(a) No person 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 City, may enter the supply or distributing system of the City, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply have been approved by the Director of Public Service of the City and by the Ohio Department of Health.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Service to cause surveys and investigations to be made of all industrial and other properties served by the public water supply where private, auxiliary or emergency water supplies other than the public water supply are known to exist or where such supplies are likely to exist. Such surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated as often as the Director deems it necessary.
(c) The Director of Public Service or his duly authorized representative shall have the right to enter at any time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distributing system of the City for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof. On demand, the owner, lessee or occupant of any property so served shall furnish to the Director any information which he may request regarding the piping system or systems and any private, auxiliary or emergency water supply used or useful on such property. The refusal of such information when demanded shall, within the discretion of the Director, be deemed evidence of the presence of an improper connection, as provided in this section.
(d) The Director of Public Service 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 any of the provisions of this section is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to such property shall not be restored until such connection has been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this section.
(e) The Director of Public Service is hereby authorized and directed to establish and enforce rules and regulations establishing requirements for the licensing of installers of backflow prevention systems and devices and to institute other controls and procedures adequate to provide safeguards to the potable water system in compliance and in accordance with Ohio R.C. 6111.13 and Chapter HE-34 of the Regulations of the Ohio Department of Health, Public Health Council.
(Ord. 65-75. Passed 7-8-75.)