(A) An inspection shall be conducted to determine whether any cross-connections or other hazard potentials exist and to determine compliance with this subchapter. The user’s water system shall be available at all times during normal business hours for inspection by authorized personnel of the Department.
(B) The user shall maintain accurate records of tests and repairs made to backflow prevention devices and provide the Department with copies of such records. The records shall be on forms approved by the Department and shall include the list of materials or replacement parts used.
(C) Testing, maintenance and repairs to such devices shall be made at the customer’s expense by a certified backflow prevention device tester that is approved by the Department or any other agency designated by the Department to prescribe test methods or to certify or approve persons to conduct such tests. It shall be the duty of the user to see that these tests are made at the time of the initial installation and at least once a year, on the anniversary date of the initial inspection.
(D) The user shall notify the Department 15 days in advance when the annual tests are to be done, so that an official representative of the Department may witness the tests if so desired.
(E) Following the installation of any assembly, the user shall have it inspected by the Department, before the certificate of occupancy is issued.
(F) Following the installation of any assembly, the user shall have it inspected by the Department, before the certificate of occupancy is issued.
(G) If the Department or user learns or discovers, during the period between tests, that an assembly is defective or in unsatisfactory operating condition, the user shall perform any necessary repairs, including replacement of the assembly, if necessary, which will return the assembly to satisfactory operating condition.
(H) Following the repair, repiping, overhaul or relocation of an assembly, the user shall have it inspected by the Department and tested by a certified tester, within ten days of the completion of the rework.
(I) (1) The user’s system must be open for inspection at all reasonable times, and in all emergencies to authorized representatives of the Department to determine whether cross-connections or other structural or sanitary hazards, including violations of these regulations, exist.
(2) When such a condition becomes known, the Department may deny or immediately discontinue service to the premises by providing a physical break in the service line until the user has corrected the condition in conformance with this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 8-10.07) (Ord. 720, passed - -1993)