(A) If, in accordance with the State Plumbing Code, being 77 Ill. Adm. Code § 890 or in the judgment of the Public Works Director, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Public Works Director will give notice to the 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 State Plumbing Code and all applicable local regulations and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices as required by the State Plumbing Code and local regulations.
(B) No person shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby private, auxiliary, or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the city enters 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 Public Works Director and the State Environmental Protection Agency.
(C) It shall be the duty of the Public Works Director to cause surveys and investigations 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 investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated at least every two years or as often as the Public Works Director 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 public water supply or distribution system for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and the Public Works Director or his or her authorized agent shall have the right to enter, at any reasonable time, any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system 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 Public Works Director any information which he or she may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, with the discretion of the Public Works Director, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.
(E) The Public Works Director of the city is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the 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 or she may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. 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 reconnection fee is paid to the City Clerk. Immediate disconnection, with verbal notice, can be effected when the Public Works Director is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists. Such action shall be followed by written notification of the cause of disconnection.
(F) The consumer responsible for backsiphoned material or contamination through backflow, if contamination of the 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 cleanup of the potable water supply system.
(Ord. 4 (Series 2004-2005), passed 3-21-2005) Penalty, see § 51.99