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A. No Person shall obtain or use water from a hydrant except with the permission of the Director. An application for a permit to obtain water from a hydrant shall be made at the Division of Water Distribution. Use of the hydrant shall be subject to the conditions contained in the permit and, in the event it is determined that use of the water from the hydrant is not in the best interest of the water distribution system, the permit may be canceled and any excess deposit will be returned.
B. The permit is good from April 1 to November 1 of each year, and a new permit shall be applied for each year. A special permit shall be obtained to get temporary water from a hydrant between November 1 and April 1. Hydrants used shall be pumped and/or thawed out by the permit holder, using methods approved by the Department. If this is not satisfactorily completed daily, the permit may be revoked and any work required of the Department may be paid from the deposit on file.
C. A deposit shall be collected from the applicant before a permit will be issued by the Department. The amount of the deposit shall be established by the Director and shall be used to recover unpaid charges, the cost of missing or damaged wrenches, hose connections, meters and hydrants. The deposit shall be refunded upon the payment of all outstanding charges and the return in good condition of all the equipment provided by the Department.
D. Failure to apply for a special winter use permit and/or return the hydrant meter and equipment of the Department by November 1 each year may result in an additional deposit being requested and/or confiscation of the meter, wrench and other Department owned equipment. In the event that it is necessary to confiscate equipment pursuant to this section, a field service charge may be assessed against the permit holder.
1. The permit holder shall not draw water from a hydrant except with an authorized wrench and meter supplied by the Department. The use of non-Department connections may be authorized upon written request to the Division of Water Distribution stating the justification for such use. All unauthorized connections, wrenches, hoses, meters or any other devices attached to any hydrant may be confiscated by the Department. Any evidence of tampering with the meter, unauthorized usage or theft of Utility Service may result in the immediate termination of the permit and other enforcement actions permitted by these Rules and Regulations which are exclusive of any other remedies available to the City. A copy of the permit authorizing the use of the hydrant shall be kept at the site while water is being used and shall be made available for inspection by the City.
2. The Director shall establish the amount to be charged for the deposit, daily rental fee, minimum water use fee, and metered water usage fee. Hydrant meters shall be returned to the Meter Shop each month by the permit holder for reading, testing, inspection and repair. The rental fee, minimum water use fee and/or metered or estimated water usage fee and the cost of any necessary repairs shall be paid by the permit holder. Payment shall be made in accordance with these Rules and Regulations.
3. Any Person seeking to use a hydrant outside the City's corporate limits but within City's service territory shall first obtain a permit from the governmental entity in whose jurisdiction the hydrant is located. This permit shall be presented at the time an application is made for a permit from the Department. Individual permits and meters shall be required for each jurisdiction in which the meter is used.
4. No Person shall install a water Service Connection to any hydrant where a booster pump has been installed on the Service Line to such hydrant, unless such booster pump is equipped with a minimum pressure sustaining valve (psv) set to close should the supply pressure drop below 10 psi. Booster pumps installed prior to the effective date of OAC § 3745-95-07 may, in lieu of a psv, use a low pressure cut-off designed to shut off the booster pump when the pressure in the Service Line on the suction side of the pump drops to ten pounds per square inch (10 psi) gauge or less. All pumping equipment must be approved by the Division of Water Distribution before installation.
5. Hydrants shall be opened a minimum of seven (7) complete turns on the operating nut. The hydrant must be opened and closed slowly to prevent water hammer from developing within the main. If less water is required than supplied by the hydrant in its open position, an external valve furnished by the permit holder shall be inserted in the line beyond the hose adapter furnished by the Department to regulate the flow. Hydrants shall be left in a condition equal to or better than that found; i.e., all caps replaced on the nozzles and tightened securely with the wrench. The permit holder shall be responsible for cost of repairs necessitated due to damage to hydrants caused by authorized or unauthorized use.
6. Violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a violation of TMC § 939.01. The holder of a permit shall hold the City harmless from any cost, claim or action resulting from the use of a hydrant.
A. Authorized governmental agencies, except fire units, shall use only those hydrants and hydrant connections approved by the Department.
B. Only approved hydrant wrenches are to be used to operate hydrants. Fire Department operations and sewer cleaning operations shall be coordinated with the Department of Public Utilities to minimize rusty water complaints as much as possible. The cost to correct any and all damages, including those caused by rusty water, shall be the responsibility of the agency using the hydrant.
C. Governmental agencies may be billed by the Department for water consumed while using a hydrant. Consumption will be estimated and bills calculated at rates prevailing for all like Customers of the water distribution system.
Requests for flow tests on public hydrants shall be submitted in writing to the Division of Engineering Services. The request shall include the location of the test and the flow test fee. Flow tests will be performed by the Division of Water Distribution as time and weather permit. Flow test results are kept on file at the Division of Engineering Services and are typically considered valid for three (3) years from the date of the test.
A. The general policy of the Department is:
1. To protect the public Potable Water supply from Contamination or pollution by isolating within the Consumer Water System contaminants or pollutants which could Backflow through the Service Connection into the public potable water system.
2. To promote the elimination or control of existing Cross-Connection, actual or potential, between the public or Consumer's potable water system and non-potable water systems, plumbing fixtures and sources or systems containing Process Fluids.
3. To provide for the maintenance of a continuing program of Cross-Connection control which will systematically and effectively prevent the Contamination or pollution of the public and Consumer's potable water system.
B. Application. These Rules and Regulations shall apply to all Premises served by the City's public potable water system.
C. Policy. The Water Purveyor shall be responsible for the protection of the public water supply system from Contamination due to back-pressure or back-siphonage of contaminants through the Customer's water Service Connection. If, in the judgment of the Water Purveyor, an approved Backflow Prevention Device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Water Purveyor will give notice to the Consumer for installation of such approved Backflow Prevention Device at each Service Connection to the Premises. The water Consumer shall immediately install such approved assembly or method at his own expense. Failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Consumer to install such assembly or assemblies immediately shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the Premises until such assembly or assemblies have been installed and tested per this regulation.
D. The use of the approved Backflow Prevention Device at the water Service Connection does not affect or eliminate the need for individual fixture devices or air-gaps, as required by local regulatory agencies.
A. The water system shall be considered as made up of two parts: the public potable water system and the Consumer Water System.
B. The public potable water system shall consist of the source facilities and the distribution system, and shall include all those facilities of the potable water system under the control of the Water Purveyor up to the point where the Consumer Water System begins.
C. The source shall include all components of the facilities used in the production, treatment, storage and delivery of water to the public distribution system.
D. The public distribution system shall include the network of conduits used for delivery of water from the source to the Consumer Water System.
E. The Consumer Water System shall include those parts of the facilities beyond the Service Connection which are used in conveying water from the public distribution system to points of use.
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