(a) A customer's water systems shall be available at all times during business operations for premises inspection and backflow prevention assembly testing by Tucson Water. The inspection shall be conducted to determine whether any cross-connection or other hazard potentials exist and to determine compliance with this article and modifications, if any, pursuant to section 27-81.
(b) Tucson Water shall inspect all new sites, assembly installations, assembly relocations and assemblies that have been repaired for compliance.
(c) A waived premise is a property for which Tucson Water has determined there are currently no hazard potentials. All waived premises shall be inspected periodically or when there has been a change in owner/tenant or there has been a use change.
(d) If a customer refuses entry to a premises for inspection during business operations, Tucson Water may discontinue water service, require backflow prevention or take any steps allowed by law to gain entry to the premises.
(e) Tucson Water shall inspect all new reclaimed water sites prior to the delivery of reclaimed water to ensure that no cross-connections with Tucson Water's potable system exist and that the site complies with all applicable state and local regulations.
(f) Beginning on January 1, 2015 all reclaimed water sites, except single family residences, are required to have an annual reclaimed water site inspection and cross-connection test performed by a reclaimed water site tester certified by and registered with Tucson Water. The inspection will ensure that no cross-connections with Tucson Water's potable system exist and that the site complies with all applicable state and local regulations, including regulations pertaining to signage, ponding, overspray, site plan, and discharge off of the site. The reclaimed water site inspection program will be administered as provided in section 27-80.
(g) All single family sites will be inspected once every five years by Tucson Water at no cost to the customer. The inspection will ensure that no cross-connections with Tucson Water's potable system exist and that the site complies with all applicable state and local regulations, including regulations pertaining to signage, ponding, overspray, site plan, and discharge off of the site.
(Ord. No. 9976, § 2, 5-24-04; Ord. No. 10867, § 1, 12-21-10)