A cross connection with the public water supply system is a connection or arrangement of piping or appurtenances through which water of questionable quality, wastes or other contaminants can enter the public water supply system.
(a) The City adopts by reference the Water Supply Cross Connection Rules of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, being R325.11401 to R325.11407 of the Michigan Administrative Code.
(b) It shall be the duty of the City of Perry Public Works 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 established by the City of Perry Public Works and as approved by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
(c) Any employee of the City Department of Public Works or Authorized Representative of the City shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply system of the City for the purpose of inspecting the piping system for cross connections. On request the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the City any pertinent information regarding the piping system on such property. The refusal of such information or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross connections.
(d) The City of Perry Public Works 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 other such precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate any possibility 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 assemblies shall be tested at the time of installation or relocation and after any repair. Subsequent testing of devices shall be conducted on an annual basis and in accordance with Michigan Department of Environmental Quality requirements. Only individuals who have successfully passed an approved backflow testing class shall perform such testing. Each tester shall also be approved by the City. Individuals performing assembly testing 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 City Plumbing Code. Any water outlet 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 or City Ordinance, but is supplementary to them.
(h) Any person or customer found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section, or any written order of the City of Perry Public Works in pursuant of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 158. Passed 4-1-75; Ord. 345. Passed 2-21-19.)