§ 52.030 HOOK-UP TO SYSTEM MANDATORY.

   All persons whose property abuts a water main that is now or may hereafter be laid shall be required, upon notice by the City Council, to hook-up the city water system.

(Neb. RS 17-539) (Prior Code, § 3-113) (Ord. 800, passed 10-18-2005)

§ 52.031 ACCESS FOR INSPECTION.

   The City Services Director, or his or her duly authorized agents, shall have free access, at any reasonable time, to all parts of each premise and building to, or in which, water is delivered for the purpose of examining the pipes, fixtures, and other portions of the system to ascertain whether there is any disrepair or unnecessary waste of water.

(Neb. RS 17-537) (Prior Code, § 3-115) (Ord. 776, passed 8-20-2002; Ord. 800, passed 10-18-2005)

§ 52.032 BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE REQUIRED.

   (A)   A customer of the City Water Department may be required by the City Services Director to install and maintain a properly located backflow prevention device at his or her expense appropriate to the potential hazards set forth in Title 179, State Department of Health, and approved by the City Services Director.

   (B)   The customer shall make application to the City Services Director to install a required backflow prevention device on a form provided by the city. The application shall contain at a minimum the name and address of the applicant, the potential hazard, the type of protection required, and the type of backflow device to be installed, including brand and model number.

   (C)   The City Services Director shall approve or disapprove the application based on his or her opinion of whether the installation will protect the city water distribution system from potential backflow and back-siphonage hazards.

   (D)   The installation of the device shall be subject to all other sections of this code of ordinances dealing with installation of plumbing, including the use of a plumber licensed by the city if applicable.

   (E)   The customer shall also certify to the city at least one time annually that the backflow prevention device, except those backflow prevention devices attached to a lawn sprinkler system, has been tested by a State Department of Health Grade VI Certified Water Operator if the device is equipped with a test port. The certification shall be made on a form available at the office of the City Clerk. Failure to certify the devices may result in immediate termination of service at the discretion of the City Services Director.

   (F)   Customers with lawn sprinklers are not required to inspect the backflow prevention devices that attach to the lawn sprinkler system.

   (G)   Any decision of the City Services Director may be appealed to the City Council.

   (H)   The City Services Director for purposes of this section shall mean the duly acting City Services Director of the city, or his or her authorized representative.

(Prior Code, § 3-117) (Ord. 752, passed 1-16-2001; Ord. 800, passed 10-18-2005)

§ 52.033 UNSAFE CONNECTION TO SYSTEM.

   (A)   No customer or other person shall cause, allow, or create any physical connection between the city water distribution system and any pipes, pumps, hydrants, tanks, steam condensate returns, engine jackets, heat exchangers, other water supplies, or any other connection whereby potentially unsafe or contaminating materials may be discharged or drawn into the city water distribution system.

   (B)   At least one time every five years, customers or the city water distribution and supply system shall be required to assess and report potential backflow and back-siphonage hazards to the city on a form supplied by the city to the customer. The customer shall take any steps necessary for protection of public health and safety as determined by the City Services Director.

(Prior Code, § 3-118) (Ord. 776, passed 8-20-2002; Ord. 800, passed 10-18-2005)

WELLHEAD PROTECTION

§ 52.045 PURPOSE.

   The intent of this subchapter is to establish control by the city over the location of future potential sources of contamination within the proximity of the city's drinking water system, so as to prevent or minimize any hazard to the safety of the city's drinking water.

(Prior Code, § 4-401)

§ 52.046 DEFINITION.

   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   WATER WELL. Any excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise constructed for the purpose of exploring for ground water, monitoring ground water, utilizing the geothermal properties of the ground, or extracting water from or injecting water into the underground water reservoir. WATER WELL shall not include any excavation made for obtaining or prospecting for oil, natural gas, minerals, or products mined or quarried or inserting media to repressure oil or natural gas bearing formations.

(Prior Code, § 4-402)