(a) No water service connection to any private water system shall be installed or maintained by the utilities department unless the water supply is protected as required by this article and in accordance with the North Carolina State Plumbing Code, and the North Carolina Administrative Code. Service of water to any premises may be discontinued by the utilities department if a backflow prevention assembly required by this article is not installed, tested and maintained, or if a backflow prevention assembly has been removed or 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 prevention 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 article.
(e) No customer shall fail to submit to the utilities department any records, which are required by this article.
(Ord. of 10-26-2007)