(A) Cross connections between the city’s water system and other water or other systems or between the city’s water system and equipment containing water or other substances of unknown or questionable safety are prohibited; provided, however, that the Building Official or Water Superintendent may expressly permit temporary or permanent cross connections if, and only if, a suitable protective device such as a reduced pressure zone back-flow preventer or its equal is installed, tested, and maintained by the property owner at the owner’s expense, to ensure proper operation of the city’s water system, as cross connected, on a continuing basis. Protective devices shall be tested annually and overhauled every five years, and reports of all such testing and overhauling shall be given to the Water Department.
(B) If unauthorized or unpermitted cross connections between the city’s water system and any similar system or between the city’s water system and any equipment or other devices used in connection with one or more water systems are found to exist, the city may take whatever actions are reasonably required, in the opinion of the Building Official or the Water Superintendent, to safeguard the city’s water system, including but not limited to the following:
(1) Notifying the owner or operator of the system or equipment cross connected to the city’s water system to immediately terminate the condition of cross connectedness.
(2) Shutting off the city’s water supply to the affected property.
(3) Taking any other appropriate action to safeguard the city’s water system.
(C) Before any new connection to the city’s water system is permitted, the Water Department shall ascertain that no cross connection will exist when the new connection is made.
(Ord. 2013-03-05, passed 3-5-2013)