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(A) No person but an authorized employee of the town shall tap any main or distributing pipe or open or close any valve on the system nor open or close any stopcock at the curb on any service connection.
(B) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to interfere with or in any way intermeddle with any of the buildings, wells, reservoirs, tanks, pipes, meters or connections or with the water in same or with any apparatus forming a part of the water works system or make any connection therewith, except as herein provided for or to knowingly permit same to be done on his, her or their premises or premises in his, her or their possession or control as agent or knowingly use water from the unauthorized connection.
(2) Nor shall any authorized consumer be allowed to supply water to other persons or families, nor shall any person take or carry away water from any authorized connection or from any hydrant, watering trough or public fountain without the consent of the town.
(Prior Code, § 51.002) Penalty, see § 51.99
All water line work outside the corporate limits of the town shall be completed by the contractors of the owners’ choice with plans and installation inspected and approved by the Town Engineer or Director of Public Works.
(Prior Code, § 51.003) (Ord. passed 5-30-1974) Penalty, see § 51.99
(A) Use of hose for sprinkling. No hose shall be used for sprinkling or other purposes, except on services upon which a meter has been installed.
(Prior Code, § 51.060)
(B) Use of fire hydrants. Fire hydrants are for the use of Fire Department only for the extinguishing of fires and must be used by no other person nor for any other purpose whatever, except uses as the town may deem advisable for municipal purposes.
(Prior Code, § 51.061)
(C) Water pressure. The town will furnish water to the applicant at normal town pressure. Any additional pressure desired is the responsibility of the applicant.
(Prior Code, § 51.062)
Penalty, see § 51.99
(A) Right of entry. The town reserves the right to enter the premises of any consumer for the purpose of inspection at any time to see that no water is being wasted and that the prescribed regulations are being complied with.
(Prior Code, § 51.075)
(B) Authority to cut off service. All utility accounts are due and payable on the tenth of each month. The grace period extends to the fifteenth of each month. Late fees and cut-offs are generally scheduled for the sixteenth of each month; therefore, the following cut-off procedures will be in force until otherwise approved by the Town Manager.
(1) Cut-off suspended. Cut-off will be suspended when the twentieth falls on a holiday, weekend or the first day after a holiday weekend.
(2) After-hours reconnects. Any customer requesting reconnection after 5:00 p.m. and before 10:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, will be granted turn-on unless otherwise granted by the Town Manager or Public Works Director. Public Works will report any after-hours turn-ons to the Administration Office.
(3) Cut-off list. Cut-off list will be turned over to Public Works after daily deposit is updated.
(4) Cut-off list to be returned and signed. Cut-off list will be returned signed and dated to the Utility Billing Office when complete.
(5) Cut-offs; when to be completed. All cut-offs will be completed on the day the cut-off list is received by Public Works unless otherwise authorized by the Town Manager or Public Works Director.
(6) Reconnects. Reconnects will be expedited, same day as payment.
(7) Turning off accounts. Certain accounts will not be turned off unless authorized, due to the nature of the business. Examples are:
(a) Beauty shops;
(b) Medical facilities;
(c) Dental facilities;
(d) Nursing homes; and
(e) Day cares.
(Prior Code, § 51.076)
(C) Police to aid in enforcement. It shall be the duty of the police of the town to give diligent aid in the enforcement of this chapter and the rules and regulations hereof and shall report all violators thereof which come to their knowledge to the Town Administrator.
(Prior Code, § 51.077)
(A) Introductions.
(1) The purpose of this chapter is to define the authority of the Public Works Department of the town as the water purveyor in the elimination of all cross-connections within its potable water supply.
(2) This chapter shall apply to all users connected with the public works potable water supply regardless of whether the user is located within the town limits or outside the town limits.
(3) This chapter will comply with the Federal Safe Drinking Act, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 300(f) et seq., the State Administrative Code (Title 15A, Subchapter 8C), and the State Building Code (Volume II) as they pertain to cross-connections with the public water supply.
(Prior Code, § 51.090)
(B) Objectives. The specific objectives of this chapter for the Public Works Department of the town are as follows:
(1) To protect the public potable water supply of the town against actual or potential contamination by isolating within the consumers water system, contaminates or pollutants which could, under adverse conditions, backflow through uncontrolled cross-connections in to the public water system;
(2) To eliminate or control existing cross-connections, actual or potential, between the consumers potable water system(s) and non-potable or industrial piping system(s); and
(3) To provide a continuing inspection program of cross-connection control which will systematically and effectively control all actual or potential cross-connections which may be installed in the future.
(Prior Code, § 51.091)
(C) Responsibilities.
(1) Health Agency.
(a) The State Department of Environment Health and Natural Resources (Division of Health Services) has the responsibility for promulgating and enforcing laws, rules, regulations and policies to be followed in carrying out an effective cross-connection control program.
(b) The State Department of Environment Health and Natural Resources (Division of Health Services) has the primary responsibility of ensuring that the water purveyor operates the public potable water system free of actual or potential sanitary hazards, including unprotected cross- connections. They have the further responsibility of ensuring that the water purveyor provides an approved water supply at the service connection to the consumer’s water system; and, further, that he or she requires the installation, testing and maintenance of an approved backflow prevention assembly on the service connection when required.
(2) Water purveyor.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the water purveyor’s (Public Works) responsibility to ensure a safe water supply begins at the source and includes all of the public water distribution system, including the service connection and ends at the point of delivery to the consumers water system(s). In addition, the water purveyor shall exercise reasonable vigilance to ensure that the consumer has taken the proper steps to protect the public potable water system. To ensure that the proper precautions are taken, the Public Works Department is required to determine the degree of hazard or potential hazard to the public potable water system; to determine the degree of protection required; and to ensure proper containment protection through an on-going inspection program.
(b) When it is determined that a backflow prevention assembly is required for the protection of the public system, the Public Works Department shall require the consumer, at the consumer’s expense, to install an approved backflow prevention assembly at each service connection, to test immediately upon installation and thereafter at a frequency as determined by the Public Works Department, to properly repair and maintain the assemblies, and to keep adequate records of each test and subsequent maintenance and repair, including materials and/or replacement parts.
(3) Plumbing inspections.
(a) The Plumbing Inspection Department of the county has the responsibility to not only review building plans and inspect plumbing as it is installed, but it also has the explicit responsibility of preventing cross-connections from being designed and built into the plumbing systems within its jurisdiction. Where the review of building plans suggests or detects the potential for cross-connections being made an integral part of the plumbing system, the Plumbing Inspector has the responsibility, under the State Building Code, for requiring that the cross-connections be either eliminated or provided with backflow prevention equipment approved by the State Building Code.
(b) The plumbing inspectors responsibility begins at the point of delivery and continues throughout the entire length of the consumers water system. The Plan Inspector should inquire about the intended use of water at any point where a point of delivery is actually called for by the plans. When such is discovered, it shall be mandatory that a suitable, backflow prevention assembly approved by the State Building Code be required by the plans and be properly installed. The primary protection assembly for containment purposes only shall have approval from the Public Works Department, the State Building Code and the State Department of Environment Health and Natural Resources.
(4) Consumer. The consumer has the primary responsibility of preventing pollutants and contaminants from entering his or her potable water system or the public potable water system. The consumer responsibility starts at the point of delivery from the public potable water system and includes all of his or her water system. The consumer, at his or her own expense, shall install, operate, test and maintain approved backflow prevention assemblies as directed by the Public Works Department. The consumer shall maintain accurate records of tests and repairs made to backflow prevention assemblies and shall maintain the records for a minimum period of three years. The records shall be on forms approved by the Public Works Department and shall include the list of materials or replacement parts used. Following any repair, overhaul, re-piping or relocation of an assembly, the consumer shall have it tested to ensure that it is in good operating condition and will prevent backflow. Tests, maintenance and repairs of backflow prevention assemblies shall be made by a certified backflow prevention assembly tester.
(5) Certified backflow prevention assembly tester. When employed by the consumer to test, repair, overhaul or maintain backflow prevention assemblies, a backflow prevention assembly tester will have the following responsibilities: The tester will be responsible for making competent inspections and for repairing or overhauling backflow prevention assemblies and making reports of the repair to the consumer and responsible authorities on forms provided by the Public Works Department. The tester shall include the list of materials or replacement parts used. The tester shall be equipped with and be competent to use all necessary tools, gauges or other equipment necessary to properly test, repair and maintain backflow prevention assemblies. It will be the tester’s further responsibility not to change the design, material or operational characteristics of an assembly. A certified tester shall perform the work and be responsible for the competency and accuracy of all tests and reports. A tester shall provide a copy of all test and repair reports to the consumer and to the Public Works Department within ten business days of any completed test or repair work. A tester shall maintain the records for a minimum of three years.
(Prior Code, § 51.092)
(Ord. passed 6-12-2003) Penalty, see § 51.99
The following are potable water specifications:
(A) All meters installed by contractor will be Hersey Hot Rod Radio Read (no exceptions);
(B) All meters over one inch will be compound;
(C) Meter sizes required: three-quarters, one, two, four, six or eight; no one and one-half or three-inch meters allowed;
(D) Contractors will do all taps and will provide valves with brass fittings on both sides of road if bore required;
(E) All meters one inch and above will require RPZ backflow device above ground;
(F) Per state law, some three-quarter-inch services may require backflow protection;
(G) Three-quarter-, one- and two-inch require setters;
(H) Backflow devices will be on pad and in a hot box to prevent freezing;
(I) Meter boxes will be PVC type of the appropriate size;
(J) Contractors will call town forces to observe tap;
(K) No taps will be done weekdays after 4:00 p.m., on weekends or holidays (town observed);
(L) All bores will be encased with steel or ductile iron pipe;
(M) Lines will be encased if run across ditches with steel or ductile iron pipe;
(N) Gasket joints on DOT ROWs;
(O) Lines will be pressure tested and town forces must observe;
(P) DENR requirements for disinfection and town to have BacT results before service;
(Q) Engineer certification required before service activated;
(R) Engineer responsible for inspections; and
(S) C900 pipe shall be used.
(Prior Code, § 51.105) (Ord. passed 9-10-2009)
APPLICATIONS FOR SERVICE; CONNECTIONS
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