(a) Responsibility: utilities department.
(1) The utilities department will be primarily responsible for preventing any contamination or pollution of the public water system. This responsibility begins at the point of origin of the public water system supply and includes all of the public water distribution system, and ends at the service connection, under the Federal or State Safe Drinking Water Act. The backflow administrator shall exercise vigilance to ensure that the consumer/customer has taken the proper steps to protect the public potable water system.
(2) When it has been determined by an inspection of the customer's private water system that a backflow protection system is required for the protection of the public water system, the backflow administrator shall notify, in writing, the owner of any such building or premises, to correct within a time set by this article, any plumbing installed or existing that is in violation of this article.
(3) The backflow administrator will select an approved backflow prevention assembly to be installed at the service connection. The owner shall be notified that the installation of a backflow prevention assembly may create a closed system, and as a result thermal expansion may occur. In these circumstances the owner must understand and assume all liability and responsibilities for that phenomenon.
(b) Responsibility: customer.
(1) The customer has the responsibility of preventing contaminants and pollutants from entering the customer's private water system or the public water system operated by the Village of Bald Head Island. The customer, at its own expense, shall install, operate, and maintain all backflow prevention assemblies specified within this article.
(2) If a tenant customer does not maintain the private water system, and has no authority to bring the system into compliance with the provisions of this article, the Village of Bald Head Island may assert any available action against any proper party to assure the private water system is brought into compliance with this article.
(Ord. of 10-26-2007)