(A) (1) The city shall be responsible for the protection of the public from pollution due to the backflow or back siphonage of contaminates or pollutants through the water service connection.
(2) If, in the judgment of the city, an approved backflow device is required at the city’s water connection to any customer’s premises, written notice shall be given to said customer to install an approved backflow prevention device at each service connection to the customer’s premises.
(B) The customer shall, within 90 days, install such approved device, or devices, at his or her own expense, and failure or refusal, or inability on the part of the customer to install said device or devices within 90 days, shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the premises until such device or devices have been properly installed and/or be subject to the penalty stated in § 51.999.
(Prior Code, § 51.75) (Ord. 98-229, passed 12-10-1998) Penalty, see § 51.999