(A) Installation upon notice. If, in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code or in the judgment of the City Water Superintendent, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Superintendent shall give notice to the water customer to install such an approved device. The water customer shall, at his own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code and all applicable local regulations and shall have annual inspections and tests made of such approved devices as required by the Illinois Plumbing Code and local regulations.
(B) Connections to other than city-supplied water systems regulated. No person, firm or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintain 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 the 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 Superintendent and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
(C) Surveys and inspections. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to cause surveys and inspections 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 inspections shall be made a matter of public record and shall be conducted at least every two years or as often as the Superintendent shall deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of not less than five years.
(D) Authority to enter property. 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 or distribution system of the city for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and the Superintendent 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 Superintendent any information he may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on such property. The refusal to provide such information, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this subchapter.
(E) Authority to discontinue water supply. The Water Superintendent of the city is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after the specified compliance period is exhausted, the water service to any property wherein any connection exists in violation of the provisions of this subchapter, 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.
(Ord. O-97-06, passed 10-27-97)