(A) When connection to a public water supply is not required as provided herein, then an owner may construct and maintain at his expense a private water supply in accordance with this section.
(B) Before commencement of construction of a private water system the owner shall obtain a permit from the Idaho department of health and welfare. The application for such permit shall be made through said department and the applicant shall furnish any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary by said department.
(C) A permit for a private system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Idaho department of health and welfare. The department's representative shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction, and in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the department when the work is ready for final inspection and before any underground portions are covered.
(D) The type, capacity, location and layout of a private water system shall comply with all recommendations of the Idaho department of health and welfare.
(E) The owner shall operate and maintain the private water system in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the city.
(F) Whenever an owner connects to the public water system he shall, at his expense, physically disconnect any private water source from the public water source in such a manner that water from a private source will never pass through the same pipes that carry any water from the public source except as may be approved by the city council, water superintendent and state department of health and welfare. Such approval shall be contingent upon the owner, at his expense, adequately testing the private water source to assure the water superintendent that the private source is not and has not become polluted and the construction of an approved positive air separation or reduced pressure backflow prevention system, or double check valve device between the private source and the public water line to guarantee that no water from the private source can enter a public water line if a negative pressure should occur in the public water line, all as required by law. (Ord. 1758, 3-15-1976; amd. 1980)
(G) No statement contained in this section shall be construed to interfere with or supersede any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Idaho department of health and welfare. (Ord. 1758, 3-15-1976)