(a) If, in the judgment of the Municipal Manager, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water system, the Municipal Manager will give notice to the water consumer to install such an approved device immediately. The water consumer shall, at his own expense, install this approved device at a location and in a manner approved by the Municipal Manager, and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved device as required by the Municipal Manager.
(b) 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 City may enter the supply or distributing system of the City, unless such private, auxiliary, or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply has been approved by the Municipal Manager and by the State Environmental Protection Agency.
(c) It shall be the duty of the Municipal Manager to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply where 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 as often as the Municipal Manager shall deem necessary.
(d) The Municipal Manager or his duly authorized representative shall have the right to enter, at any reasonable time, any property served by a connection to the City public water supply or distribution system for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof. On demand the owner, lessees, or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Municipal Manager any information which he may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on the property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Municipal Manager, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as described in this section.
(e) The Municipal Manager is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this section is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to such property shall not be restored until such conditions have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 1987-11. Passed 12-15-87.)
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