(A) Customers shall cooperate with the installation, inspection, testing, maintenance and, as needed, repair and replacement of backflow prevention assemblies and with the survey process. For any identified uncontrolled cross-connections, the town will complete one of the following actions within 120 days of its discovery:
(1) Control the cross-connection;
(2) Remove the cross-connection;
(3) Suspend water service to the cross-connection; and
(4) Suspend water service to the property
(B) (1) The town shall give notice in writing to any owner whose plumbing system has been found to present a risk to the public water system’s distribution system through an uncontrolled cross-connection. The notice and order shall state that the owner must install a backflow prevention assembly or method at each service connection to the owner’s premises to contain the water service.
(2) The notice and order will give a date by which the owner must comply with the order.
(a) In instances where a backflow prevention assembly or method cannot be installed, the owner must install approved backflow prevention devices or methods at all cross-connections within the owner’s water supply system. The notice and order will give a date by which the owner must comply with the order.
(b) In the event water service is suspended, the owner will be responsible for paying any cost and fees associated with recommencing water service in accordance with town’s water policies and rules.
(Ord. 04-2016, passed 1-13-2016)