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1. A backflow prevention assembly technician registered by the State shall include their registration number on all correspondence and forms required by or associated with this chapter.
2. Noncompliance with any of the following by a registered technician shall be grounds for reporting such individual to the State Department of Public Health:
A. Improper testing or repair of backflow prevention assemblies.
B. Improper reporting of the results of testing or of repairs made to backflow prevention assemblies.
C. Failure to meet registration requirements.
D. Related unethical practices or deliberate falsification of documentation.
Backflow prevention assemblies shall be tested as follows:
1. A registered backflow prevention assembly technician shall perform testing of backflow prevention assemblies. The costs of the testing and reporting required in this subsection and Subsections 2 through 8 of this section shall be borne by the customer.
2. Backflow prevention assemblies shall be tested upon installation and tested and inspected at least annually.
3. Backflow prevention assemblies, which are in place, but have been out of operation for more than three months, shall be tested before being put back into operation. Backflow prevention assemblies used in seasonal applications shall be tested before operation resumes each season.
4. Any backflow prevention assembly which fails a periodic test shall be repaired or replaced. When water service has been terminated for noncompliance, the backflow prevention assembly shall be repaired or replaced prior to the resumption of water service. A registered backflow prevention assembly technician shall retest backflow prevention assemblies immediately after repair or replacement.
5. Any backflow prevention assembly, which fails a periodic test that has been installed as part of an underground lawn irrigation system shall be replaced with approved reduced pressure principle backflow assembly to prevent backflow or back siphoning.
6. The administrative authority may require backflow prevention assemblies to be tested at any time in addition to the annual testing requirement.
7. The registered backflow prevention assembly technician shall report the successful test of a backflow prevention assembly to the customer and to the City or its authorized designee, as directed by City, within 15 days of the test. The report shall be in the form and format prescribed by the City, which may include the submission of the report in an electronic form.
8. The administrative authority may require, at the owner’s expense, additional tests of individual backflow prevention assemblies as it shall deem necessary to verify test procedures and results.
Backflow prevention assemblies shall be repaired in accordance with the following:
1. Registered backflow prevention assembly technicians shall perform all repairs to backflow prevention assemblies.
2. Any backflow prevention assembly, which fails a periodic test that has been installed as part of an underground lawn irrigation system that is not already an approved reduced pressure principle, shall be replaced with approved reduced pressure principle backflow assembly to prevent backflow or back siphoning.
3. The registered backflow prevention assembly technician shall not change the design, material, or operational characteristics of a backflow prevention assembly during repair or maintenance, and shall use only original manufacturer replacement parts.
4. The registered backflow prevention assembly technician shall report the repair of a backflow prevention assembly to the customer and to the administrative authority on the form provided by the administrative authority within 15 days of the repair. The report shall include the list of materials or replacement parts used.
5. Anytime fire services are discontinued for a period of time longer than necessary to test the device, the tester is required to notify the Fire Marshal’s office that the fire services are shut off for repair.
The water service may be discontinued in the case of noncompliance with this chapter. Noncompliance includes, but is not limited to, the following:
1. Refusal to allow the administrative authority access to the property for the purpose of performing inspections required by this chapter.
2. Removal of a backflow prevention assembly, which has been required by the administrative authority.
3. Bypassing of a backflow prevention assembly, which has been required by the administrative authority.
4. Providing inadequate backflow prevention when cross connections exist.
5. Failure to install, test, or properly repair a backflow prevention assembly, which has been required by the administrative authority.
6. Deliberate falsification of documentation concerning the backflow prevention assemblies or possible cross connections.
7. Failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
1. The administrative authority may deny or discontinue, after written notice to the customer thereof, the water service to any premises wherein:
A. Any backflow prevention device required by these regulations is not installed or maintained as outlined in this chapter.
B. It is found that the backflow prevention device has been removed or bypassed.
C. An unprotected cross connection exists on the premises.
D. The administrative authority is denied entry to determine compliance with these regulations.
2. The administrative authority may immediately deny or discontinue, without notice to the customer thereof, the water service to any premises wherein a severe cross connection exists which constitutes an immediate threat to the safety of the public water system. The administrative authority shall notify the customer within 24 hours of said denial or discontinuation of service.
3. Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the customer has corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects in conformance with these regulations, and to the satisfaction of the administrative authority.
4. The customer shall pay a fee as set forth in the fee schedule established by the Council for the turning off and turning on a water service for noncompliance of this chapter.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by this chapter for any particular provision or section, any person violating any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted herein by reference shall, upon conviction, be subject to the standard penalty as stated in Section 1-4-1.