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(A) In addition to any other requirements of the ordinances of the municipality, any person wishing to connect to the public water supply system shall pay the costs of a backflow prevention device and the installation of such device on the supply pipe or service pipe as deemed necessary by the Utilities Superintendent. All installations shall be performed by a State Department of Health Grade VI certified water operator.
(B) The customer shall retain ownership of the backflow prevention device, and it shall be the responsibility of the customer to maintain and keep the device in good repair as determined by the Utilities Superintendent.
(C) The customer shall allow the municipality at least one time annually to test the backflow prevention device, at the customer’s expense, if the device is equipped with a test port. Alternatively, such customer may certify to the municipality at least one time annually that the backflow prevention device has been duly tested as required herein, if the device is equipped with a test port. All testing shall be performed by a State Department of Health Grade VI certified water operator.
(D) All certifications shall be made on a form available at the office of the Municipal Clerk, and a record of such tests shall be kept on file at the office of the Municipal Clerk as may be required by law.
(Prior Code, § 3-130) (Ord. 694, passed 8-1-1995)
(A) A customer of the Municipal Water Department may be required by the Utilities Superintendent to install and maintain a properly located backflow prevention device at his or her expense appropriate to the potential hazards set forth in Title 179, State Department of Health, and approved by the Utilities Superintendent.
(B) The customer shall make application to the Utilities Superintendent to install a required backflow prevention device on a form provided by the municipality. The application shall contain at a minimum the name and address of the applicant, the type of potential hazard required, protection and the type of backflow device to be installed including brand and model number.
(C) The Utilities Superintendent shall approve or disapprove the application based on his or her opinion of whether such installation will protect the municipal water distribution system from potential backflow and backsiphonage hazards.
(D) The installation of the device shall be subject to all other sections of this code dealing with installation of plumbing, including the use of a plumber licensed by the municipality, if applicable.
(E) Such customer shall also certify to the municipality at least one time annually that the backflow prevention device has been tested by a State Department of Health Grade VI certified water operator if the device is equipped with a test port. Such certification shall be made on a form available at the office of the Municipal Clerk.
(F) Any decision of the Utilities Superintendent may be appealed to the City Council.
(Prior Code, § 3-128) (Ord. 614, passed 1-5-1993)
(A) No customer or other person shall cause, allow or create any physical connection between the municipal water distribution system and any pipes, pumps, hydrants, tanks, steam condensate returns, engine jackets, heat exchangers, other water supplied or any other connection whereby potentially unsafe or contaminating materials may be discharged or drawn into the municipal water distribution system.
(B) At least one time every five years, customers of the municipal water distribution and supply system shall be required to assess and report potential backflow and backsiphonage hazards to the municipality on a form supplied by the municipality to the customer. The customer shall take any steps necessary for protection of public health and safety as determined by the Utilities Superintendent.
(Prior Code, § 3-129) (Ord. 613, passed 1-5-1993) Penalty, see § 10.99
All water consumers shall be liable for the minimum rate provided by ordinance unless and until the consumer shall, by written order, direct the Utilities Superintendent to shut off the water at the stop box, in which case he or she shall not be liable thereafter for water rental until the water is turned on again.
(Prior Code, § 3-109)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-542
The following is established as a tariff of water rates to consumers of the waterworks system of the city based on monthly consumption.
(A) Rate charge. The rate charge is the sum of $20, plus $3 for each thousand gallons, or fraction thereof; or plus $2.25 for each 100 cubic feet or fraction thereof.
(B) Meter readings; billing; service turned off for nonpayment. All meters of consumers shall be read by the Utilities Superintendent, or his or her agent, between the fifteenth day of the quarter during which water service is used and the first day of the succeeding quarter. The Utilities Superintendent, or his or her duly authorized agents who are charged with the duty of reading water meters, shall, as said water meters are read, make statements for each consumer, based on the quarterly meter readings and shall enter all charges on the books of the Water Department. All bills for water service shall be due on the tenth day of each month following the date said bills are sent, shall be delinquent if not paid by the twentieth day thereof and shall be payable to the Utilities Superintendent or some other agent of the city designated for the purpose of receiving water rents and charges at the city office. If said water bills are not paid by the twentieth day of the month, the water service of the consumer shall be turned off, pursuant to § 50.01, and shall not be turned on again until said bill and a late charge of $5 is paid. Statements for water bills may be mailed, when ordered by the Council on or about their due date. The Utilities Superintendent may, whenever he or she deems it advisable or necessary, declare any water bill due at any time and proceed to collect the same; and, in his or her discretion, he or she may require charges for water service to be paid in advance.
(C) Discrimination. No water service shall be furnished to any consumer under any other rate than is provided by this section.
(D) Temporary users. Persons, including other branches or agencies of the city government, desiring to use water temporarily, shall pay such rates as the Utilities Superintendent, with the approval of the Council, shall fix.
(Prior Code, § 3-110) (Ord. 514, passed 4-7-1986; Ord. 549, passed 2-7-1989; Ord. 617, passed 3-2-1993; Ord. 680, passed 11-1-1994; Ord. 683, passed 12-6-1994; Ord. 787, passed 9-7-1999; Ord. 830, passed 12-10-2003; Ord. 851, passed 3-14-2006; Ord. 900, passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 929, passed 6-13-2017; Ord. 956, passed 10-12-2021; Ord. 973, passed 10-10-2023; Ord. 980, passed 6-11-2024)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-537 and 17-542