(a) No person shall make any connection between water pipes and mains supplying water from the City to any other supply of water being from pipes, mains, pumps, tanks, or wells that receive their supply from any other service. The use of such a connection is prohibited whether or not it is protected with one or more check valves.
(Adopting Ordinance.)
(b) The City adopts by reference the Water Supply Cross Connection Rules of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality being R 325.11401 to R 325.11407 of the Michigan Administrative Code.
(c) The City shall cause inspections to be made of all properties served by the public water supply where cross connections with the public water supply is deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and reinspections based on potential health hazards involved shall be as established by the City and as approved by the Michigan Department of Environment Quality.
(d) The representative of the City shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply system of the City for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof for cross connections. On request, the owner, lessees, or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the piping system or systems on such property. The refusal of such information or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross connection.
(e) The City is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue water service after reasonable notice to any property wherein any connection in violation of this section exists and to take such other precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply system. Water service to such property shall not be restored until the cross connection(s) has been eliminated in compliance with the provisions of this section.
(f) All testable backflow prevention assemblies shall be tested at the time of installation or relocation and after any repair. Subsequent testing of devices shall be conducted at the time interval specified by the City and in accordance with Michigan Department of Environmental Quality requirements. Only individuals that hold a valid Michigan plumbing license and have successfully passed an approved backflow testing class shall perform such testing. Each tester shall also be approved by the City. Individual(s) performing assembly testing shall certify the results of their testing. A copy of the test results shall be sent to the City.
(g) The potable water supply made available on the properties served by the public water supply shall be protected from possible contamination as specified by this section and by the State and City Plumbing Code. Any water outlet which could be used for potable or domestic purposes and which is not supplied by the potable system must be labeled in a conspicuous manner as:
WATER UNSAFE
FOR DRINKING
FOR DRINKING
(h) This section does not supersede the State Plumbing Code or the City Property Maintenance Code, but is supplementary to them.
(i) Common Supply for Fire & Domestic Water. A common supply means any water line that has one tapped connection into the City water main for fire protection and domestic water, no matter if it is tied underground or above ground. If this is the case the fire system must be protected with an RPZ for cross connection and back siphoning. This is the only type of protection that will be considered adequate for a common supply line.
(j) All new installs or new builds will require a separate connection into the City water main for domestic and fire protection.
(k) Any person or customer found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section or any written order of the City, in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ($) nor more than ($) for each violation. Each day upon which a violation of the provisions of this section shall occur shall be deemed a separate and additional violation for the purpose of this section.
(Ord. 72-8. Passed 7-10-72; Ord. 2011-02. Passed 4-25-11; Ord. 2018-09. Passed 8-13-18.)