(a) No person or firm shall:
(1) Make or maintain a physical connection between any other source of water or liquid and the public water supply piping system;
(2) Physically connect any water spigot or outlet to a drain or sewer; nor
(3) Install, maintain or operate any water spigot or outlet below a free overflow or submerged.
(b) The Water Department will require an approved backflow prevention device on each water line at the outlet of the water meter where an actual or potential health hazard exists as determined by the Water Department and the authorized agent thereof. The type of device required shall depend on the degree of hazard as determined by the Department or its agent. It shall be the responsibility of the water user to provide and maintain these devices as required.
(c) No firm or persons whose premises or property is serviced by the Municipal water supply system shall deny the right of entry for the purposes of inspection and/or testing backflow prevention devices or for the purposes of cross connection control to an authorized agent of the Water Department upon presentation by the individual of identifying credentials. Further, such agents of the Water Department shall be held harmless from all liability and damages arising should he, upon the request and by authorization of the water user, proceed to repair any malfunctioning backflow prevention device. Such repairs when performed by the City's agent shall be charged to the water user at the standard rate set forth by the Department.
(d) If the water user elects to proceed with the repairs required by subsection (c) hereof by himself or with personnel of his own, or another firm or corporation, the water user shall notify the City's Water Department, in writing, before proceeding with the repairs. A department representative must be present to observe such repairs and to test the device upon completion thereof. Should additional tests be required because of failure of the water user to successfully repair the backflow prevention device a thirty-five dollar ($35.00) fee will be charged for each additional test required to certify the unit.
(e) Provisions governing the enforcement of this section shall be those specified in the current edition of the manual of Backflow Prevention and Cross-Connection Control as published in Chapter 3745-5 (HE-34) of the Ohio Administrative Code.
(Ord. 88-5719. Passed 12-6-88.)