(A) This policy defines the Town of Edenton as the water purveyor in the elimination of all cross connections within its public potable water supply.
(B) The cross connection control program, which is based on the cross connection control ordinance and on this policy, shall ensure that, after the effective date of the cross connection control ordinance:
(1) That all new residential and non-residential water services requiring water from the town's public water system, shall have an appropriate backflow prevention device installed prior to water service activation.
(2) That all existing non-residential and irrigation water services which do not have an approved backflow prevention assembly be required to retrofit the approved backflow prevention assembly within 120 days following written notification from the town.
(3) That all existing non-residential water services and irrigation which have an approved backflow prevention assembly shall immediately begin, upon written notification from the town, an annual testing and certification program for their approved backflow prevention assembly.
(4) That all existing single family residential water services connected to the town's public potable water system, be required to retrofit the appropriate backflow prevention device as a water meter replacement occurs for each such water service, beginning approximately six months after the effective date of this policy.
(Ord. passed 3-12-2013)