(A) (1) The policy of the utility is to control by containment all cross-connections which shall be found to exist or which may be installed in the future on the utility customer’s water piping systems.
(2) For the purpose of this regulation the term CONTAINMENT means the complete isolation of the customer’s system which affects or may affect the public distribution system.
(B) Containment shall be achieved by:
(1) Assurance that the customer’s system, or any portion thereof, which may create or is creating a backflow problem, is physically disconnected from the utility’s distribution system; or
(2) By installing a backflow prevention device approved by the utility at the appropriate location to isolate the customer’s system from the utility’s distribution system.
(Prior Code, § 53.02) (Ord. 3487, passed - -1989) Penalty, see § 10.999