necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the purposes set
forth in this section, including, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the following rights and powers:
* * *
(30) Where a sewer or water system of an authority is to
be extended or where a private lateral water line is to be
replaced or remediated at the expense of the owner of
properties or where the authority otherwise would construct
customer facilities referred to in paragraph (24), other than
water meter installation, a property owner shall have the
right to construct the extension or install the customer
facilities himself or through a subcontractor approved by the
authority, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The authority shall have the right, at its option, to perform
the construction itself only if the authority provides the
extension, replacement, remediation or customer facilities at
a lower cost and within the same timetable specified or
proposed by the property owner or his approved subcontractor.
Construction by the property owner shall be in accordance
with an agreement for the extension of the authority's system
and plans and specifications approved by the authority and
shall be undertaken only pursuant to the existing
regulations, requirements, rules and standards of the
authority applicable to such construction. Construction shall
be subject to inspection by an inspector authorized to
approve similar construction and employed by the authority
during construction. When a main is to be extended at the
expense of the owner of properties, the property owner may be
required to deposit with the authority, in advance of
construction, the authority's estimated reasonable and
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