(A) Fire hydrants in new additions shall be furnished by the developer but the hydrant will be taken over and become the property of the city 1 year following the installation of the hydrant.
(B) Any and all physical connections between any public water supply, whether municipally or privately owned, and any industrial, commercial or other water supply obtained from any other source shall be discontinued, and no physical connection shall be made or established except between public water supplies which are adequately treated and are under adequate laboratory control.
(C) If a public water supply is used as a secondary supply delivered either to an elevated tank or suction tank primarily supplied with water from a source or system with which physical connections are not permitted by this regulation, the tank or tanks shall be open to atmospheric pressure, and the water from the public water supply system shall be discharged into the tank at an elevation above the overflow level of the tank or tanks, and the tank overflow shall be of adequate size to fix definitely the maximum overflow level.
(D) The owner or operator of each public water supply system within the state shall:
(1) Make or cause to be made a survey of the public water supply system for the purpose of locating all existing physical connections with other water supply systems. A report setting forth the findings of this survey shall be submitted to the State Board of Health on forms to be provided by the Board;
(2) Subsequently exercise due diligence to discover private sources of water supply and report them to the State Board of Health;
(3) Furnish no service to any customer until after having ascertained whether or not any provisions of this chapter are about to be violated. Any condition which appears to be a potential violation of the conditions of this regulation shall be reported to the State Board of Health and service deferred until approval of the Board is obtained; and
(4) The State Health Commissioner, or any health officer having jurisdiction may order the immediate severance of any connection between a public water supply system and any other system, or order the abandonment of the secondary supply, for failure to fulfill any of the conditions provided in this section, or as a reasonable and necessary measure for the protection of the public health.
(Prior Code, § 53.05) (Ord. 673, passed 4-22-1974)