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(A) Purpose.
(1) The purpose of this subchapter is:
(a) To protect the public water supply system from contamination or pollution by isolating within the customer's water system contaminants or pollutants which could backflow through the service connection into the public water supply system.
(b) To promote the elimination or control of existing cross-connections, actual or potential, between the public or consumer's potable water system and non-potable water systems, plumbing fixtures and sources or systems containing substances of unknown or questionable safety
(c) To provide for the maintenance of a continuing program of cross-connection control which will prevent the contamination or pollution of the public and consumer's potable water systems.
(2) This subchapter is enacted to provide an effective means for protecting the public water supply system from contamination due to backflow of contaminants through the customer water service connection into the public water system.
(B) Application. This subchapter shall apply to all premises served by the public potable water supply system of the village.
(C) Policy.
(1) The owner or official custodian shall be responsible for protection of the public water supply system from contamination due to backflow or back-siphonage of contaminants through the customer's water service connection.
(2) If, in the judgement of the Water Superintendent or Plumbing Inspector, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Water Superintendent or Plumbing Inspector shall give notice to the consumer to install such approved backflow prevention device at each service connection to the premises.
(3) The consumer shall immediately install such approved device or devices at his or her own expense; failure, refusal or inability on the part of the consumer to install such device or devices immediately shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the premises until such device or devices have been installed.
(4) The consumer shall retain records of installation, maintenance, testing and repair as required in § 52.24(F)(4) for a period of at least five years.
(`95 Code, § 52.60) (Ord. 93-25, passed 8-10-93; Am. Ord. 03-41, passed 8-20-03)
The following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AGENCY. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
APPROVED. Backflow prevention devices or methods approved by the Water Superintendent or Plumbing Inspector, Research Foundation for the Cross-Connection Control of the University of Southern California, Association of the State Sanitary Engineers, American Water Works Association, American National Standards Institute or certified by the National Sanitation Foundation.
AUXILIARY WATER SYSTEM. Any water source or system on or available to the premises other than the public water supply system and includes the water supplied by the system. These auxiliary waters may included water from another purveyor's public water supply system; or water from a source such as wells, lakes, or streams, or process fluids or used water. These waters may be polluted or contaminated or objectionable or constitute a water source or system over which the water purveyor does not have control.
BACKFLOW. The flow of water or other liquids, mixtures, or substances into the distribution pipes of a potable water system from any source other than the intended source of potable water supply.
BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE. Any device, method or type of construction intended to prevent backflow into a potable water system. All devices used for backflow prevention in Illinois must meet the standards of the Illinois Plumbing Code and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
CONSUMER or CUSTOMER. The owner, official custodian or person in control of any premises supplied by or in any manner connected to a public water system.
CONSUMER'S WATER SYSTEM. Any water system located on the customer's premises. A building plumbing system is considered to be a CUSTOMER'S WATER SYSTEM.
CONTAMINATION. An impairment of the quality of the water by entrance of any substance to a degree which could create a health hazard.
CROSS-CONNECTION. Any physical connection or arrangement between two otherwise separate piping systems, one of which contains potable water and the other a substance of unknown or questionable safety or quality, whereby there may be a flow from one system into the other.
DOUBLE-CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY. An assembly composed of single, independently acting check valves approved under ASSE Standard 1015. A double check valve assembly must include tight shutoff valves located at water tightness of each check valve.
FIXED PROPER AIR GAPS. The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the water discharge point and the flood level rim of the receptacle.
HEALTH HAZARD. Any condition, device or practice in a water system or its operation resulting from a real or potential danger to the health and well-being of consumers. The word "severe" as used to qualify HEALTH HAZARD means a hazard to the health of the user that could be expected to result in death or significant reduction in the quality of life.
INSPECTION. A plumbing inspection to examine carefully and critically all materials, fixtures, piping and appurtenances, appliances and installations of plumbing system for compliance with requirements of the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890.
NON-POTABLE WATER. Water not safe for drinking, personal, or culinary use as determined by the requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 604.
PLUMBING. The actual installation, repair, maintenance, alteration or extension of a plumbing system by any person. Plumbing includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for a supply of water for all purposes, including without limitation lawn sprinkler systems, from the source of a private water supply on the premises or from the main in the street, alley, or at the curb to, within and about any building or buildings where a person or persons live, work or assemble. Plumbing includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, and appliances for a building drain and a sanitary drainage and related persons live, work or assemble from the point of connection of such building drain to the building sewer or private sewer disposal system five feet beyond the foundation walls.
POLLUTION. The presence of any foreign substance (organic, inorganic, radiological, or biological) in water that tends to degrade its quality so as to constitute a hazard or impair the usefulness of the water.
POTABLE WATER. Water which meets the requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 604 for drinking, culinary, and domestic purposes.
POTENTIAL CROSS-CONNECTION. A fixture or appurtenance with threaded hose connection, tapered spout, or other connection which would facilitate extension of the water supply line beyond its legal termination point.
PROCESS FLUIDS.
(1) Any fluid or solution which may be chemically, biologically or otherwise contaminated or polluted in a form or concentration such as would constitute a health, pollution, or system hazard introduced into the public or consumer's potable water system.
(2) This includes but is not limited to:
(a) Polluted or contaminated waters;
(b) Process waters;
(c) Used waters originating from the public water supply system which may have deteriorated in sanitary quality;
(d) Cooling waters;
(e) Questionable or contaminated natural waters taken from wells, lakes, streams, or irrigation systems;
(f) Chemicals in solution or suspension;
(g) Oils, gases, acids, alkalies and other processes, or for fire fighting purposes.
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY. All mains, pipes and structures through which water is obtained and distributed to the public, including wells or severally, actually used or intended for use for the purpose of furnishing water for drinking or general domestic use and which serve at least 25 persons at least 60 days per year. A public water supply is either a "community water supply" or a "non-community water supply."
REDUCED PRESSURE PRINCIPLE BACKFLOW PROTECTION DEVICE. A device containing a minimum of two independently acting check valves together with an automatically operated pressure differential relief valve located between these two checks shall be less than the supply relief valve, by discharging to the atmosphere, shall operate to maintain the pressure between the check valves at less than the supply pressure. The unit must include tightly closing shutoff valves located at each end of the device, and each device shall be fitted with properly located test cocks.
SERVICE CONNECTION. The opening, including all fittings and appurtenances, at the water main through which water is supplied to the user.
SURVEY. The collection of information pertaining to a customer's piping system regarding the location of all connections to the public water supply system and must include the location, type, most recent inspection and testing date of all cross-connection control devices and methods located within the customer's piping system regarding the location of all connections to the public water supply system and must include the location, type, and most recent inspection and testing date of all cross-connection control devices and methods located within the customer's piping system. The survey must be in written form, and should not be an actual plumbing inspection.
SYSTEM HAZARD. A condition through which an aesthetically objectionable or degrading material not dangerous to health may enter the public water supply system or an consumer's potable water supply system.
USED WATER. Any water supplied by a public water supply system to a consumer's water system after it has been passed through service connection and is no longer under the control of the water supply official custodian.
WATER PURVEYOR. The owner or official custodian of a public water system.
(Ord. 03-41, passed 8-20-03)
(A) The water system shall be considered made up of two parts:
(1) The public water supply system; and
(2) The consumer's water system.
(B) The public water supply system shall consist of the source facilities and the distribution system, and shall include all those facilities of the potable water system under the control of the Water Superintendent and Plumbing Inspector up to the point where the consumer's water system begins.
(C) The source shall include all the components of the facilities utilized in the production, storage, and delivery of water to the public water supply distribution system.
(D) The public water supply distribution system shall include the network of conduits used to deliver water from the source to the consumer's water system.
(E) The consumer's water system shall include all parts of the facilities beyond the service connection used to convey water from the public water supply distribution system to point of use.
('95 Code, §52.62) (Ord. 93-25, passed 8-10-93; Am. Ord. 03-41, passed 8-20-03)
(A) Connections between potable water systems and other systems or equipment containing water or other substances of unknown or questionable quality are prohibited except when and where approved cross-connection control devices or methods are installed, tested and maintained to insure proper operation on a continuing basis.
(B) (1) No physical connection shall be permitted between the potable portion of a supply and any other water supply not of equal or better bacteriological and chemical quality as determined by inspection and analysis by the agency.
(2) There shall be no arrangement or connection by which an unsafe substance may enter a supply.
(C) No person, firm or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby a private, auxiliary or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the village enters the supply or distribution system of the village, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Water Superintendent, the Plumbing Inspector, and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
('95 Code, § 52.63) (Ord. 93-25, passed 8-10-93; Am. Ord. 03-41, passed 8-20-03) Penalty, see § 52.99
(A) It shall be the duty of the Water Superintendent or the Plumbing Inspector to cause surveys and investigations to be made of commercial, industrial, and other properties served by the public water supply to determine whether actual or potential hazards to the public water, supply may exist. Such surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated at least every two years, or as often as the Water Superintendent or Plumbing Inspector shall deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least five years. The cost of the inspections shall be borne by the water customer whose property is inspected.
(B) The approved Cross-Connection Control Device Inspector shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the village for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and that the Superintendent or his or her authorized agent shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the village for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the customer regarding the cross-connection control inspection. On demand the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Water Superintendent or Plumbing Inspector any information which he or she may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Water Superintendent or Plumbing Inspector, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this subchapter.
(C) The consumer's premises shall be open at all reasonable times to the approved Cross-Connection Control Device Inspector for the inspection of the presence or absence of cross-connections within the consumer's premises, and testing, repair and maintenance of cross-connection control devices within the consumer's premises, with all associated costs being borne by the water customer.
(D) On request by the Water Superintendent, Plumbing Inspector, or their authorized representative, the consumer shall furnish information regarding the piping system or systems or water use within the consumer's premises. The consumer's premises shall be open at all reasonable times to the Water Superintendent or Plumbing Inspector for the verification of information submitted by the inspection consumer to the public water supply custodian regarding cross-connection inspection results.
(E) It shall be the responsibility of the water consumer to arrange periodic surveys of water use practices on his premises to determine whether there are actual or potential cross-connections to his or her water system through which contaminants or pollutants could backflow into his or her or the public potable water system. All cross-connection control or other plumbing inspections must be conducted in accordance with ILCS Ch. 225, Act 320, § 3.
(F) It is the responsibility of the water consumer to prevent backflow into the public water system by insuring that:
(1) All cross-connections are removed; or approved cross-connection control devices are installed for control of backflow back-siphonage.
(2) Cross-connection control devices shall be installed in accordance with the manufacturer's instruction.
(3) Cross-connection control devices shall be inspected at the time of installation and at least annually by a person approved by the agency as a Cross-Connection Control Device Inspector (CCCDI). The inspection of mechanical devices shall include physical testing in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
(4) Testing and records.
(a) Each device shall be tested at the time of installation and at least annually or more frequently if recommended by the manufacturer.
(b) Records submitted to the community public water supply shall be available for inspection by agency personnel in accordance with ILCS Ch. 415, Act 5, § 4.
(c) Each device shall have a tag attached listing the date of most recent test, name of CCCDI, and type and date of repairs.
(d) A maintenance log shall be maintained to include:
1. The date of each test;
2. The name and approval number of person performing the test;
3. The test results;
4. The repairs or servicing required;
5. The repairs and date completed; and
6. The servicing performed and date completed.
('95 Code, § 52.64) (Ord. 93-25, passed 8-10-93; Am. Ord. 03-41, passed 8-20-03) Penalty, see § 52.99
(A) All plumbing installed within the jurisdiction of the village shall be installed in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890. That, if in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code or in the judgement of the Cross-Connection Control Device Inspector, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply, the Water Superintendent or Plumbing Inspector will give notice to the water customer to install such an approved device immediately. The water customer shall, at his or her own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and all applicable local regulations, and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices upon installation and as required by the Illinois Plumbing Code, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and local regulations.
(B) An approved backflow device shall be installed on all connections to the public water supply as described in the Plumbing Code, 77111. Adm. Code 890 and the Agency's regulations 35 Ill. Adm. Code 680. In addition, an approved backflow prevention device shall be installed on each service line to a consumer's water system serving premises, where in the judgment of the Water Superintendent or Plumbing Inspector, actual or potential hazards to the public water supply system exist.
(C) An approved backflow prevention device shall be installed on each service line to a consumer's water system serving premises where the following conditions exist:
(1) Premises have an auxiliary water supply, unless such auxiliary supply is accepted as an additional source by the Water Superintendent and the source is approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) Premises on which any substance is handled which can create an actual or potential hazard to the public water supply system. This shall include premises having sources or systems containing process fluids or waters originating from the public water supply system which are no longer under the sanitary control of the Water Superintendent.
(3) Premises having internal cross- connections that, in the judgment of the Water Superintendent or Plumbing Inspector and the Cross- Connection Control Device Inspector, are not correctable or intricate plumbing arrangements which make it impractical to determine whether or not cross-connections exist.
(4) Premises where, because of security requirements or other prohibitions or restrictions, it is impossible or impractical to make a complete cross-connection survey.
(5) Premises having a repeated history of cross-connections being established or re-established.
(D) An approved backflow device shall be installed on all connections to the public water supply as described in the Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890 and the agency's regulations 35 Ill. Adm. Code 635. In addition, an approved backflow prevention device shall be installed on each service line to a consumer's water system serving, but not necessarily limited to, the following types of consumer facilities unless the Water Superintendent or Plumbing Inspector determines that no actual or potential hazard to the public water system exists:
(1) Hospitals, mortuaries, clinics, nursing homes.
(2) Laboratories.
(3) Piers, docks, waterfront facilities.
(4) Sewage treatment plants, sewage pumping stations or storm water pumping stations.
(5) Food or beverage processing plants.
(6) Chemical plants.
(7) Metal plating industries.
(8) Petroleum processing or storage plants.
(9) Radioactive material processing plants or nuclear reactors.
(10) Car washes.
(11) Pesticide, or herbicide or extermination plants and trucks.
(12) Farm service and fertilizer plants and trucks.
(Ord. 03-41, passed 8-20-03)
(A) The type of protection required under § 52.25(C)(1) through (C)(3) shall depend on the degree of hazard which exists as follows:
(1) An approved fixed proper air gap separation shall be installed where the public water supply system may be contaminated with substances that could cause a severe health hazard.
(2) An approved fixed proper air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device shall be installed where the public water supply system may be contaminated with substances that could cause a severe health hazard.
(3) An approved fixed proper air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device shall be installed where the public water supply system may be polluted with substances that could cause a pollution hazard not dangerous to health.
(B) The type of protection required under § 52.25(C)(4) and (C)(5) shall be an approved fixed proper air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device.
(C) Where a public water supply or an auxiliary water supply is used for a fire protection system, reduced pressure principle backflow preventers shall be installed on fire safety systems connected to the public water supply when:
(1) The fire safety system contains antifreeze, fire retardant or other chemicals;
(2) Water can be pumped into the system through an outside siamese connection;
(3) Water flows by gravity from a non-potable source; or water, can be pumped into the fire by safety from any other source;
(4) There is a connection whereby the fire safety system pressure can be increased by a booster pump.
('95 Code, §52.66) (Ord. 93-25, passed 8-10-93; Am. Ord. 03-41, passed 8-20-03)
(A) All backflow prevention devices or methods required by this subchapter shall be approved by the Water Superintendent, Plumbing Inspector, Research Foundation for Cross-Connection Control of the University of Southern California, American Water Works Association, American Society of Sanitary Engineering, or American National Standards Institute or certified by the National Sanitation Foundation to be to be in compliance with applicable industry specification.
(B) Installation of approved devices shall be made in accordance with 35 M. Adm. Code 653.802, and only as specified by the Research Foundation for Cross-Connection Control of the University of Southern California or applicable industry specifications. Maintenance as recommended by the manufacturer of the device shall be performed. Manufacturer's maintenance manual shall be available on-site.
('95 Code, § 52.67) (Ord. 93-25, passed 8-10-93; Am. Ord. 03-41, passed 8-20-03) Penalty, see § 52.99
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