors shall have the authority to discontinue service and cancel the
account of any customer not complying with any policy or not paying any utility fees or charges
as required by the District’s published rates, fees, and conditions of service. At any time service
is discontinued, terminated or suspended, the District shall not re-establish service unless it has
a current, signed copy of this agreement.
All water shall be metered by meters to be furnished and installed by the District. The
meter connection is for the sole use of the Customer and is to provide service to only one (1)
dwelling or one (1) business. Extension of pipe(s) to transfer utility service from one property
to another, to share, resell, or sub-meter water to any other persons, dwellings, businesses,
and/or property, is strictly prohibited.
The District shall have the right to locate water service meter and the pipe necessary to
connect the meter on the Customer’s property at a point to be chosen by the District, and shall
have access to its property and equipment that may be upon Customer’s premises at all
reasonable and necessary times for any purpose connected with or in the furtherance of its
business operations, and upon discontinuance of service the District shall have the right to
remove any of its equipment from the Customer’s property. The Customer shall install at their
own expense any necessary service lines from the District’s facilities and equipment to the point
of use, including any customer service installation valves, backflow prevention devices, clean-
outs, and other equipment as may be specified by the District. The District shall also have
access to the customer’s property for the purpose of inspecting for possible cross-connections
and other unauthorized plumbing practice.
The District’s authorized employees shall have access to the Customer’s property,
premises, and facilities at all reasonable times for the purpose inspection, to insure compliance
with state required Minimum Acceptable Operating Practices for Public Drinking Water
Systems, as promulgated by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission or successor
agency, applicable plumbing codes, and utility construction standards. The District strictly
prohibits the connection of service pipelines from its water service meter to any private well or
other unknown water supply.