(A) Public Works Director. It shall be the responsibility of the Director to protect the public water supply by applying the remedies and enforcement provisions set forth in § 50.199.
(B) Public Works Department responsibilities. It shall be the responsibility of the Public Works Director to enforce certain provisions of this chapter as follows:
(1) The Public Works Director shall administer and enforce all applicable cross connection control provisions of the Town of Florence designated plumbing code, including issuance of permits for all required backflow prevention assemblies.
(2) The Public Works Director shall determine whether a facility is a listed facility or activity in § 50.198 and therefore requires backflow protection. This responsibility includes inspection as necessary of all existing facilities connected to Town of Florence water services.
(3) The Public Works Director shall, as a condition of issuance of any building permit, require installation of appropriate backflow prevention as required by § 50.198 and the Town of Florence Plumbing Code.
(4) The Public Works Director shall determine the type and location of all backflow prevention assemblies in accordance with this chapter and all other codes and ordinances of the town.
(5) The Public Works Director shall keep adequate records of each test of an approved backflow prevention assembly and any subsequent maintenance or repair thereof.
(C) Customer responsibilities. It shall be the responsibility of the customer to prevent pollutants or contaminants from entering the customer's building potable water system and the public potable water system. The customer's responsibility starts at the point of service delivery from the public potable water system and includes all water piping systems. The customer is required to properly locate, install, test and maintain each backflow prevention assembly in good working condition and shall provide the necessary inspections to assure that the assembly is operating properly. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
(1) The customer shall obtain a permit from the town building official for the installation of any backflow prevention assembly or for the modification of any plumbing system.
(2) The customer shall test all backflow prevention assemblies at least once a year except that the Public Works Director may require more frequent testing if warranted. As to fire lines or fire sprinkler system with backflow prevention assemblies, the initial and annual test shall be performed by a certified tester. The initial and annual test shall include a full flow test. It is the responsibility of the customer to test and submit all testing results to the Public Works Director. If the test reveals the assembly to be defective or in unsatisfactory operating condition, the customer shall perform to the satisfaction of the Public Works Director all repairs or replacements so that the assembly is in satisfactory operation condition.
(3) If the Director or customer becomes aware during the interim period between annual tests that an assembly is defective or in unsatisfactory operating condition, the customer shall perform to the satisfaction of the Director, all repairs, replacement and any retesting so that the customer has an assembly in satisfactory operating condition.
(4) Assembly testing shall be performed by a certified tester. Testing requirements shall be in accordance with the procedures outlined in the latest edition of the University of Southern California Manual of Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research (U.S.C.-FCCCHR or the Foundation). Los Angeles, California, December, 1993 (hereinafter “USC-CCCHR Manual”), § 9. The USC-CCCHR Manual is incorporated herein by reference. One copy of the USC-CCCHR Manual shall be on file with the Town Clerk and the Public Works Department.
(5) The customer shall be responsible for submitting copies of testing records pertaining to assemblies, on forms approved by the Director, by the date specified by the Director. The customer shall be required to retain all records for a minimum of three years from the date that a copy was provided to the Director.
(6) Backflow prevention assemblies shall be installed by the customer, at the customer's expense, in compliance with the standards and specifications adopted by the town.
(7) In the event the customer's or the public water system is contaminated or polluted due to a cross connection or other cause, and the same comes to the knowledge of the customer, the Public Works Director and the County Health Authority shall be promptly notified by the customer so that the appropriate measure may be taken to overcome the contamination.
(Prior Code, Ch. 18, Art. II, § 18-131) (Ord. 346-04, passed 6-21-2004)