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The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this article.
AGENCY. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
APPROVED. Backflow prevention devices or methods of installation approved by the city.
AUXILIARY WATER SYSTEMS. A source of water outside the city's public water supply system. No connection to the city's public water supply system shall be made with any other water system without the written approval of the city.
BACKFLOW. The flow of water or other liquids, mixtures or substances into the distribution pipes of a potable water system from any source other than the intended source of the public water supply.
BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE. Any approved device, method or type of construction intended to prevent backflow into a potable water system. All devices used for backflow prevention in Illinois must meet the standards of the Illinois Plumbing Code and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
CCCDI (CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL DEVICE INSPECTOR). A person who is a licensed plumber in the State of Illinois and has successfully completed both written and performance examinations administered by IEPA
COMPLIANCE PERIOD. The installation of the required device within six months after notification from the Superintendent of the requirement.
CUSTOMER. The owner, official custodian or person in control of any premises supplied by or in any manner connected to a public water system.
CUSTOMER'S WATER SYSTEM. Any water system serving the premises, commencing at the point of connection with the city's water main.
CONTAMINATION The introduction into water of microorganisms, chemicals, wastes or wastewater in a concentration that makes water unfit for its intended use.
DOUBLE CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY. An assembly composed of single, independently acting check valves, including tight shutoff valves located at each end of the assembly and suitable connections for testing the water tightness of each check valve.
DOUBLE CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY WITH DETECTOR CHECK. An assembly which measures water usage for urban fire safety systems.
FIXED AIR GAP. The unobstructed vertical distance through the atmosphere between the water discharge point and the flood level rim of the receptacle.
HEALTH HAZARD. Any condition, device or practice in a water system or its operation resulting from a real or potential danger to the health of the user that could be expected to result in death or significant reduction in quality of life.
INSPECTION. A plumbing inspection to examine all materials, fixtures, piping and appurtenances and installations of a plumbing system for compliance with requirements of the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Illinois Administrative Code 890 and as amended hereafter.
LOCAL AUTHORITY. The Mayor and City Council of the City of Galena.
NONPOTABLE WATER. Water not safe for drinking, personal or culinary use as determined by the requirements of 35 Illinois Administration Code 604 "Finished Water and Raw Water Quality and Quantity."
PLUMBING. The actual installation, repair, maintenance, alteration or extension of a plumbing system by any person. Plumbing includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for a supply of water for all purposes, including without limitation lawn sprinkler systems, from the source of a private water supply on the premises or from the main in the street, alley or at the curb to, within and about any building where a person(s) lives, works or assembles. Plumbing includes all piping, from discharge of pumping units to and including pressure tanks in water supply systems. Plumbing includes all piping fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for a building drain and a sanitary drainage and related ventilation system of any building(s) where person(s) live, work or assembles from the point of connection of such building drain to the building sewer or private sewage discharge system five feet beyond the foundation walls.
POLLUTION. The presence of any foreign substance (organic, inorganic, radiological or biological) in water that tends to degrade its quality so as to constitute a hazard or impair the usefulness of the water for human consumption.
POTABLE WATER. Water which meets the requirement of 85 Illinois Administrative Code 604 for drinking or any domestic purpose and as amended hereafter.
POTENTIAL CROSS-CONNECTION. A fixture or appurtenance with threaded hose connection, tapered spout or other connection which would facilitate extension of the water supply beyond its legal termination point.
PROCESS FLUID(S). Any fluid or solution which may be chemically or otherwise contaminated or polluted in a form or concentration such as to constitute a health, pollution or system hazard if introduced into the public or a customer's potable water system. This includes, but is not limited to:
(1) Polluted or contaminated waters;
(2) Process waters;
(3) Used waters originating from the public water supply system which may have deteriorated in sanitary quality;
(4) Cooling waters;
(5) Questionable or contaminated natural waters taken from wells, lakes, streams or irrigation systems.
(6) Chemicals in solution or suspension;
(7) Oils, gases, acids, alkalis and other liquid and gaseous fluids used in industrial or other processes or for fire fighting purposes.
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS. All mains, pipes and structures owned and/or maintained by the city through which water is obtained and distributed to the public, including wells and well structures, pumping stations, treatment plants, reservoirs, storage tanks and appurtenances, collectively or severally, actually used or intended for use for the purpose of furnishing potable water.
REDUCED PRESSURE ZONE PRINCIPAL BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE (RPZ). A device containing a minimum of two independently acting check valves, together with an automatically operated pressure differential relief valve located between the two check valves. During normal flow and at the cessation of normal flow, the pressure between these two checks shall be less than the supply pressure. In case of leakage of either check valve, the differential relief valve, by discharging to the atmosphere, shall operate to maintain the pressure between the check valves at less than the supply pressure. The unit must include tightly closing shutoff valves located at each end of the device and each device shall be fitted with properly located test cocks.
SERVICE CONNECTION. The physical connection to the water main including all fittings and appurtenances through which water is supplied to the customer
SURVEY. The collection of information pertaining to a customer's piping system regarding the location of all connections to the public water supply system and must include the location, type and most recent inspection and testing date of all cross-connection control devices and methods located within that customer's piping system. The survey shall be completed on a form supplied by the city.
(Ord. O-97-06, passed 10-27-97)
(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)
The purpose of this subchapter is:
(A) To protect the public water supply system from contamination or pollution by isolating from the customer's water system contaminants or pollutants which could backflow through the service connection into the public water supply system.
(B) To promote the elimination or control of existing cross-connections, actual or potential, between the public or customer's potable water system and non-potable water systems, plumbing fixtures and sources or systems contaminating substances of unknown or questionable quality.
(C) To provide for the maintenance of a continuing program of cross-connection control which will prevent the contamination or pollution of the public and customer's potable water system.
(Ord. O-97-06, passed 10-27-97)
The owner or official custodian shall be responsible for protection of the public water supply system from contamination due to backflow or back-siphoning of contaminants through the customer's water service connection. If, in the judgment of the Superintendent, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Superintendent shall give notice to the customer to install such approved backflow prevention device at each service connection to the premises. The customer, after due written notice and within the prescribed time indicated on the notice, shall install such approved device(s) at his own expense. Failure or refusal on the part of the customer to install such device(s) within the time indicated on the notice shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the premises until device(s) have been installed. The customer shall retain records of installation, maintenance, testing and repair as required herein.
(Ord. O-97-06, passed 10-27-97)
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