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(a) The water system shall be considered as made up of two parts: the public potable water system and the consumer's water system.
(b) The public potable water 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 City Manager or his designee up to the point where the consumer's water system begins.
(c) The source shall include all components of the facilities utilized in the production, treatment, storage and delivery of water to the public distribution system.
(d) The public distribution system shall include the network of conduits used for delivery of water from the source to the consumer's water system.
(e) The consumer's water system shall include those parts of the facilities beyond the service connection which are utilized in conveying water form the public distribution system to
points of use. (Ord. 2019-02. Passed 1-2-19.)
(a) No water service connection shall be installed or maintained to any premises where actual or potential cross-connections to the public potable or consumer's water system may exist unless such actual or potential cross-connections are abated or controlled to the satisfaction of the City Manager or his designee.
(b) No connection shall be installed or maintained whereby water from an auxiliary water system may enter a public potable or consumer's water system unless such auxiliary water system and the method of connection and use of such system shall have been approved by the City Manager or his designee and by the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency as required by Section 6109.13 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(c) Auxiliary water system piping must remain physically disconnected from all piping through which public water flows. The physical separation must be physically observable and verified in writing annually.
(d) A reduced pressure principle backflow assembly must be installed at the meter on the public water system if (i) there is an auxiliary water system, or (ii) if the City determines that there is a potential threat to its public water system.
(e) Installation of water-operated backup submersible pumps is prohibited. Any existing water-operated submersible pump system must be air-gaped or removed within fifteen (15) days of receipt of notice to remove from the City.
(Ord. 2019-02. Passed 1-2-19.)
(a) The consumer's premises shall be open at all reasonable times to the City Manager or his designee for the conduction of surveys and investigations of water use practices within the consumer's premises to determine whether there are actual or potential cross-connections to the consumer's water system through which contaminants or pollutants could backflow into the public potable water system.
(b) On request by the City Manager or his designee, the consumer shall furnish information on water use practices within his premises.
(c) It shall be the responsibility of the water consumer to conduct periodic surveys of water use practices on his premises to determine whether there are actual or potential cross-connections in his water system through which contaminants or pollutants could backflow into his or the public potable water system.
(Ord. 2019-02. Passed 1-2-19.)
(a) An approved backflow prevention device shall be installed on each service line to a consumer's water system service premises, where in the judgment of the City Manager or his designee or the Director, actual or potential hazards to the public potable water system exist.
(b) 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 having an auxiliary water system, unless such auxiliary system is accepted as an additional source by the City Manager or his designees and the source is approved by the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency;
(2) Premises on which any substance is handled in such a fashion as to create an actual or potential hazard to the public potable water system. This shall include premises having sources or systems containing process fluids or waters originating from the public potable water system which are no longer under the sanitary control of the City Manager or his designee;
(3) Premises having internal cross-connections that, in the judgment of the City Manager or his designee, 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 reestablished;
(6) Others specified by the City Manager or his designee or the Director.
(c) 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 facilities unless the City Manager or his designee or the Director determines that no actual or potential hazard to the public potable 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) Others specified by the City Manager or his designee or the Director.
(d) An approved backflow prevention device shall be installed at any point of connection between the public potable or consumer's water system and an auxiliary water system, unless such auxiliary system is accepted as an additional source by the City Manager or his designee and the source is approved by the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. (Ord. 2019-02. Passed 1-2-19.)
(a) The type of protection required under Sections 929.06(a), (b) and (c) of these Regulations shall depend on the degree of hazard which exists as follows:
(1) An approved air gap separation shall be installed where the public potable water system may be contaminated with substances that could cause a severe health hazard;
(2) An approved air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device shall be installed where the public potable water system may be contaminated with any substance that could cause a system or health hazard and must be approved by the City Manager or designee thereof;
(3) An approved air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device or an approved double check valve assembly shall be installed on any new residential structure or new secondary meters, where the public potable water system may be polluted with substances that could cause a pollutional hazard not dangerous to health.
(b) The type of protection required under Section 929.06(d) of these Regulations shall be an approved air gap separation or an approved interchangeable connection.
(c) Where an auxiliary water system is used as a secondary source of water for a fire protection system, the provisions of Section 929.07(b) for an approved air gap separation or an approved interchangeable connection may not be required, provided:
(1) At premises where the auxiliary water system may be contaminated with substances that could cause a system or health hazard, the public or consumer's potable water system shall be protected against backflow by installation of an approved reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device;
(2) At all other premises, the public or consumer's potable water system shall be protected against backflow by installation of either an approved reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device or an approved double check valve assembly;
(3) The public or consumer's potable water system shall be the primary source of water for the fire protection system;
(4) The fire protection system shall be normally filled with water from the public or consumer's potable water system;
(5) The water in the fire protection system shall be used for fire protection only, with no regular use of water from the fire protection system downstream from the approved backflow prevention device;
(6) The water in the fire protection system shall contain no additives.
(Ord. 2019-02. Passed 1-2-19.)
(a) Any backflow prevention device required by these Rules and Regulations shall be of a model or construction approved by the City Manager or his designee and the Director and shall comply with the following:
(1) An air gap separation, to be approved, shall be at least twice the diameter of the supply pipe, measured vertically above the top rim of the vessel, but in no case less than one inch.
(2) A double check valve assembly or a reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device shall be approved by the City Manager or his designee, and shall appear on the current list of approved backflow prevention devices of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(3) An interchangeable connection, to be approved, shall be either a swing type connector or a four-way valve of the lubricated plug type that operates through a mechanism which unseats the plug, turns it ninety degrees and reseats the plug. Four-way valves shall not be used as stop valves but must have separate stop valves on each pipe connected to the valve. The telltale port on the four-way valve shall have no piping connected and the threads or flange on this port shall be destroyed so that a connection cannot be made.
(b) Existing backflow prevention devices approved by the City Manager or his designee or the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency at the time of installation and properly maintained shall, except for inspection, testing and maintenance requirements, be excluded from the requirement of Section 929.08(a) of this regulation providing the City Manager or his designee is assured that they will satisfactorily protect the public potable water system. Whenever the existing device is moved from the present location or requires more than minimum maintenance or when the City Manager or his designee finds that the maintenance of the device constitutes a hazard to health, the device shall be replaced by a backflow prevention device meeting the requirements of these Regulations.
(c) Responsibility for installing and maintaining backflow preventers rests with the water consumer. Vertical installation of a reduced pressure principle backflow device should only be used if horizontal installation is not feasible. The reduced pressure principle backflow device must also be certified effective by the manufacturer if installed in the verticle position.
(Ord. 2019-02. Passed 1-2-19.)
(a) Backflow prevention devices required by these Rules and Regulations shall be installed at a location and in a manner approved by and at the expense of the water consumer. In addition, any backflow prevention device required by Section 929.07(b) and (c) shall be installed at a location and in a manner approved by the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency as required by Section 6109.13 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(b) Backflow prevention devices installed on the service line to a consumer's water system shall be located on the consumer's side of the water meter, as close to the meter as is reasonable practical, and prior to any other connection.
(c) Pits or vaults shall be of water-tight construction, be so located and constructed as to prevent flooding and shall be maintained free from standing water by means of either a sump and pump or a suitable drain. Such sump pump or drain shall not connect to a sanitary sewer nor permit flooding of the pit or vault by reverse flow from its point of discharge. An access ladder and adequate natural or artificial lighting shall be provided to permit maintenance, inspection and testing of the backflow prevention device.
(d) Reduced pressure principle backflow prevention devices must be installed above ground level or floor level, whichever is higher.
(Ord. 2019-02. Passed 1-2-19.)
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