a. No person, firm, or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any cross connection. No interconnection shall be established whereby potable water from a private, auxiliary, or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the Town may enter the supply or distribution system of the Town, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Water Utility Department of the Town and by the Environmental Management Board in accordance with Rule 320 IAC § 3-9.
b. It shall be the duty of the Utility to cause inspections to be made of all properties served by the public water system where cross connections with the public water system is deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and reinspections based on potential health hazards involved shall be as established by the Utility.
Upon presentation of credentials, the representative of the Utility shall have the right to request entry at any reasonable time to examine any property served by a connection to the public water system of the Town for cross connections. On request, the owner, lessee, or occupant of any property so served shall furnish to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the piping system or systems on such property. The refusal of access or refusal of requested pertinent information shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross connections.
c. The user is required to maintain said backflow prevention devices and shall have them inspected and tested at six or twelve month intervals in accordance with 327 IAC § 8-10-8 by a certified inspector, who shall report the results to the Utility and to the user. The inspection shall be at the expense of the user. Inspector certification is done by the State of Indiana and a certificate is issued accordingly. Device repair is the responsibility of the user.
d. The user shall retain records of all testing, repair, and approval of backflow prevention devices for a three year period. The Utility is required to retain all records of testing and repair of such devices.
(Ord. No. 1241, § 12, 7-14-93)