(a) The responsibility for cross-connection control rest jointly with the water supplier, the water consumer, and the regulatory agencies. The regulatory agencies include the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the Ohio Department of Commerce, the local health department, and the Building Department. Each has specific responsibilities and each must carry out its phase of a coordinated program in order to obtain cross-connection control.
(b) Cross-connection control may be divided into two areas of protection. One is the protection of public potable water system, which is the responsibility of the Water Services Superintendent. The other is the protection of the consumer's potable water system, which is the responsibility of the customer-owner of the premises. The regulatory agencies have the basic
responsibility of promulgating and enforcing laws and regulations for the protection of both the public potable water system and the consumer's water system.
(c) The Water Services Superintendent shall be responsible for the protection of the public potable water distribution system from contamination or pollution due to the backflow of contaminants or pollutants through the water service connection. If, in the judgment of said Water Services Superintendent, an approved containment backflow-prevention assembly is required at the customer's water service connection for the safety of the water system, the Water Services Superintendent, or his/her designated agent, shall give notice in writing to said customer to install such an approved containment backflow-prevention assembly(s} at specific location(s) on his/her premises. The customer shall immediately install such approved assembly(s) at his/her own expense; and, failure, refusal, or inability on the part of the customer to install, have tested, and maintain said assembly(s) shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the premises until such requirements have been satisfactorily met.
(d) The Plumbing Inspector and Building Department shall be responsible for promulgating and enforcing laws and regulations for the protection of both the public potable water system and the consumer's water system. The protection shall be from contamination or pollution due to the backflow of contaminants or pollutants originating from the consumers building, facility or property. If, in the judgment of the Plumbing Inspector, an approved isolation backflow-prevention assembly is required in the customer's water system for the safety of the customers and/or public water system, the Plumbing Inspector and/or his designated agent shall give notice in writing to said customer to install such an approved backflow-prevention assembly(s) at specific location(s) on his/her premises. The customer shall install such approved assembly(s) at his/her own expense within thirty (30) days from notification of the violation by certified mail and/or personal delivery.
(Ord. 17-169. Passed 9-11-17.)