(A) If, in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code or, in the judgement of the Superintendent of Water, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the person appointed by the President and Board of Trustees of the village will give notice to the water customer to install such an approved device immediately. The water customer shall, at his or her own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code and all applicable local regulations, and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices as required by the Illinois Plumbing Code and local regulations.
(B) 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 the village 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 Superintendent of Water and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
(C) It shall be the duty of the person appointed by the Village President and Board of Trustees to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply to determine whether actual or potential hazards to the public water supply may exist. Such surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated at least every two years, or as often as the appointee of the Village President and Board of Trustees shall deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least five years.
(D) The approved cross-connection village appointee shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time, any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the village water supply for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and that the village appointee or his or her authorized agent shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the village water supply for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the customer regarding the required cross-connection control inspection. On demand, the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Superintendent of Water any information which he or she may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the village appointee, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connection as provided in this subchapter.
(E) The village appointee is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this subchapter is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he or she may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this subchapter, and until the usual reconnection fee is paid to the Village Water Department. Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the village appointee is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists. Such action shall be followed by written notification of the cause of disconnection.
(F) The consumer responsible for backsiphoned material or contamination through backflow, if contamination of the potable water supply system occurs through an illegal cross-connection or an improperly installed, maintained or repaired device, or a device which has been bypassed, must bear the cost of clean-up of the potable water supply system.
(Prior Code, § 50B.030) (Ord. 89-009, passed 4-5-1989)