(A) Authorized representatives from the Department and Brunswick County Water Department shall have the right to enter, upon presentation of proper credentials and identification, any building, structure, or premises during normal business hours, or at any time during the event of an emergency, to perform any duty imposed by this subchapter. Those duties may include sampling and testing of water, or inspections and observations of all piping systems connected to the public water supply. Where a user has security measures in force that would require proper identification and clearance before entry into their premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with the security guards so that upon presentation of suitable identification, Department personnel will be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities. Refusal to allow entry for these purposes may result in discontinuance of water service.
(B) On request, the consumer shall furnish to the Department any pertinent information regarding the water supply system on such property where cross-connections and backflow are deemed possible.
(C) The consumer's system should be open for inspection at all reasonable times to authorized representatives from the county or town to determine whether unprotected cross-connections or other structural or sanitary hazards, including violations of this policy, exist. Refusal to allow entry for these purposes shall result in enforcement action (disconnection of water services, stipulated penalties, and the like). When a condition becomes know, the consumer, his or her agent, occupant, or tenant shall be notified in writing to disconnect the unprotected cross-connection(s) within a time period established in this policy. The degree of protection required and the period of time required for conformance shall be commensurate with the actual or potential degree of hazard to the public potable water supply system.
(1) Cross-connection with private wells or other unapproved auxiliary water supplies require immediate disconnection of unapproved sources.
(2) Cross-connection requiring correction through:
(a) Elimination;
(b) Air gap separation;
(c) Reduced pressure principle backflow prevention assembly (RPZ) or double check valve assembly (DCVA) for sized three-fourths inch through two inch require 30 day maximum conformance period.
(3) Cross-connection requiring correction through reduced pressure principle backflow prevention assembly (RPZ) or double check valve assembly (DCVA) for sizes greater than two inch require 120 day maximum conformance period.
(4) Upon completion of the above requirement, the consumer shall be required to submit, in writing, notification of compliance to the Department.
(5) If, in the judgment of the Department, an imminent health hazard exists, water service to the building or premises where a cross-connection exists may be terminated unless an air gap is immediately provided, or the cross-connection is immediately eliminated.
(6) Based upon recommendation from the Department, the consumer is responsible for installing sufficient internal isolation backflow prevention assemblies and/or methods (for example, air gap, pressure vacuum breakers, reduced pressure principle backflow prevention assembly, double check valve assembly).
(7) No person shall fill special use tanks or tankers containing pesticides, fertilizers, other toxic chemicals or their residues from the public water system except at a location equipped with an air gap or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow prevention assembly properly installed on the public water supply.
(Res. passed 11-20-03) Penalty, see § 50.99