A. Public Works Director:
1. The city shall be responsible for the protection of the drinking water distribution system from the foreseeable conditions leading to the possible contamination or pollution of the drinking water system due to the backflow of contaminants or pollutants into the drinking water supply.
2. Drinking water system surveys/inspections of the consumer’s water distribution system(s) shall be conducted or caused to be conducted by individuals deemed qualified by and representing the City. Survey records shall indicate compliance with the State of Utah regulations. All such records will be maintained by the city.
3. The city shall schedule and notify in writing all consumers with an approved backflow prevention assembly of the need for the periodic system survey to insure compliance with existing applicable minimum health and safety standards.
4. Selection of an approved backflow prevention assembly for containment control required at the service entrance shall be determined from the results of the system survey.
B. Consumer:
1. To comply with this chapter as a term and condition of water supply and consumer’s acceptance of service is admittance of his/her awareness of his/her responsibilities as a water system user.
2. It shall be the responsibility of the consumer to purchase, install and arrange testing and maintenance of any backflow prevention device/assembly required to comply with this chapter. Failure to comply with this chapter shall constitute grounds for discontinuation of service.
C. Chief Building Official:
1. The chief building official’s responsibility to enforce the applicable sections of the plumbing code begins at the point of service (downstream or consumer side of the meter) and continues throughout the length of the consumer’s water system.
2. The chief building official will review all plans to ensure that unprotected cross connections are not an integral part of the consumer’s water system. If a cross connection cannot be eliminated, it must be protected by the installation of an air gap or an approved backflow prevention device/assembly, in accordance with the Plumbing Code as adopted by the State of Utah.
D. Certified Backflow Technician, Public Works Technician Or Repair Person:
1. Whether employed by the consumer or a utility to survey, test, repair or maintain backflow prevention assemblies, the Certified Backflow Technician, Public Works Technician, or repair person will have the following responsibilities:
a. Insuring that acceptable testing equipment and procedures are used for testing, repairing or overhauling backflow prevention assemblies.
b. Making reports of such testing and/or repairs to the consumer and the public works director on forms approved for such use by the public works director within time frames as described by the Division of Drinking Water.
c. Including the list of materials or replacement parts being used on in the reports.
2. Ensuring that replacement parts are equal in quality to parts originally supplied by the manufacturer of the assembly being repaired.
3. Not changing the design, material or operational characteristics of the assembly during testing, repair or maintenance.
4. Performing all tests of the mechanical devices/assemblies, and shall be responsible for the competence and accuracy of all tests and reports.
5. Ensuring that his/her license is current, the testing equipment being used is acceptable to the State of Utah and is in proper operating condition.
6. Being equipped with, and competent to use, all necessary tools, gauges, test tags, and other equipment necessary to properly test, and maintain backflow prevention assemblies.
7. Tagging each double check valve, pressure vacuum breaker, reduced pressure backflow assembly and high hazard air gap, showing the serial number, date tested and by whom. The certified technician’s license number must also be on the tag.
E. Repair Of Backflow Assemblies: In the case of a consumer requiring an assembly to be tested, any currently certified backflow technician is authorized to make the test and report the results to the consumer and the public works director. If any commercially tested assembly is in need of repair, the construction trade license act, Utah Code Annotated section 58-55-301, requires a licensed plumber to make actual repairs on any assembly within a building. (Ord. 6-17-2003B, 6-17-2003; amd. Ord. 5-5-2009A, 5-5-2009; Ord. 02-06-2024A, 2-6-2024)