(a) The Building Commissioner or designee, is hereby authorized to establish rules and regulations preventing back flows into the public water supply and controls to prevent cross-contamination of the public water supply. An approved backflow prevention assembly is necessary for the safety of the public water system, the Building Commissioner or designee will give notice to the water consumer to install such an approved assembly immediately. The water consumer shall, at his own expense, install such an approved assembly at a location in a manner approved by the Building Commissioner or designee and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved assemblies as required by the Building Commissioner or designee.
(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 of Lakewood may enter the supply or distributing 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 Building Commissioner and by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(c) The Building Commissioner or designee shall cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply where 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 as often as the Building Commissioner or designee shall deem necessary.
(d) The Building Commissioner or designee 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 City of Lakewood. for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof. On demand the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Building Commissioner or designee any information which is requested regarding the piping system or systems, or water use on such properly. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Building Commissioner or designee, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.
(e) That the Building Commissioner or designee 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 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 shall have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this section.
(f) Draft regulations on backflow protection and cross-contamination control are attached to Ordinance No. 30-2022 as Exhibit A.
(Ord. 30-2022. Passed 10-17-22.)