(a) No person shall cause a cross-connection, auxiliary intake, by-pass or interconnection to be made, or allow one to exist for any purpose whatsoever unless the construction and operation of same have been approved by the state’s Department of Health, and the operation of such cross-connection, auxiliary intake, by-pass or interconnection is at all times under the direct supervision of the Superintendent of the Water Works.
(b) Any person whose premises are supplied with water from the public water supply, and who also has on the same premises a separate source of water, or stores water in an uncovered or unsanitary storage reservoir from which the water stored therein is circulated through a piping system, shall file with the Superintendent of the Water Works, a statement of the non-existence of unapproved or unauthorized cross-connections, auxiliary intakes, by-passes or interconnections. Such statement shall also contain an agreement that no cross-connection, auxiliary intake, by-pass or interconnection will be permitted upon the premises until the construction and operation of same have received the approval of the state’s Department of Health, and the operation and maintenance of same have been placed under the direct supervision of the Superintendent of the Water Works.
(c) Any person who now has cross-connections, auxiliary intakes, by-passes or interconnections in violation of the provisions of this article shall be allowed a reasonable time within which to comply with such provisions. After a thorough investigation of existing conditions and an appraisal of the time required to complete the work, the amount of time to be allowed shall be designated by the Superintendent of the Water Works. In addition to, or in lieu of any fines and penalties that may be judicially assessed for violations of this article, the Superintendent of the Water Works shall discontinue the public water supply service at any premises upon which there is found to be a cross-connection, auxiliary intake, by-pass or interconnection, and service shall not be restored until such cross-connection, auxiliary intake, by-pass or interconnection has been discontinued.