It is a federal offense to tamper with any public utility service. The Cullman County Water Dept. reserves the right to discontinue service without notice for the following additional reasons:

• The occurrence and discovery of any tampering, alteration, modification or interference with any water meter, register, measuring device or any other component o the meter with or without the knowledge of the customer.
• Customer’s willful disregard of the Rules and Regulations as set forth by CCWD.
• Emergency repairs
• Legal proceedings
• Insufficiency of water supply due to circumstances beyond the water department’s control
• By order of public authorities
• The prevention of fraud or abuse
• Delinquent accounts
• More than one household on a meter
• No mail receptacle or active P.O. Box
• If a customer or establishment either effects, causes, allows or permits an unauthorized connection or reconnection to the CCWD system by means of removing a lock, installing a jumper or any other means of reconnecting to the system the customer will be responsible for paying all costs and penalties for the unauthorized connection. If the customer or establishment refuses to pay ll costs associated with the unauthorized connection, said customer is subject to prosecution under Alabama State Law 86-429.