§ 56.15 COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.

   The Town of Murphy will comply with the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, the North Carolina Drinking Water Act, and North Carolina State Building Code, which pertain to cross-connections, auxiliary intakes and interconnections, and establish an effective ongoing program to control potential sources of contamination of the public water supply.

(Ord. passed 12-3-2007)

§ 56.16 UNLAWFUL CONNECTIONS.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to cause a cross-connection, auxiliary intake or inter-connection to be made; or allow one to exist for any purpose whatsoever.

(Ord. passed 12-3-2007)

§ 56.17 INSPECTION OF PROPERTY.

   It shall be the duty, upon request of the Town of Murphy, of the cross-connection coordinator to cause inspections to be made of properties served by the public water supply where cross-connections with the public water supply are deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and re-inspections shall be set by the Town of Murphy.

(Ord. passed 12-3-2007)

§ 56.18 RIGHT OF ACCESS.

   The Town of Murphy, or authorized representative, shall have the right to enter, at reasonable time, any nonresidential property served by a connection to the Town of Murphy public water supply for the purpose of performing the duties of this article. In those cases in which the property owner chooses not to provide such access, the Town of Murphy, or authorized representative, may designate the location as a SEVERE HAZARD in accordance with §§ 56.02 and 56.20.

(Ord. passed 12-3-2007)

§ 56.19 EXISTING CONDITIONS.

   Any consumer shall be immediately severed until they have corrected any cross-connections, auxiliary intakes, interconnections or other hazard as defined by § 56.02 and § 56.20 in violation of the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. passed 12-3-2007; Am. Ord. passed 11-1-2021)