69-4-511. Financial responsibility and liability for water service pipeline. (1) A property owner is responsible for the costs of constructing privately supplied water service pipelines from the main to his premises and for maintaining service pipelines from his property line to his premises. The private water service provider is responsible for the cost of maintaining water service pipelines from the main to the owner's property line, except that the property owner shall pay for pipe and other supplies used in maintaining water service lines between the main and his property line.
     (2) A property owner is not liable for any injury or property damage associated with excavation in maintaining water service pipelines if the excavation does not occur between his property line and his premises.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 184, L. 1987.