A. City:
1. The city shall be responsible for the protection of the drinking water distribution system from foreseeable conditions leading to the possible contamination or pollution of the drinking water system due to the backflow of contaminants or pollutants into the drinking water supply.
2. Drinking water system surveys or inspections of the consumer's water distribution system shall be conducted or caused to be conducted by individuals deemed qualified by and representing the city. Survey records shall indicate compliance with the aforementioned health and safety standards. All such records will be maintained by the city.
3. The city shall notify in writing all consumers of the need for the periodic system survey to ensure compliance with existing applicable minimum health and safety standards.
4. Selection of an approved backflow prevention assembly for containment control required at the service entrance shall be determined from the results of the system survey.
B. Consumer:
1. To comply with this chapter as a term and condition of supply and consumer's acceptance of service is admittance of his/her awareness of his/her responsibilities as a water system user.
2. It shall be the responsibility of the consumer to purchase, install, and arrange testing and maintenance of any backflow prevention device/assembly required to comply with this ordinance. Failure to comply with this ordinance shall constitute grounds for discontinuation of service.
C. Building Official:
1. The building official's responsibility to enforce the applicable sections of the plumbing code begins at the point of service (downstream or consumer side of the meter) and continues throughout the developed length of the consumer's water system.
2. The building official will review all plans to ensure that unprotected cross connections are not an integral part of the consumer's water system. If a cross connection cannot be eliminated, it must be protected by the installation of an air gap or an approved backflow prevention device or assembly in accordance with the adopted Plumbing Code.
3. Water vacating the drinking water supply must do so by an approved air gap or approved mechanical backflow prevention assembly, properly installed and in accordance with the adopted Plumbing Code.
D. Responsibility - Certified Backflow Technician, Surveyor, or Repair Person: Whether employed by the consumer or a utility to survey, test, repair, or maintain backflow prevention assemblies, the certified backflow technician, surveyor, or repair person will have the following responsibilities:
1. Ensure acceptable testing equipment and procedures are used for testing, repairing or overhauling backflow prevention assemblies.
2. Make reports of such testing and/or repairs to the consumer and the water purveyor on form approved for such use by the water purveyor within time frames as described by the Division of Drinking Water. Include the list of materials or replacement parts being used on the reports.
3. Ensure replacement parts are equal in quality to parts originally supplied by the manufacturer of the assembly being repaired.
4. Not change the design, material or operational characteristics of the assembly during testing, repair or maintenance.
5. Perform all tests of the mechanical devices or assemblies and be responsible for the competence and accuracy of all tests and reports.
6. Ensure his/her license is current, the testing equipment being used is acceptable to the state of Utah and is in proper operating condition.
7. Be equipped with, and be competent to use, all necessary tools, gauges and other equipment necessary to properly test and maintain backflow prevent assemblies.
8. Tag each double check valve, pressure-vacuum breaker, reduced pressure backflow assembly and high hazard air gap, showing the serial number, date tested and by whom. The technician's license number must also be on this tag.
E. Responsibility - Repair of Backflow Assemblies: In the case of a consumer requiring an assembly to be tested, any currently certified backflow technician is authorized to make the test and report the results to the consumer and the water purveyor. The installation, replacement or repair of assemblies must be made by a tester having appropriate licensure from the Department of Commerce, Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, except when the backflow technician is an agent of the assembly owner. (Ord. 91-01, 2-6-1991; amd. 1998 Code; Ord. 2020-06, 12-16-2020)