It is declared that danger to the public health, safety and welfare resulting from contamination or pollution of the public potable water supply system requires that measures be adopted to protect that system by authorizing town officials to:
(A) Protect the public potable water supply from the possibility of contamination or pollution by preventing the backflow of contaminantble pollutants into the public potable water supply system;
(B) Promote the awareness and elimination of cross connections, actual or potential of a customer's internal potable water system with the public potable water supply system;
(C) Provide for a continuing program of backflow prevention control which will prevent the contamination or pollution of the public potable water supply system;
(D) Provide for the monitoring and enforcement of a continuing program of backflow prevention which will prevent the contamination or pollution of the public potable water supply; and
(E) Comply with the state requirement contained in the Arizona Administrative Code, Title 18, Chapter 4, Art. 1 (R18-4-115 entitled “Backflow Prevention”) that was promulgated by the State Department of Environmental Quality with an effective date of August 8, 1991, and is incorporated herein by reference (hereinafter referred to as State Rule R18-4-115). One copy shall be on file with the Town Clerk and the Public Works Department.
(Prior Code, Ch. 18, Art. II, § 18-129) (Ord. 346-04, passed 6-21-2004)