Unprotected cross-connection prohibited.
(A) No water service connection to any private water system shall be installed or maintained by the City of Albemarle. Service of water to any premises shall be discontinued by the City of Albemarle if a backflow assembly, required by this chapter, is not installed, tested, and maintained or if a backflow assembly has been removed, bypassed, or if an unprotected cross-connection exists on the premises. Service will be restored after all such conditions or defects are corrected.
(B) No customer shall allow an unprotected cross-connection to be made or to remain involving the customer's private water system.
(C) No connection shall be made to an unapproved auxiliary water supply unless the public water supply is protected against backflow by an approved backflow assembly, appropriate to the degree of hazard.
(D) No customer shall fail to maintain in good operating condition any backflow prevention assembly, which is part of the customer's private water system and is required by this chapter.
(E) No customer shall fail to submit to the City of Albemarle any record, which is required by this chapter.
(Ord. 07-25, passed 9-4-07)