§ 11-1108 Supervision and extension of system. A system of water works
acquired or established under this article shall be under the control
and supervision of the board of water commissioners. The board shall
keep it in repair and may, from time to time, extend the mains or
distributing pipes within the village, replace obsolete, inadequate,
damaged, destroyed or worn-out apparatus and equipment, improve or
reconstruct existing facilities and appurtenances and acquire or
construct additional facilities. The board of water commissioners may
determine that the cost of extending the mains or distributing pipes, as
herein provided, shall be borne wholly by the village, or wholly by the
owners of land benefited or abutting on the street on which said work is
done, or partly at the expense of each. If such expense or any part
thereof is to be assessed upon adjoining land, the board of water
commissioners may apportion it upon the land and assess the same as a
whole or by installments. Such assessment and the collection thereof
shall be made pursuant to the provisions of article five of this
chapter.