(A) The township adopts by reference the Water Supply Cross-Connection Rules of the State Department of Environmental Quality being R 325.11401 to R 325.11407 of the State Administrative Code.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Township Water Department to cause inspections to be made of all properties served by the public water supply where cross-connections with the public water supply is deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and reinspections based on potential health hazards involved shall be as established by the Township Water Department and as approved by the State Department of Environmental Quality.
(C) The Township Water Department shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply system of the township for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof for cross-connections. On request, the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the piping system or systems on such property. The refusal of such information or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross-connection.
(D) The Township Water Department is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue water service after reasonable notice to any property wherein any connection in violation of this section exists and to take such other precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply system. Water service to such property shall not be restored until the cross-connection has been eliminated in compliance with the provisions of this section.
(E) All testable backflow prevention devices shall be tested initially upon installation to be sure that the device is working properly. Subsequent testing of devices shall be conducted at a time interval specified by the Township Water Department and in accordance with State Department of Environmental Quality requirements. Only individuals approved by the Township Water Department shall be qualified to perform such testing. That individual shall certify the results of his or her testing.
(F) The potable water supply made available on the properties served by the public water supply shall be protected from possible contamination as specified by this section and by the state and the township plumbing code. Any water outlet which could be used for potable or domestic purposes and which is not supplied by the potable system must be labeled in a conspicuous manner as:
WATER UNSAFE FOR DRINKING
(G) This section does not supersede the State Plumbing Code and township Ord. 16, but is supplementary to them.
(Ord. 156, passed 8-13-2001) Penalty, see § 50.99