No water service connection to any premises shall be installed or continued in the city unless the water supply is protected by backflow prevention assemblies as required by this subchapter, the state’s code, and all standards, rules, regulations of the state, the state’s Department of Environmental Quality, and any other federal, state, county, or city authority thereof. The installation or maintenance of a cross-connection which will endanger the water quality of the potable water supply of the city shall be unlawful and is prohibited. Any such cross-connection now existing or hereafter installed is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the same shall be abated. The control or elimination of cross-connections shall be in accordance with this subchapter, the state’s code, and all standards, rules, and regulations of the state, the state’s Department of Environmental Quality, and any other federal, state, county, or city authority or agency thereof, together with the latest addition of appropriate manuals of standard practice pertaining to cross-connection control enacted by the city and any applicable county, state, and federal authorities and agencies. The city shall have the authority to establish requirements more stringent than state regulations if it deems that the conditions so dictate.
(Ord. 2018-02, passed 8-29-2018) Penalty, see § 51.999