(A) All plumbing installed within the city shall be installed in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890. If in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code or in the judgment of the City Superintendent of Water, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the city public water supply system, the Superintendent of the city water system will give notice to the city 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 in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and all applicable local regulations of the city water system, and have inspections and tests made of such approved devices by the city water system upon installation and as required by the Illinois Plumbing Code, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and city water system 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 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 City Superintendent of Water and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
(C) It shall be the duty of the City Superintendent of Water to cause surveys and investigations to be made of commercial, industrial and other properties served by the city public water supply to determine whether actual or potential hazards to the city 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 City Superintendent of Water shall deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least five years.
(D) 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 city public water supply or distribution system of the city for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and that the City Water Superintendent or his or her authorized agent shall, after proper notification, have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the city 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 by the city shall furnish to the City Water Superintendent any information which he 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 Water Superintendent of the city, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.
(E) The City Water Superintendent is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the city water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this section is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the city water supply distribution mains. City water service to such property shall not be restored until such conditions have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this section, and until a new reconnect fee of $500 is paid to the city. Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the City Water Superintendent is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the city 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 city water supply, provided that, in the reasonable opinion of the City Water Superintendent or the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, such action is required to prevent actual or potential contamination or pollution of the city public water supply. Neither the city, the City Water Superintendent, 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 in accordance with the terms of this section, whether or not said termination was with or without notice.
(F) The consumer responsible for back-siphoned or back pressured material or contamination through backflow, if contamination o f the city 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 city potable water supply system.
(Ord. 655, passed 7-28-03)