(A) If, in accordance with the State Plumbing Code, or in the judgment of the Superintendent of Water, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Superintendent of Water will give notice to the water customer to install an approved device immediately. The water customer shall, at his or her own expense, install the 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 test made of the approved devices as required by the State Plumbing Code and local 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 village enter the supply or distribution system of the municipality, unless the private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of the supply shall have been approved by the Superintendent of Water and the State Environmental Protection Agency.
(C) It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Water 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. The 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 Superintendent of Water shall deem necessary. Records of the 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 of the village for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross connections, and that the Water Superintendent 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 of the village for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the customer regarding the required cross connection control inspection.
(1) On demand the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Superintendent of Water any information which the Superintendent may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on the property.
(2) The refusal of that information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Superintendent of Water, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connection as provided in this section.
(E) The Superintendent of Water of the village 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 other precautionary measures as the Superintendent may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains.
(1) Water service to the property shall not be restored until the conditions have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provision of this section, and until a reconnection fee of $200 is paid to the village.
(2) Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the Superintendent of Water is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists. The 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 clean-up of the potable water supply system.
(Ord. passed 7-9-1991)