(A) (1) The owner, custodian, or occupant of each premises served by the public potable water supply system of the City of Mt. Vernon shall be responsible for protection of the public water supply from contamination due to backflow or back-siphonage of contaminants, through the customer’s water service connection. If, in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code or if in the judgment of the Director of Public Works or his authorized representative, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Director of Public Works shall give notice to the consumer to install such approved backflow prevention device at each service connection to the premises.
(2) The consumer shall immediately install such approved device or devices at his own expense at a location and in a manner in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and this Ordinance and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices upon installation; failure, refusal, or inability on the part of the consumer to install such device or devices immediately shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the premises until such device or devices have been installed.
(3) The consumer shall retain records of installation, maintenance, testing, and repair as hereinafter required for a period of at least five years. The Director of Public Works may require the consumer to submit a cross-connection inspection report to the City of Mt. Vernon to assist in determining whether or not service line protection will be required. All cross-connection inspections shall be conducted by a Cross-Connection Control Device Inspector certified by the Environmental Protection Agency.
(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 Mt. Vernon, Illinois may enter the supply or distribution system of said City.
(C) It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works to cause surveys and investigations to be made of commercial, industrial, and other properties served by the public water supply that may pose an actual or potential hazard, including premises described within §§ 50.047(B) and (C) and 154.07 herein.
(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.3(p)(C))