(a) "Approved" means that a backflow prevention assembly, device, or method has been accepted by the Director as suitable for the proposed use.
(b) "Auxiliary water system" means any water system on or available to the premises other than the public water system. These auxiliary water systems shall include used water or water from a source other than the public water system, such as wells, cisterns or open reservoirs that are equipped with pumps or other prime movers, including gravity.
(c) "Backflow" means the flow of water or other liquids, mixtures, or substances into the distributing pipes of a potable water supply from any source other than the intended source of the potable water supply.
(d) "Backflow preventer" means any assembly, device, method, or type of construction intended to prevent backflow into a potable water system. This definition applies wherever "backflow prevention device" is used in this chapter.
(e) “Consumer" means the owner or person in control of any premises supplied by or in any manner connected to a public water system.
(f) "Consumer's water system" means any water system, located on the consumer's premises, supplied by or in any manner connected to a public water system. A household plumbing system is considered to be a consumer's water system.
(g) "Cross-connection" means any arrangement whereby backflow can occur.
(h) "Director" means the Director of Public Service, their designee or authorized agent.
(i) "Health hazard" means any condition, device, or practice in a water system or its operation that creates, or may create, a danger to the health of users.
(j) "Person" means any individual, public or private corporation, partnership, or other legal entity.
(k) "Pollutional hazard" means a condition through which an aesthetically objectionable or degrading material, which is not dangerous to the public water system or health of users, may enter the public water system or portion of a consumer's water system.
(l) "Premises" means any building, structure, dwelling or area containing plumbing or piping supplied from the City's water system.
(m) "Service connection," means the terminal end of a service line from the City's water system. If a meter is installed at the end of the service, then the service connection means the downstream end of the meter.
(n) "Severe health hazard" means a health hazard to users that could reasonably be expected to result in significant morbidity or death.
(o) "System hazard" means a condition posing an actual or potential threat of damage to the physical properties of the water system or a consumer's water system.
(p) "Water system" means a system for the provision of piped water or process fluids, and includes any collection, treatment, storage or distribution facilities used primarily in connection with such system.
(Ord. 2021-67. Passed 12-6-21.)