Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 67603. Connection to water system

(a) The board of supervisors may by ordinance require that a property owner connect with and use a water system of the township or municipality authority or a joint water board in either of the following cases:

(b) A property owner who, after the effective date of this subsection,   1 is subject to mandatory connection pursuant to subsection (a)(1), shall not be required to connect to the water system pursuant to that subsection if all of the following conditions exist:

(c) Those industries and farms which have their own supply of water for uses other than human consumption may continue to use their own water for that purpose but are required to use the township water system to provide water for human consumption.

(d) In the case of a water system provided by the township or a municipality authority or a joint water board, the board of supervisors may impose and charge to property owners who desire to or are required to connect to the water system a connection fee, a customer facilities fee, a tapping fee and other similar fees as enumerated under 53 Pa.C.S. § 5607(d)(24) (relating to purposes and powers).

(e) Whenever a water system or any part or extension thereof owned by a township has been constructed by the township at the expense of a private person or corporation or has been constructed by a private person or corporation under the supervision of the township at the expense of the private person or corporation, the board of supervisors shall have the right to charge a tapping fee, including a reimbursement component, and refund said reimbursement component to the person or corporation who has paid for the construction of said water system or any part or extension thereof.