§ 3-118 BACKFLOW/BACKSIPHONAGE PREVENTION; GENERAL POLICY.

   (A)   Purpose. The purpose of §§ 3-118 through 3-125 is:

      (1)   To protect the public potable water supply of the city water system from contamination or pollution by containing within the consumer’s internal distribution system or private water system contaminants or pollutants which could backflow through the service connection into the public potable water supply system;

      (2)   To promote the elimination, containment, isolation or control of existing cross-connections, actual or potential, between the public or consumer’s potable water systems and nonpotable water systems, plumbing fixtures and industrial process systems; and

      (3)   To provide for the maintenance of a continuing program of cross-connection control which will systematically and effectively prevent the contamination or pollution of all potable water systems.

   (B)   Application. Sections 3-118 through 3-125 shall apply to all premises served by the public potable water system of the city.

   (C)   Policy. Sections 3-118 through 3-125 shall be reasonably interpreted. It is the city’s intent to recognize the varying degrees of hazard and to apply the principle that the degree of protection shall be commensurate with the degree of hazard.

   (D)   Responsibility. The Municipal Water Department shall be primarily responsible for protection of the public potable water distribution system from contamination or pollution due to backflow or contaminants or pollutants through the water service connection. The cooperation of all consumers is required to implement and maintain the program to control cross-connections. The consumer is responsible for preventing contamination of the water system within consumer’s own premises.

(Ord. 448, passed 10-6-1992)