(A) The owner or official custodian shall be responsible for protection of the public water supply system from contamination due to backflow or back- siphonage of contaminants through the customer’s water service connection.
(B) If, in the judgment, of the Water Super- intendent, or the Superintendent’s authorized representative, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Water Superintendent shall give notice to the consumer to install the approved backflow prevention device at each service connection to the premises.
(1) The consumer immediately shall install the approved device at his or her own expense; failure, refusal or inability on the part of the consumer to install the device immediately shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the premises until the device has been installed.
(2) The consumer shall retrain records of installation, maintenance, testing and repair for a period of at least five years.
(3) The Water Superintendent may require the consumer to submit a cross-connection inspection report to the city 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.
(Ord. 0-91-4, passed 12-2-91)