It is determined that danger to the public health, safety and welfare resulting from contamination or pollution of the public potable water supply system requires that measures be adopted to protect that system by authorizing town officials to:
(A) Protect the public potable water supply from the possibility of contamination or pollution by preventing the backflow of contaminants or pollutants into the public water supply system;
(B) Promote the awareness and elimination of cross connections, actual or potential, of a customer’s internal potable water system with the public potable water supply system;
(C) Provide for a continuing program of backflow prevention control which will prevent the contamination or pollution of the public potable water supply system;
(D) Provide for the monitoring and enforcement of a continuing program of backflow prevention which will prevent the contamination or pollution of the public potable water supply; and
(E) Comply with the federal, state and local requirements.
(Ord. 04-578, passed 7-22-2004; Am. Ord. 2022-913, passed 2-22-2022)