(A) Public Works Director. It shall be the responsibility of the Public Works Director to protect the public water supply by applying the remedies and enforcement provisions set forth in § 51.120 and as otherwise provided in state, local and federal law.
(B) Building Department. The town Building Official, as head of the Building Department, shall have the following responsibilities for backflow prevention enforcement.
(1) The Building Official shall administer and enforce all applicable cross connection control provisions of the town of Chino Valley Plumbing Code, and amendments, including issuance of permits for all required backflow prevention assemblies.
(2) The Building Official shall determine, in conjunction with the Department, whether a facility is a listed facility or activity in § 51.118 and therefore requires backflow protection. This responsibility includes inspection as necessary of all existing facilities to be connected to the town water services.
(3) The Building Official shall, as a condition of issuance of any building permit, require installation of appropriate backflow prevention as required by § 51.118 and the town’s Plumbing Code.
(4) The Building Official and Public Works Director shall determine the type and location of all backflow prevention assemblies in accordance with this chapter and all other codes and ordinances of the town.
(5) The Department shall keep accurate and adequate records of each location of an approved backflow prevention assembly, required tests and any subsequent maintenance or repair thereof.
(C) Customer responsibilities. It shall be the responsibility of the customer to prevent contaminants or pollutants from entering the customer’s building potable water system and the public potable water system. The customer’s responsibility starts at the point of service delivery from the public potable water system and includes all water piping systems. The customer shall properly locate, install, test and maintain each backflow assembly in good working condition and provide the necessary inspections and tests to assure that the assembly is operating properly. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) The customer shall obtain a permit from the Building Department for installation of any backflow prevention assembly and for modification or relocation of the assembly or any plumbing system.
(2) The customer shall test all backflow prevention assemblies at least once a year, except that the Building Official or the Public Works Director may require more frequent testing if warranted. As to fire lines or fire sprinkler systems with backflow prevention assemblies, the initial and annual tests shall be performed by a certified tester who is also permitted by the Fire Marshal to test fire lines or fire sprinkler systems. The initial and annual test shall include a full flow test. It is the responsibility of the customer to test and submit all testing results to the Department. If the test reveals the assembly to be defective or in an unsatisfactory operating condition, the customer shall perform all repairs or replacement, to the satisfaction of the Public Works Director, so that the assembly is in satisfactory operating condition.
(3) If the Public Works Director, the Building Official or the customer becomes aware during the interim period between annual tests that an assembly is defective or in unsatisfactory operating condition, the customer shall perform all repairs, replacement and testing, to the satisfaction of the Public Works Director, so that the customer has an assembly in satisfactory operating condition.
(4) Assembly testing shall be performed only by a certified tester.
(5) The customer shall be responsible for submitting copies of testing records pertaining to assemblies, on forms approved by the Department, by the date specified by the Department. The customer shall retain all records for a minimum of 3 years from the date that a copy of the record was provided to the Department.
(6) The customer shall install the backflow prevention assemblies at the customer’s expense, in compliance with the standards and specifications adopted by the town.
(7) In the event the customer’s or the public water system is contaminated or polluted due to a cross connection or other cause, and the same comes to the knowledge of the customer, the Public Works Director and the Yavapai County Health Department shall be promptly notified by the customer so that appropriate measures may be taken to overcome the contamination.
(Ord. 04-578, passed 7-22-2004; Am. Ord. 2022-913, passed 2-22-2022)