(a) When, in the judgment of the Director of Public Works or his/her designee, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water system, the Director of Public Works or designee shall give notice to the water user to install such an approved device. The water user shall, at his own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner approved by the Director of Public Works or designee. The water user shall, at his own expense, have such inspections and tests made of such devices as are required by the Director of Public Works or designee.
(b) No person, partnership or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained, any connection whereby a private, auxiliary, emergency, or other water supply other than the regular public water supply of the City may enter the supply or distribution system of said Municipality, unless such private, auxiliary, emergency or other water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Director of Public Works.
(c) Temporary connections to the City water distribution system shall be protected against backflow by means of an air gap or other means approved by the Director of Public Works.
(d) It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply where actual or potential hazards to the public water supply may exist. Such surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be reported as often as the Director shall deem necessary.
(e) The Director or his duly designated representative 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 City for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof. On demand, the owner, lessee or occupants of any property so serviced shall furnish the Director with any information which is requested regarding the piping system or systems, or water use on such property. The refusal to provide such information, when demanded, may be deemed by the Director to be evidence of the presence of improper connection as provided in this section.
(f) The Director is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after at least seventy- two hours’ notice, which notice is deemed to be reasonable notice, to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this section exists and immediately to take such other precautionary measures as may be deemed necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply. Water service which is disconnected pursuant to this section shall not be restored to such property until such connections shall have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 17-99. Passed 4-19-99.)