A. The customer shall test and service backflow prevention assemblies at least every 12 months. If the testing reveals the assembly to be defective or in unsatisfactory operating condition, the customer shall perform any necessary repairs, including replacement or overhaul of the assembly, if necessary, which will return the assembly to satisfactory operation condition.
B. If the Director or customer learns or discovers during interim period between tests that an assembly is defective or in unsatisfactory operating condition, the customer shall perform any necessary repairs, including replacement or overhaul of the assembly, if necessary, which will return the assembly to satisfactory operating condition. The assembly shall be tested by an individual certified and approved to perform such testing prior to placing the assembly back into service.
C. The annual testing shall be performed by an individual certified and approved to conduct the testing by the PCCCHR USC, California-Nevada AWWA Section, or ASETT Center, and recognized by the Director. A list of certified, approved and recognized individuals will be maintained by the Director and will be available upon request to all persons required to install or maintain a backflow prevention assembly.
D. The customer shall maintain records, on forms approved by the Director, of the results of all tests and all servicing, repairs, overhauls or replacement of the backflow prevention assembly. A copy of the records shall be promptly submitted to the Director after completion of the activity for which the record is made.
E. The annual inspection of a backflow device installed on a fire sprinkler riser may only be tested by a licensed contractor.
(Ord. 24-1330, § 1, passed 4-23-2024)