(A) If, in accordance with the State Plumbing Code or in the judgement of the Superintendent of Public Works, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Superintendent of Public Works 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, State Environmental Protection Agency and all applicable local regulations, and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices upon installation and as required by the State Plumbing Code, State Environmental Protection Agency 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 village may enter the supply or distribution system of said municipality, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Superintendent of Public Works and the State Environmental Agency.
(C) It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Works 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 Superintendent of Public Works shall deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least five years.
(D) (1) 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 village for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and that the Public Works 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.
(2) On demand, the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Superintendent of Public Works any information, which he or she may request regarding the piping system or water use on such property.
(3) The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Superintendent of Public Works, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.
(E) (1) The Superintendent of Public Works 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 such other precautionary measures as he or she may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains.
(2) 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 of $1,000 is paid to the village.
(3) Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the Superintendent of Public Works 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. Immediate disconnection without notice to any party, can be effected to prevent actual or anticipated contamination or pollution of the public water supply; provided that, in the reasonable opinion of the Superintendent of Public Works or the State Environmental Protection Agency, such action is required to prevent actual or potential contamination or pollution of the public water supply.
(4) Neither the village, the Superintendent of Public Works 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 of the potable water supply systems 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.
(G) The village shall from time to time adopt rules and regulations to establish a general policy on cross-connection control and a copy of the rules and regulations attached as Exhibit A to the ordinance codified herein are hereby adopted by the village.
(Ord. 98-O-18, passed 8-13-1998)