(a) If, in the judgment of the Municipal Administrator or Public Works Director, if so designated by the Municipal Administrator, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water system, the Municipal Administrator or his designee will give notice to the water consumer to install such an approved device immediately. The water consumer shall, at his own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner approved by the Municipal Administrator, and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices as required by the Municipal Administrator.
(b) No person, firm, or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby a private, auxiliary, or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the Municipality may enter the supply or distributing system of said Municipality, unless such private, auxiliary, or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Municipal Administrator or his designee, and other proper governmental authority if applicable.
(c) It shall be the duty of the Municipal Administrator or his designee to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply where actual or potential hazards to the public water supply may exist. Such surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated as often as the Municipal Administrator shall deem necessary.
(d) The Municipal Administrator or his designee shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distributing system for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof. On demand the owner, lessees, or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Municipal Administrator any information which may be requested regarding the piping system or systems of water use on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Municipal Administrator, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this chapter.
(e) The Municipal Administrator or his designee is authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this chapter is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to such property shall not be restored until such conditions shall have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of the chapter.
(f) The Municipal Administrator, but not his designee, shall be authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary and appropriate to the administration of the purpose, intent, and enforcement of this chapter.
(1980 Code 50.10; Ord. 23-97.)