921.07 CROSS CONNECTION AND BACKFLOW PREVENTION.
(a) If, in the judgment of the Utilities Manager, an approved backflow prevention assembly is necessary for the safety of the public water system, the Utilities Manager will give notice to the water consumer and/or property owner to install such an approved assembly. The water consumer and/or property owner shall, at his or her own expense, install such an approved assembly at a location and in a manner approved by the Utilities Manager and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved assemblies.
(b) No person, firm, or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection where a private, auxiliary, or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the City of Wooster may enter the supply or distributing system of the City, unless such private, auxiliary, or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply have been approved by the Utilities Manager and by the Ohio EPA.
(c) It shall be the duty of the Utilities Manager 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 Utilities Manager deems necessary.
(d) The Utilities Manager and his or her duly authorized representative shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water system or distribution system of the City of Wooster for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems. On demand the owner, lessees, or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Utilities Manager any information which he or she may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Utilities Manager, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.
(e) The Utilities Manager of the City of Wooster is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant and/or property owner, the water service to any property where any connection in violation of the provisions of this section is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he or she 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 have been eliminated or corrected, in compliance with the provisions of this section. In the event that water service cannot be discontinued due to safety or liability constraints, the property owner may be assessed fines in accordance with Section 921.99 until the violation is eliminated.
(Ord. 2017-24. Passed 9-5-17.)