(A) Any cross-connection with other sources of water supply shall be made in conformity with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health and/or requirements as other regulatory bodies may from time to time require and/or the rules and regulations of the town in force at that time. Copies of the State Board of Health/IDEM regulations and town requirements are on file for the benefit and inspection of parties concerned.
(B) All plumbing shall conform to the State Plumbing Code, which does not permit physical connections between the public water supply and waste lines, process solution lines, tanks and the like, unless properly protected by approved safety device (backflow device).
(C) As a condition to receiving water service, the customer shall grant to the town, upon request, the right to enter the customer's premises at all reasonable times to make periodic inspections of customer's piping. The town will report any violations, as set out in divisions (A) and (B) above, to both the customer and to the respective regulatory authority. The town will not assume responsibility for damage, sickness or death arising from the existence of an improper cross- connection or the use or failure of a cross-connection prevention device. Failure to correct a non-complying installation will lead to a disconnection of service.
(Prior Code, § 3.1C.12)
(D) CROSS-CONNECTION shall be defined as any physical connection or arrangement between two otherwise separate systems, one of which contains potable water from the town water system, and the other, water from a private source, water of unknown or questionable safety or steam, gases or chemicals, whereby there may be a flow from one system to the other, direction of flow depending on the pressure differential between the two systems.
(Prior Code, § 3.6.1)
(E) No person, firm or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintained or permit to be maintained any cross-connection. No interconnection shall be established whereby other than the regular public water supply of the town may enter the supply or distribution system of the municipality, unless the private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of the supply shall have been approved by the Environmental Management Board in accordance with Rule 320 I.A.C. 3-9.
(Prior Code, § 3.6.2)
(F) It shall be the duty of the Town Water Utility to cause inspections to be made of all properties served by the public water system where cross-connections with the public water system are deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and reinspections based on potential health hazards involved shall be as established by the Town Water Utility.
(Prior Code, § 3.6.3)
(G) Upon presentation of credentials, the representative of the Town Water Utility shall have the right to request entry at any reasonable time to examine any property served by a connection to the public water system of the town for cross-connections. On request, the owner, lessee or occupant of any property served shall furnish to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the piping system or systems on the property. The refusal of access of requested pertinent information shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross-connections.
(Prior Code, § 3.6.4)
(H) The Town Water Utility is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue water service to any property where any connection in violation of this section exists, and to take other precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water system. Water service shall be discontinued only after reasonable notice is served on the owner, lessee or occupants of the property or premises where a violation is found or suspected to exist. Water service to the property shall not be restored until the cross-connection(s) has been eliminated in compliance with the provisions of this section.
(Prior Code, § 3.6.5)
(I) If it is deemed by the Town Water Utility that a cross-connection or an emergency endangers public health, safety or welfare and requires immediate action, and a written finding to that effect is filed with the Clerk of the town and delivered to the consumer's premises, service may be immediately discontinued. The consumer shall have an opportunity for hearing within ten days of the emergency discontinuance.
(Prior Code, § 3.6.6)
(J) All consumers using toxic or hazardous liquids, all hospitals, mortuaries, wastewater treatment plants, laboratories and all other hazardous users install and maintain a reduced-pressure principle backflow preventer in the main water line serving each building on the premises. The backflow preventer must be installed in an easily accessible location not subject to flooding or freezing.
(Prior Code, § 3.6.7)
(K) This section does not supersede the State Uniform Plumbing Code.
(Prior Code, § 3.6.8)
(Ord. 83-006, passed - -1983; Ord. 95-009, passed - -1995) Penalty, see § 51.999