In addition to the other powers which it has, the County may, under this chapter:
(1) Plan, construct, acquire by gift, purchase, or the exercise of the right of eminent domain, reconstruct, improve, better or extend any water system, and acquire by gift, purchase, or the exercise of the right of eminent domain, land or rights in land in connection therewith;
(2) Operate and maintain any water system and furnish the services and facilities rendered or afforded thereby;
(3) Issue its negotiable or nonnegotiable bonds to finance, either in whole or in part, the cost of the planning, acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of any water system, pledging the full faith and credit of the County to the punctual payment of the bonds and the interest thereon;
(4) Pledge to the punctual payment of the bonds and the interest thereon an amount of the revenues derived from the operation of such water system (including the revenues of the existing facilities, if any, comprising a water system which is being improved, bettered, extended or acquired, and the revenues to be derived from any improvements, betterments, extensions, thereafter constructed or acquired), or of any part of any such water system, sufficient to pay, on either equal or priority basis, the bonds and interest as the same become due and create and maintain reasonable reserves therefor, which amount may consist of all or any part or portion of such revenues;
(5) Accept from any authorized agency of the state or federal government, or from persons, firms, or corporations, grants or contributions for the planning, construction, acquisition, lease, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of any water system and enter into agreements with such agency respecting such loans and grants;
(6) Enter into and perform a contract or contracts with any person, municipality, or agency of the state or federal government for the sale, purchase, treatment, purification, transmission or distribution of water.
Structure Delaware Code
Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 4503. Water system within city or town.
§ 4504. Bonds; authorization, amount, terms, sale and interest rate.
§ 4505. Authorized signatures on bonds; validity of issuance.
§ 4506. Payment of bonds, faith and credit of County; tax levy.
§ 4507. Authorization of covenants in bonds.
§ 4508. Service charges; amount and application.
§ 4509. Power to make charges; liability of users; computation of rates.
§ 4510. Penalties for failure to pay charges.
§ 4511. Lien of service charges on real estate.
§ 4514. Discontinuance of water supply for failure to pay service charge.
§ 4515. Contract with municipality for the filtering, purifying or supplying of water.
§ 4516. Connection of property with water mains.
§ 4517. Licensed plumber to connect property with water mains.
§ 4518. Misrepresentations in application and unauthorized connections with water main; penalty.
§ 4519. Surveys and inspections by county government; penalty for refusal to permit.