(A) All plumbing installed with the village shall be installed in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Admin. Code 890. If, in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code or in the judgement of the Director of Water, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Director of Water will give notice to the water customer to install an approved device immediately. The water customer shall, at his or her own expense, install an approved device at a location and in a manner in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, State Environmental Protection Agency and all applicable local regulations and shall have inspections and tests made of the approved devices upon installation and as required by the Illinois Plumbing Code, State Environmental Protection Agency 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 may enter the supply or distribution system of the municipality, unless the private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of the supply shall have been approved by the Director of Water and the State Environmental Protection Agency.
(C) It shall be the duty of the Director of Water to cause survey and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply to determine whether actual and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated at least every two years, or as often as the Director of Water shall deem necessary. Records of the surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least five years.
(D) The approved Cross-Connection Control Device Inspector 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 for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections and that the Water Director, 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 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 Director of Water any information which he or she may request regarding the piping systems or systems or water use on the property. The refusal of the information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Director of Water, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this chapter.
(E) The Director of Water of the village 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 chapter is known to exist and to take other precautionary measures as he or she may deem necessary to eliminate any danger or contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to the property shall not be restored until the conditions have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and until a reconnection fee of $20 is paid to the village. Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the Director of Water is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists. The action shall be followed by written notification of the cause of disconnection. Immediate disconnection without notice to any party can be effected to prevent actual or anticipated contamination or pollution of the public water supply; provided that, in the reasonable opinion of the Director of Water or the State Environmental Protection Agency, the action is required to prevent actual or potential contamination or pollution of the public water supply. Neither the Public Water Supply, the Director of Water or its agents or assigns shall be liable to any customer for any injury, damages or lost revenues which may result from termination of the customer’s water supply in accordance with the terms of this chapter, whether or not the termination was with or without notice.
(F) The consumer responsible for back-siphoned or back-pressured material or contamination through backflow, if contamination of the potable water supply systems 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.
(Ord. 08-19, passed 10-28-2008)