The township board has exclusive governing control over the maintenance and use of the mains and fittings of a water supply district established under section 1 and shall exercise this control in accordance with the terms of section 1 to 20a and the rules and regulations that are required by and conform to section 5(d). The rules and regulations may be amended by the township board only after notice of its intention to do so, specifying the date, hour, and place of meeting of the board for this purpose, is published for 3 successive weeks in a newspaper circulating within the township.