(a) No person, firm or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby a private, auxiliary or emergency water supply, other than the regular public water supply of Put-in-Bay, may enter the supply or distribution system of said Municipality, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Village Administrator of Put-in-Bay and by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(b) Auxiliary wells that are on a property or can service a property that is connected to the Village's public water supply shall only be used for in ground irrigation or geothermal applications. The use of auxiliary wells for any other purpose not specified in this subsection is prohibited.
(1) Any water customer that has an auxiliary well on the property not used for in ground irrigation or geothermal applications shall be required to sign an "Unused Auxiliary Well Agreement" with the Village that specifies the regulations for using unused wells and the penalties for failing to comply with the regulations as set forth in this section and Section 1040.03.
(2) Any auxiliary well located on a property or can service a property that is connected to the Village's public water supply and not used as specified in paragraph (b)(1) hereof is deemed abandoned by the Village and must be properly sealed at the water customer's expense. Copies of the well sealing shall be provided to the Village within thirty days of the well sealing.
A. Abandoned auxiliary wells shall not have any plumbing or power sources connected to them.
B. In the event that a water customer intends to use the auxiliary well for a permitted purpose, water customer shall notify the Village to receive approval of the planned use before any work can proceed with the proposed well system.
(3) Water customer shall have a licensed plumber inspect the premise, at their expense, once per year between April 1 and September 30 to certify that no connection or means of connection has been created between the public water supply and auxiliary water supply. Copies of the certified inspections shall be submitted to the Village within thirty days of the completion of the inspection.
(c) Noncompliance with the regulations set forth in this section and in Section 1040.03 will result in termination of water service as follows:
(1) After reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the supplier of water shall deny or discontinue the water service to any premises wherein any of the following occurs:
A. A backflow preventer required by this chapter is not installed, tested and maintained in a manner acceptable to the supplier of water.
B. The backflow preventer has been removed or by-passed.
C. An unprotected cross-connection exists on the premises.
D. The supplier of water or the director, or the authorized representative of either, is denied entry to determine compliance with this chapter.
(2) Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the consumer has corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects in conformance with this section and to the satisfaction of the supplier of water. (O.A.C. 3745-95-08.)
(Ord. 1229-2019. Passed 12-18-19.)