To protect the public potable water supply of the City of Albemarle from the possibility of contamination or pollution, due to back siphonage or backpressure, by isolation within the consumer's private water system such contaminants or pollutants, which could backflow into the City of Albemarle public water conveyance system. Additionally, to define the authority of the City of Albemarle as the water purveyor entitled to eliminating all cross-connections, new or existing, within its public water system and to provide a comprehensive inspection program of cross-connections. Lastly to have inspection authority over those that will be installed in the future.
(Ord. 07-25, passed 9-4-07)