(A) The general manager or his or her designated representative shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by the public water system for the purpose of inspecting the piping system therein for cross-connections, auxiliary intakes, bypasses or inter-connections or for the testing of backflow prevention device(s). Upon request, the owner, lessee or occupant of any property so served shall furnish any pertinent information regarding the piping system on such property. Refusal of such information or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross-connections.
(B) When cross-connections, other structural or sanitary hazards or any violation of this chapter becomes known, the general manager or his or her designated representative, shall deny or immediately discontinue service to the premises by providing for a physical break in the service line until the customer has corrected the conditions in conformance with this chapter.
(C) It shall be the duty of the Cross-Connection Coordinator that at any premises where backflow prevention assemblies are installed on internal pipelines carrying potable water, waste water, process water or any other liquid, gas or undesirable substance, to have certified inspections and operational tests made at least once per year. In those instances where the Cross-Connection Coordinator deems the hazard to be great enough, inspections may be required at more frequent intervals.
(D) All inspections, tests and repairs shall be at the expense of the customer and shall be performed by a person certified by the state and has the authority from the water purveyor. It shall be the duty of the general manager or his or her designated representative to see that these tests, or repairs are made in a timely manner. Assemblies found to be defective shall be repaired, overhauled or replaced at the expense of the customer. Copies of all records of tests, repairs and overhaul shall be supplied to the cross-connection control office for retention.
(E) Failure to maintain a backflow prevention device in proper working order shall be grounds for discontinuance of water service. The removal, bypassing or altering of a protective device or the installation thereof so as to render a device ineffective shall constitute grounds for discontinuance of water service. Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the customer has corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects to the satisfaction of the general manager or his or her designated representative.
(2011 Code, § 18-306) (Ord. 06-45, passed 9- -2006)