1174-E - Responsibilities of the authority.

§  1174-e. Responsibilities of the authority. The authority shall have  the responsibility to: 1.  investigate,  analyse  and  evaluate  various  options  for  the  distribution of water to the district, including, but  not limited to, the following:    (a) The purchase, in the name of the authority, or in the name of  any  municipality  or  municipalities,  of any water facility or distribution  system or parts thereof involved in the supply of water to the district;    (b) The operation of any water  facility  or  distribution  system  or  parts  thereof by any public water suppliers which operate in geographic  areas adjacent to the district;    (c) The creation of additional water authorities to  supply  water  to  portions  of  the  district  as  described  in  section  eleven  hundred  seventy-four-c of this article; and    (d) The retention of the water supply system within the district which  is in existence as of the effective date of this title.    2. Following any purchase pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one  of this section:    (a) Meter service to its customers; and    (b) Repair and maintain that portion of a water supply pipe  extending  from  the water mains to the water meter. For purposes of this paragraph  "water supply pipe" shall mean a pipe or line which connects  the  water  mains directly to a customer's water meter.