Comments on: Decatur Adopts State-Mandated Water Ordinance

By: TopHat Cat

TopHat Cat — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:09:16 +0000

Make that “establish water service in our name.” House is not new construction, so I guess we could have kept any water-hogging toilets we wanted as long as they were working?

By: TopHat Cat

TopHat Cat — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:07:15 +0000

Seconding this, because I also thought it was strange. We just bought a house inside the city limits and when we went to establish water service found that it’s location inside an “incorporated area” meant that we were not required to produce an statement from a home inspector stating that our toilets were all low-flow, etc. If the house were in unincorporated DeKalb we would have been.

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:04:40 +0000

Unincorporated Dekalb County has rules different from the City of Decatur regarding the retrofit of toilets/fixtures (unless something has changed in the last year). When I sold my home in unincorporated Dekalb, I retrofitted all commodes/faucets/showers with low-flow. (I think it is not a “requirement” for the seller, but since verification must be made that all fixtures are low-flow in order to sell/establish new water service, it certainly is most conducive to moving the sale along). Anyway, when I inquired as to whether or not the seller of the house we bought INSIDE the city limits was going to change out the “old” commodes, etc., I was informed that it is NOT a requirement inside the City of Decatur to retrofit with low-flow (which seems VERY weird to me). It seems that I did confirm this on-line or with the county (can’t remember who gave confirmation).

By: abbeysroadhome

abbeysroadhome — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:41:19 +0000

Seems the new construction requirement is a bit redundant since Dekalb already requires it in homes sold since some time in the past.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:17:07 +0000

But don’t get them wet after midnight, for then they will multiply.