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No person shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby a private, auxiliary or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the village enter the supply or distribution system of said municipality, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the superintendent of public works and the Illinois environmental protection agency. (Ord. 504, 4-13-1999)
It shall be the duty of the superintendent of public works to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply to determine whether actual or potential hazards to the public water supply may exist. Such surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated at least every two (2) years, or as often as the superintendent of public works shall deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least five (5) years. (Ord. 504, 4-13-1999)
The superintendent of public works or the president and board of trustees may hire the services of an approved cross connection control device inspector. All costs of the approved cross connection control device inspector shall be paid by the village and the village shall have the right to impose such costs upon any customer served by the village public water supply if the board of trustees determine that it is appropriate, in their sole discretion, to impose such costs upon the customer. Such costs shall be added to the bimonthly water charge of the customer and any delinquency in payment of such charges shall be collected in the same manner as the bimonthly (every other month) charges for water pursuant to this code. That the approved cross connection control device inspector shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the village for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross connections, and that the superintendent of public works or his authorized agent shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the village for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the customer regarding the required cross connection control inspection. On demand the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the superintendent of water any information which he may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the superintendent of water, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this chapter. (Ord. 504, 4-13-1999)
The superintendent of public works of the village is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this chapter is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to such property shall not be restored until such conditions have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, and until a reconnection fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) is paid to the village. Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the superintendent of public works is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply systems exists. Such action shall be followed by written notification of the cause of disconnection. Immediate disconnection without notice to any party can be effected to prevent actual or anticipated contamination or pollution of the public water supply, provided that, in the reasonable opinion of the superintendent of public works or the Illinois environmental protection agency, such action is required to prevent actual or potential contamination or pollution of the public water supply. Neither the public water supply, the superintendent of public works or its agents or assigns shall be liable to any customer for any injury, damages or lost revenues which may result from termination of said customer's water supply in accordance with the terms of this chapter, whether or not said termination was with or without notice. (Ord. 504, 4-13-1999)
The consumer responsible for back siphoned material or contamination through backflow, if contamination of the potable water supply system occurs through an illegal cross connection or an improperly installed, maintained or repaired device, or a device which has been bypassed, must bear the cost of cleanup of the potable water supply system. (Ord. 504, 4-13-1999)
The board of trustees of the village shall also have the right at any time to establish regulations on cross connection control and all customers or users of the public water supply of the village shall comply with all such regulations, as amended, from time to time in the sole discretion of the board of trustees. (Ord. 504, 4-13-1999)