(a) On new installations, the utility will provide on-site evaluation and/or inspection of plans in order to determine the type of backflow preventer, if any, that will be required, will issue permit, and perform inspection and testing.

(b) For premises existing prior to the start of this program, the department will perform evaluations and inspections of plans and/or premises and inform the owner by letter of any corrective action deemed necessary, the method of achieving the correction, and the time allowed for the correction to be made. The time allowed for correction will depend on the severity of the hazard but will not exceed 90 days.

(c) The utility will not allow any cross-connection to remain unless it is protected by an approved backflow preventer for which a permit has been issued and which will be regularly tested to ensure satisfactory operation.

(d) The utility shall inform the owner by letter of any failure to comply within 10 working days of the first inspection of the connection needing a backflow device. The utility will allow an additional 15 days for the correction. In the event the owner fails to comply with necessary correction by the time of the second reinspection, the utility will inform the owner by letter that the water service to the owner’s premises will be terminated within a period not to exceed five days. In the event that the owner informs the utility of extenuating circumstances as to why the correction has not been made, a time extension may be granted by the utility but in no case will exceed an additional 30 days.

(e) If the utility determines at any time that a serious threat to the public health exists, the water service will be terminated immediately.

(f) The utility shall have on file a list of private contractors who are certified backflow device testers. All charges for these tests will be paid by the owner of the building or property.

(g) The utility will begin initial premises inspections to determine the nature of existing or potential hazards during the calendar year of 1996. Initial focus will be on high-hazard industries and commercial premises.

(a) The owner shall be responsible for the elimination or isolation of all cross-connections on his premises.

(b) The owner, after having been informed by a letter from the utility, shall at his expense install, maintain, and test, or have tested, any and all backflow preventers on his premises.

(c) The owner shall correct any malfunctions of the backflow preventer which are revealed by periodic testing.

(d) The owner shall inform the utility of any proposed or modified cross-connections and also any existing cross-connections of which the owner is aware but has not been found by the utility.

(e) The owner shall not install a bypass around any backflow preventer unless there is a backflow preventer of the same type on the bypass. Owners shall not tamper with backflow devices.

(f) The owner shall install backflow preventers in a manner approved by the utility.

(g) The owner shall install only backflow preventers approved by the Division.

(h) Any owner having a private water source must have a permit if the well or source is crossconnected to the utility’s system. Permission to cross-connect may be denied by the utility. The owner may be required to install a backflow preventer at the service entrance if a private water source is maintained, even if it is not cross-connected to the utility’s system.

(i) In the event the owner installs plumbing to provide potable water for domestic purposes which is on the utility’s side of the backflow preventer, such plumbing must have its own backflow preventer installed. (Ord. 347 § 6, 1995).