The Village of Michiana adopts by reference the Water Supply
Cross Connection Rules of the Michigan Department of Environmental
Quality, being R 325.1 1401 to R 325.11407 of the Michigan Administrative
Code.
It shall be the duty of the Michiana Water Authority Operator
to cause inspections to be made of all properties served by the public
water supply where cross connections with the public water supply
is deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and reinspections
based on potential health hazards involved shall be as established
by the Michiana Water Authority and as approved by the Michigan Department
of Environmental Quality.
The representative of the Michiana Water Authority and/or its
authorized or contracted designee shall have the right to enter at
any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public
water supply system of the Village for the purpose of inspecting the
piping system or systems thereof for cross connections. On request,
the owner, lessees, or occupants of any property so served shall furnish
to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the piping
system or systems on such property. The refusal of such information
or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of
the presence of cross connection.
The Michiana Water Authority is hereby authorized and directed
to discontinue water service after reasonable notice to any property
wherein any connection in violation of this chapter exists and to
take such other precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate
any danger of contamination of the public water supply system. Water
service to such property shall not be restored until the cross connection(s)
has been eliminated in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
All testable backflow prevention assemblies shall be tested
at the time of installation or relocation and after any repair. Subsequent
testing of devices shall be conducted at a time interval specified
by the Michiana Water Authority and in accordance with Michigan Department
of Environmental Quality requirements. Only individuals that hold
a valid Michigan plumbing license and have successfully passed an
approved backflow testing class shall perform such testing. Each tester
shall also be approved by the (name of the local agency). Individual(s)
performing assembly testing shall certify the results of his/her testing.
The potable water supply made available on the properties served
by the public water supply shall be protected from possible contamination
as specified by this chapter and by the state and Village plumbing
code and the regulations contained herein and adopted by reference.
Any water outlet which could be used for potable or domestic purposes
and which is not supplied by the potable system must be labeled in
a conspicuous manner as:
WATER UNSAFE FOR DRINKING
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This chapter does not supersede the state plumbing code and
other applicable Village ordinances but is supplementary to them.
Any person or customer found guilty of violating any of the
provisions of this chapter or any written order of the Michiana Water
Authority, in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less
than $500 nor more than $2,500 for each violation. Each day upon which
a violation of the provisions of this chapter shall occur shall be
deemed a separate and additional violation for the purpose of this
chapter.