(A) Testing and repair of backflow prevention assemblies shall be made by a certified backflow prevention technician approved by the town. Such tests are to be conducted annually or at a frequency established by the town. A certified backflow prevention technician shall perform any testing and the test results shall be submitted to the town on an approved form within 30 business days after the completion of any testing. If a repair is found necessary on an assembly it must be re-tested. A complete duplicate copy of any repair shall be sent to the town within 30 days of completion of the repair. Each customer must maintain a complete copy of any tests or repairs.
(B) Each backflow prevention assembly must function properly at time of installment. The customer will be required to test each assembly within ten days following installation at his or her expense. A certified backflow prevention technician shall conduct the test and the results shall be submitted to the town on an approved form.
(C) Any time that repairs to backflow prevention assemblies are deemed necessary, whether through annual or required testing, or routine inspection by the consumer or by the town, these repairs must be completed within a specified time in accordance with the degree of hazard. In no case shall this time period exceed:
(1) Health hazard facilities: seven days.
(2) Non-health hazard facilities: 21 days.
(D) All backflow prevention assemblies with test cocks are required to be tested annually or at a frequency established by the town.
(E) All certified backflow prevention technicians must obtain and employ backflow prevention assembly test equipment which has been evaluated and/or approved by the town. All test equipment shall be registered with the town and shall be checked for accuracy annually (at a minimum), calibrated if necessary, and certified as to such accuracy/calibration, employing a calibration method acceptable to the town.
(F) It shall be unlawful for any consumer or certified backflow prevention assembly tester to submit any record to the town or which is false or incomplete in any material respect. It shall be unlawful for any consumer or certified tester to fail to submit to the town any record which is required by this chapter. Such violations may result in any of the enforcement actions outlined in §§ 54.13 and 54.99 below.
(G) All rubber components must be replaced every five years or as often as needed.
(H) If a customer does not wish for water service to be interrupted when a backflow assembly is tested, repaired, or replaced, a parallel installation must be made, at the customer's expense, using an approved assembly of the same degree of hazard. The parallel line may be of the same size or smaller.
(I) No service shall be completed until the town has been provided information or has surveyed the private water system to determine the degree of hazard and make a determination of a backflow prevention assembly to be installed to protect the public water supply.
(J) Any customer making any modification to the private system's configuration or use of, which may change the degree of hazard, shall notify the town before any modification is made. If the town determines that such modification requires a different backflow prevention assembly, the assembly must be installed before the modification is made.
(Ord. passed 9-3-2013)