Which turned out to be the fault of bypass water meter

2023-01-28

Recently, the staff on duty of the water company received a consultation call from users, reporting that there was no water in the village, and asked the staff to come to check and help solve the problem. After receiving the call, the staff on duty immediately set off to find out the reason for the water outage. After investigation, the main water inlet valve in the village was artificially closed.

The staff opened the main valve and after the water supply was restored, the user Chen came to the site of the main valve. "When cleaning up the garbage, I accidentally dug the water pipe behind the house." Chen explained, "At 10 o'clock in the evening In the future, there should be less water in the village, so I closed the main valve and prepared to repair the pipeline by myself.” Accompanied by Chen, the on-duty staff went to the location where the pipe was broken, and planned to help users repair the pipe as soon as possible to reduce the waste of water resources.

When they arrived at the maintenance site, the staff on duty found a tee connected to the water pipe, "This water pipe is already the end pipe network, and there is only a certain family in Chen behind, so there is no need to install a tee joint at all." Sure enough, after investigation, the on-duty staff found that Chen let water directly to his home through bypass water meter by this three-way interface. Chen's behavior had constituted the embezzlement of public water supply.

After repairing the damaged pipe network, the on-duty personnel removed the privately installed tee, and charged a total of 1,000 yuan for maintenance fees and a deposit for suspected water theft, and contacted the administrative law enforcement team to punish Chen for his illegal behavior.

Many people have a vague understanding of the misappropriation of urban public water, thinking that this is at best a small advantage, and once they are discovered, they will pay the water bill. They do not realize that some of these acts have constituted illegal crimes.

Below, let's learn about the dangers and costs of stealing public water supplies.

1. Misappropriation of urban water supply wastes public resources and infringes on the property of the water supply unit;

2. In the process of private connection and theft of public water, it may also damage urban public pipelines and water supply facilities, affect normal social order and public life, and damage the interests of water users;

3. Private connection and theft of public water will affect the water pressure of the city. In case of emergency such as fire, it will affect the normal use of fire hydrants and endanger public safety.

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