(A) The village adopts by reference the Water Supply Cross Connection Rules of the Michigan Department of Public Health, being R 325.11401 through R 325.11407 of the Michigan Administrative Code.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Water Superintendent to cause inspections to be made of all properties served by the public water supply where cross connections with the public water supply is deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and reinspections based on potential health hazards involved shall be as established by the Water Department and as approved by the Michigan Department of Public Health.
(C) The representative of the Water Department shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply system of the village for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof for cross connections. On request, the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the piping system or systems on such property. The refusal of such information or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross connections.
(D) The Water Department is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue water service after reasonable notice to any property wherein any connection in violation of this section exists, and to take such other precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply system. Water service to such property shall not be restored until the cross connection has been eliminated in compliance with the provisions of this section.
(E) The potable water supply made available on the properties served by the public water supply shall be protected from possible contamination as specified by this section and by the State and Village Plumbing Code. Any water outlet which could be used for potable or domestic purposes and which is not supplied by the potable system must be labeled in a conspicuous manner as “WATER UNSAFE FOR DRINKING.”
(F) This section does not supersede the State Plumbing Code but is supplementary to it.
(G) Any person or customer found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section, or any written order of the Water Department, in pursuance thereof, shall be punished as provided in § 10.99. Each day upon which a violation of the provisions of this section shall occur shall be deemed a separate and additional violation for the purpose of this section.
(Ord. 22, passed 9-14-81) Penalty, see § 50.99