The owner or official custodian shall be responsible for protection of the public water supply system from contamination due to backflow or backsiphonage of contaminants through the customer’s water service connection. If, in the judgment of the Community Development Director, or his or her designee or his or her authorized representative, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Community Development Director, or his or her designee, shall give notice to the consumer to install an approved backflow prevention device at each service connection to the premises. The consumer shall immediately install an approved device or devices at his or her own expense; failure, refusal or inability on the part of the consumer to install the device or devices immediately shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the premises until the device or devices have been installed. The consumer shall retain records of installation, maintenance, testing and repair as required in § 50.26(D)(4) below for a period of at least five years. The Community Development Director, or his or her designee, may require the consumer to submit a cross-connection inspection report to the City of Oak Forest 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 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and be registered with the City of Oak Forest as a contractor.
(Ord. 2007-03-0086O, passed 3-13-2007)