(a) The Water Supply Cross Connection Rules of the State of Michigan’s Primacy Enforcement Agency, being R 325.11401 to R 325.11407 of the Michigan Administrative Code, are hereby adopted by reference.
(b) The City of Battle Creek (“City”) shall cause inspections to be made of all commercial and residential properties served by the public water supply where cross connection with the public water supply is deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and reinspections, based on potential health hazards involved, shall be as established by the City and as approved by the State of Michigan’s Primacy Enforcement Agency.
(c) City Representatives shall have the right to enter, at a reasonable time, any property served by a connection to the public water supply system of the City for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof for cross connections. On request, the owner, lessee or occupant of any property so served shall furnish to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the piping system or systems on such property. The refusal of such information or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross connections.
(d) The City is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue water service, after giving reasonable notice to a property owner, to any property wherein a connection in violation of any provision of this chapter exists. The City is authorized to take such other precautionary measures as are deemed necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply system. Water service to such property shall not be restored until the cross connection has been eliminated in compliance with this section.
(e) The potable water supply made available on properties served by the public water supply shall be protected from possible contamination as specified by this chapter and by the State Plumbing Code. Any water outlet which could be used for potable or domestic purposes and which is not supplied by the potable system must be labeled in a conspicuous manner as: WATER UNSAFE FOR DRINKING.
(f) The owner, lessee or occupant of any property served by a connection to the public water supply system of the City shall have all testable backflow prevention assemblies tested initially upon installation or relocation and after any repair to be sure that the assembly is working properly. Subsequent testing of assemblies shall be on an annual basis as required by the City of Battle Creek and in accordance with the State Plumbing Code and the State of Michigan’s Primacy Enforcement Agency requirements. Residential water customers shall receive a testing notice every 5 years for non- chemically treated lawn irrigation systems. Only individuals that hold an active Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester Certification in accordance with the American Society of Sanitary Engineering (ASSE) Standard 5110 are permitted to test. Tester(s) approved to this standard shall certify the results of their testing.
(g) This section does not supersede the state plumbing code but is supplementary to it.
(h) A person who violates this section is responsible for a Class E Municipal civil infraction and shall be subject to the civil fines provided Section 202.98.
(Ord. 14-01. Passed 10-16-01; Ord. 03-2017. Passed 4-11-17; Ord. 09-2020. Passed 11-24-20.)