(A) The Water Utilities Department may, without prior notice, suspend water service to any premises when such suspension is necessary to stop an actual or potential backflow which:
(1) Presents or may present imminent and substantial danger to the environment or to the health or welfare of persons; or
(2) Presents or may present imminent and/or substantial danger to the city’ public water supply.
(B) As soon as practical after the suspension of service, the Water Utilities Department shall notify the owner or person in charge of premises of the suspension, in person or by certified mail, and shall order such person to correct the cross-connection which allowed the backflow or potential backflow to occur. When time permits, the Water Utilities Department should also notify the owner or person in charge prior to the suspending of water service.
(C) The Water Utilities Department shall not reinstate suspended services until:
(1) The person presents proof, satisfactory to the Water Utilities Department, that the hazard or potential hazard has been eliminated and its cause determined and corrected;
(2) The person pays the city for all costs the city incurred in responding to the backflow or threatened potential backflow; and
(3) The person pays the city for all costs the city will incur in reinstating service.
(1998 Code, § 122-143) (Ord. 08-47, passed 11-19-2008)