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(A) Where protection is required.
(1) An approved backflow device shall be installed on all connections to the public water supply as described in the Plumbing Code, 77 Illinois Administrative Code 890 and the agency’s regulations 35 Illinois Administrative Code 680. In addition, an approved backflow prevention device shall be installed on each service line to a consumer’s water system serving premises where, in the judgment of the Director of the Public Works Department, actual or potential hazards to the public water supply system exist.
(2) An approved backflow prevention device shall be installed on each service line to a consumer’s water system serving premises where one or more of the following conditions exist:
(a) Premises having an auxiliary water supply, unless the auxiliary supply is accepted as an additional source by the Director of the Public Works Department and the source is approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency;
(b) Premises on which any substance is handled which can create an actual or potential hazard to the public water supply system. This shall include premises having sources or systems containing process fluids or waters originating from the public water supply system which are no longer under the sanitary control of the Director of the Public Works Department;
(c) Premises having internal cross-connections that, in the judgment of the Director of the Public Works Department, are not correctable or intricate plumbing arrangements which make it impractical to determine whether or not cross-connections exist;
(d) Premises where, because of security requirements or other prohibitions or restrictions, it is impossible or impractical to make a complete cross-connection survey; or
(e) Premises having a repeated history of cross-connections being established or reestablished.
(3) An approved backflow device shall be installed on all connections to the public water supply as described in the Plumbing Code, 77 Illinois Administrative Code 890 and the agency’s regulations, 35 Illinois Administrative Code 653. In addition, an approved backflow prevention device shall be installed on each service line to a consumer’s water system serving, but not necessarily limited to the following types of facilities unless the Director of the Public Works Department determines that no actual or potential hazard to the public water system exists:
(a) Hospitals, mortuaries, clinics, nursing homes;
(b) Laboratories;
(c) Piers, docks, waterfront facilities;
(d) Sewage treatment plants, sewage pumping stations or stormwater pumping stations;
(e) Food or beverage processing plants;
(f) Chemical plants;
(g) Metal plating industries;
(h) Petroleum processing or storage plants;
(i) Radioactive material processing plants or nuclear reactors;
(j) Car washes;
(k) Pesticide or herbicide or extermination plants and trucks; and
(l) Farm service and fertilizer plants and trucks.
(B) Type of protection required.
(1) The type of protection required under this subchapter shall depend on the degree of hazard which exists as follows.
(a) An approved fixed proper air gap separation shall be installed where the public water supply system may be contaminated with substances that could cause a severe health hazard.
(b) An approved fixed proper air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow prevention assembly shall be installed where the public water supply system may be contaminated with a substance that could cause a system or health hazard.
(c) An approved fixed proper air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow prevention assembly or a double check valve assembly shall be installed where the public water supply system may be polluted with substances that could cause a pollution hazard not dangerous to health.
(2) The type of protection required under this subchapter shall be an approved fixed proper air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow device.
(3) Where a public water supply or an auxiliary water supply is used for a fire protection system, reduced pressure principle backflow preventers shall be installed on fire safety systems connected to the public water supply when:
(a) The fire safety system contains antifreeze, fire retardant or other chemicals;
(b) Water is pumped into the system from another source;
(c) Water flows by gravity from a nonpotable source;
(d) Water can be pumped into the fire safety system from any other source; or
(e) There is a connection whereby another source can be introduced into the fire safety system.
(4) All other fire safety systems connected to the potable water supply shall be protected by a double check valve assembly on metered service lines and a double detector check valve assembly on unmetered service lines.
(C) Backflow prevention devices.
(1) All backflow prevention devices or methods required by these rules and regulations shall be approved by the Research Foundation for Cross-Connection Control of the University of Southern California, American Water Works Association, American Society of Sanitary Engineering, or American National Standards Institute or certified by the National Sanitation Foundation to be in compliance with applicable industry specifications.
(2) Installation of approved devices shall be made in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Maintenance as recommended by the manufacturer of the device shall be performed. Manufacturer’s maintenance manual shall be available on site.
(D) Inspection and maintenance.
(1) It shall be the duty of the consumer at any premises on which backflow prevention devices required by these regulations are installed to have inspection, tests, maintenance and repair made in accordance with the following schedule, or more often where inspections indicate a need or are specified in manufacturer’s instructions.
(a) Fixed proper air gap separations shall be inspected to document that a proper vertical distance is maintained between the discharge point of the service line and the flood level rim of the receptacle at the time of installation and at least annually thereafter. Corrections to improper or bypassed air gaps shall be made within 24 hours.
(b) Double check valve assemblies shall be inspected and tested at time of installation and at least annually thereafter, and required service performed within five days.
(c) Reduced pressure principle backflow prevention assemblies shall be tested at the time of installation and at least annually or more frequently if recommended by the manufacturer, and required service performed within five days.
(2) Testing shall be performed by a person who has been approved by the agency as competent to service the device. Proof of approval shall be in writing.
(3) Each device shall have a tag attached listing the date of most recent test or visual inspection, name of tester, and type and date of repairs.
(4) A maintenance log shall be maintained and shall include:
(a) Date of each test or visual inspection;
(b) Name and approval number of person performing the test or visual inspection;
(c) Test results;
(d) Repairs or servicing required;
(e) Repairs and date completed; and
(f) Servicing performed and date completed.
(5) Whenever backflow prevention devices required by these regulations are found to be defective, they shall be repaired or replaced at the expense of the consumer without delay as per division (D)(1)(a) of this section.
(6) Backflow prevention devices shall not be bypassed, made inoperative, removed or otherwise made ineffective without specific authorization by the Director of the Public Works Department.
(E) Booster pumps.
(1) Where a booster pump has been installed on the service line to or within any premises, the pump shall be equipped with a low pressure cutoff device designed to shut off the booster pump when the pressure in the service line on the suction side of the pump drops to 20 psi or less.
(2) It shall be the duty of the water consumer to maintain the low pressure cutoff device in proper working order and to certify to the Director of the Public Works Department, at least once a year, that the device is operable.
(F) Installations to conform to law. All plumbing installed within the city shall be installed in conformance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency regulations and this subchapter.
(1986 Code, § 20-55) (Ord. 1994-33, passed 11-9-1994; Ord. 2007-21, passed 12-3-2007)
(A) Cross-connections prohibited.
(1) Connections between potable water systems and other systems or equipment containing water or other substances of unknown or questionable quality are prohibited, except when and where approved cross-connection control devices or methods are installed, tested and maintained to ensure proper operation on a continuing basis.
(2) No physical connection shall be permitted between the potable portion of a supply and any other water supply not of equal or better bacteriological and chemical quality, as determined by inspection and analysis by the Agency.
(3) There shall be no arrangement or connection by which an unsafe substance may enter a supply.
(B) Backflow prevention device.
(1) It is unlawful for any person or owner or custodian of property within the city to fail to install a backflow prevention device upon order of the Director of Public Works, or to remove the device, once it is installed, without the consent of the Director.
(2) If the Director of Public Works or his or her designee determines in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, the Environmental Protection Agency or this subchapter, that the installation of a backflow prevention device is necessary for the protection of the public water supply, he or she shall give written notice of that fact to the owner or custodian of property to install the device within a time period specified in the notice. Failure to comply with the notice shall constitute a violation of this subchapter.
(C) Permit required. No person, owner or custodian of property shall establish or permit any connection to be made to the city public water system without having first obtained a permit issued by the city.
(1986 Code, § 20-56) (Ord. 1994-33, passed 11-9-1994; Ord. 1995-16, passed 5-16-1995; Ord. 2007-21, passed 12-3-2007) Penalty, see § 52.999
(A) Disconnection of water supply.
(1) If the Director of Public Works or his or her designee determines that the public water system is being contaminated, he or she shall have the power to shut off the supply of public water to the offending premises after giving written notice to the owner or custodian of the property and an opportunity to be heard in his or her defense. If the Director determines that the contamination creates an immediate threat to the health of persons using the public water supply system, he or she may immediately and without notice disconnect the water supply and immediately thereafter give written notice to the owner or custodian of the property affording him or her an opportunity to be heard within 24 hours if the 24 hours falls on a regular weekday, or on the following Monday if it falls on a weekend.
(2) Neither the Director nor his or her designee shall be liable to any customer for any injury or damage that may result from the disconnection of the water supply.
(3) Water service shall not be restored until the owner or custodian of the property has corrected or eliminated the condition or defect and the public water supply system has been inspected and the correction approved by the Director of Public Works or his or her designee.
(B) Costs of correction and cleanup. The owner or custodian of the property shall bear the cost of correction and cleanup of the potable water supply.
(C) Reinstatement of service. If service is disconnected, it shall not be restored unless a reinstatement fee of $100 has been paid and adequate provisions have been made for the payment of costs, fines and expenses of abatement or cleanup.
(D) Abatement.
(1) If the Director of Public Works or his or her designee shall determine that there is no immediate danger to the health of persons using the public water supply system, he or she shall give the owner or custodian of the property written notice of the violation and a reasonable time to correct it.
(1986 Code, § 20-57) (Ord. 1994-33, passed 11-9-1994; Ord. 1995-16, passed 5-16-1995; Ord. 2007-21, passed 12-3-2007)
CONNECTIONS
Any person desiring to make a water tap or service connection with the city water system shall file a written application therefor in the office of the Public Works Department upon blanks provided for that purpose. The application shall be signed by the owner of the property for which the tap or service connection is desired or his or her authorized agent. The application shall be accompanied by payment of the fee authorized by § 52.053 to cover the cost of the service connection and meter. If the application is made by an agent for the owner, then the application shall also be accompanied by the written authority of the owner to the agent for the making of the application.
(1986 Code, § 20-61)
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