(A) All plumbing installed within the city shall be installed according to the provisions of the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Illinois Administration Code 890. If in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code or in the judgment of the PWD an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the PWD will give notice to the water customer to install such an approved device immediately. The water customer shall, at his or her own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner according to the Illinois Plumbing Code, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) rules and regulations and all other applicable regulations, and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices upon installation and as required by the Illinois Plumbing Code, IEPA and applicable regulations.
(B) No person, firm or corporation 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 city may enter the supply or distribution system of said city, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the PWD and the IEPA.
(C) It shall be the duty of the PWD to cause surveys and investigations to be made of commercial, 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 years, or as often as the PWD shall deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least five years.
(D) The PWD 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 city for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and that the PWD 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 city 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 PWD any information that he or she 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 PWD, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this chapter.
(E) The PWD is 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 or she 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 $40 is paid to the city. Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the PWD is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply system 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 PWD or the IEPA, such action is required to prevent actual or potential contamination or pollution of the public water supply. Neither the public water supply, the PWD 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 per the terms of this chapter, whether or not said termination was with or without notice.
(F) The consumer responsible for backsiphoned or back pressured 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 clean-up of the potable water supply system.
(Ord. 1122, passed 12-20-99)