[Ord. 150, 4/6/1992, § 201]
No water shall be provided for internal or external use to any
residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, governmental,
or public building or structure of any kind which is constructed or
remodeled and in which plumbing, water piping or water fixtures are
to be installed, extended or altered in any way, and for which construction
a permit is required to be obtained from Honey Brook Borough (or would
be required but for an exemption from a permit requirement for public
or governmental agencies) unless the new, extended or altered plumbing,
water piping and other water using fixtures therein conform to the
requirements and standards of § 202 of this Ordinance. The
provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to any such building or structure
of which such a building permit is issued, or would otherwise be required
to be issued but for such an exemption, on or after April 6, 1992.
[Ord. 150, 4/6/1992, § 202]
1. Water Closets and Associated Flushing Mechanisms.
A. The water consumption of water closets shall not exceed an average
of 1.6 gallons per flush cycle over a range of test pressures from
20 to 80 psi. The fixture shall perform in accordance with the test
requirements of the ANSI A112.19.2M and ANSI A112.19.6M.
2. Urinals and Associated Flushing Mechanisms.
A. Urinal water consumption shall not exceed an average of 1.5 gallons
per flush cycle over a range of test pressures from 20 to 80 psi.
The fixtures shall perform in accordance with the test requirements
of ANSI A112.19.2M and ANSI A112.19.6M.
3. Showerheads.
A. Showerhead discharge rates shall not exceed 3.0 gallons of water
per minute over a range of test pressures from 20 to 80 psi. The fixture
shall perform in accordance with the test requirements of ANSI A112.18.1M.
4. Faucets. Sink and lavatory faucet discharge rates shall not exceed
3.0 gallons of water per minute over a range of test pressures from
20 to 80 psi. The fixture shall perform in accordance with the test
requirements of ANSI A112.18.1M.
[Ord. 150, 4/6/1992, § 203]
1. Special Purpose Equipment. The performance standards of §
26-102 shall not apply to fixtures and fittings such as emergency showers, aspirator faucets, and blowout fixtures that, in order to perform a specialized function, cannot meet the specified standards.
2. Exemptions. Any person(s) may apply to the Borough of Honey Brook
or its designated Water Authority for an exemption to the terms of
this Ordinance, which may be granted by the Borough Council, or its
designated Water Authority, upon proof that some other device, system
or procedure wills save as much or more water as those set forth herein,
or that those set forth herein cannot be complied with, without undue
hardship.
[Ord. 150, 4/6/1992, § 204]
The Borough Council may, from time to time, modify, add to,
or remove from the standards and restrictions herein.
[Ord. 150, 4/6/1992, § 205; as amended by Ord.
193, 7/16/2007]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Ord. 82-1986, —/—/1986, § 1]
The purpose of this Part is:
A. To protect the public water system from contamination or pollution
by isolating within the consumer's water system contaminants
or pollutants which could backflow through the service connection
into the water system.
B. To promote the elimination or control of existing cross-connections,
actual or potential, between the public or consumer's potable
water system and non-potable water systems, plumbing fixtures and
sources or systems containing process fluids.
C. To provide for the maintenance of a continuing program of cross-connection
control which will systematically and effectively prevent the contamination
or pollution of the public and consumer's potable water system.
(1) Application. This Part shall apply to all premises served by the
public water system of the Borough of Honey Brook.
(2) Policy. The Borough and the consumer have the joint responsibility
for protection of the public water system from contamination due to
backflow of contaminants through the water service connection. If
in the judgment of the Borough or its authorized representative an
approved backflow prevention device is required the Borough shall
give notice to the consumer to install such approved backflow prevention
device at each service connection to his premises. The consumer shall
immediately install such approved device or devices at his own expense,
and failure, refusal or inability on the part of the consumer to install
such device or devices shall constitute grounds for discontinuing
water service to the premises until such device or devices have been
installed.
(3) Source: Section 109.709 of Chapter 109 of the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Resources Rules and Regulations requires that each
community water supplier develop and implement a comprehensive control
program for the elimination of all existing cross-connections and
prevention of all future cross-connections. The purpose of this Part
is to provide the required rules to implement the program.
[Ord. 82-1986, —/—/1986, § 2; as amended
by Ord. 193, 7/16/2007]
For the purpose of this Part, the following words shall have
the meaning indicated unless clearly indicated otherwise in the text:
AIR GAP SEPARATION
The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere
between the lowest opening from any pipe or faucet supplying potable
water to a tank, plumbing fixture, or other device and the flood level
rim of the receptacle. The differential distance shall be at least
double the diameter (2 x D) of the supply pipe measured vertically,
above the top of the rim of the vessel. In no case, shall the air
gap be less than one inch.
APPROVED
That a backflow prevention device or method has been accepted
by the Borough as suitable for the proposed use.
ATMOSPHERIC VACUUM BREAKER
The term "atmospheric vacuum" breaker (also known as the
non-pressure type vacuum breaker) shall mean a device containing a
shut-off valve followed by a valve body containing a float-check,
a check seat and an air inlet port. When the shut-off valve is open,
the flow of water causes the float to close the air inlet port. When
the shut-off valve is closed, the float falls and forms a check valve
against back siphonage and at the same time opens the air inlet port.
AUXILIARY WATER SYSTEM
Any water source or system on the premises of or available
to the consumer except connections to other approved community water
supply systems.
BACKFLOW
A flow condition, induced by a differential in pressure,
that causes the flow of water or mixtures of water and other liquids,
gases or other substances into the distribution pipes of a potable
water supply system from a source other than its intended source.
BACKFLOW PREVENTER
A device or other which will prevent the backflow of water
or liquids of questionable quality into the public water system.
BACKSIPHONAGE
The backflow of water or mixture of water and other liquids,
gases or other substances from a plumbing fixture or other customer
source, into the Borough's public water system main due to a
temporary negative or sub-atmospheric pressure within the public water
system.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Honey Brook, Chester County, Pennsylvania,
or its designated water authority.
CONSUMER
The owner or person in control of any premises supplied by
or in any manner connected to the public water system.
CONSUMER'S WATER SYSTEM
Any water system, located on the consumer's premises,
supplied by or in any manner connected to the public water system.
A household plumbing system is considered to be a consumer's
water system.
CONTAINMENT
Cross-connection control which isolates the customer's
entire facility from the public water supply system so as to provide
the protection necessary to prevent contamination of the public water
supply in the event of backflow from the customer's facility.
CONTAMINATION
The degradation of the quality of the drinking water by wastewaters,
processed fluids, or any water of a quality less than accepted drinking
water quality to a degree which would create an actual hazard to the
public health through poisoning or through the spread of disease.
CROSS-CONNECTION
An arrangement allowing either a direct or indirect connection
through which backflow, including backsiphonage, can occur between
the drinking water in the public water system and a system containing
a source or potential source of contamination.
DEGREE OF HAZARD
An evaluation of the potential risk to health and the adverse
effect upon the public water system.
DOUBLE CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY
An assembly composed of two single, independently acting,
check valves including tightly closing shut-off valves located at
each end of the assembly and suitable connections for testing the
water tightness of each check valve.
HEALTH HAZARD
Any condition, device, or practice in a water system or its
operation that creates, or may create, a danger to the health and
well being of its users. The word "severe" as used to qualify "health
hazard" a hazard to the health of the user that could reasonably be
expected to result in the significant morbidity or death.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, association, company, corporation,
municipality, municipal authority, political subdivision or any agency
of Federal or State government. The term includes the officers, employees
and agents of any partnership, association, company, corporation,
municipality, municipal authority, political subdivision or any agency
of federal or state government.
POLLUTION
The presence in water of any foreign substance that tends
to degrade its quality so as to constitute a hazard or impair the
usefulness or quality of the water to a degree which does not create
an actual hazard to the public health but which does adversely and
unreasonably affect such waters for domestic use.
POTABLE WATER
Water which is satisfactory for drinking, culinary, and domestic
purposes and meets the requirements of the Department of Environmental
Protection.
PROCESS FLUIDS
Any fluid or solution which may be chemically, biologically
or otherwise contaminated or polluted in a form or concentration such
as would constitute a health, pollutional, or system hazard if introduced
into the public or a consumer's water system. This includes,
but is not limited to:
(1)
Polluted or contaminated waters.
(3)
Used waters originating from the public water system which may
have deteriorated in sanitary quality.
(5)
Contaminated natural waters taken from wells, lakes, streams,
or irrigation systems.
(6)
Chemicals in solution or suspension.
(7)
Oils, gases, acids, alkalis, and other liquid and gaseous fluids
used in industrial or other processes, or for fire fighting purposes.
(8)
Heating system waters from boilers or heat pumps.
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM
The water system owned and operated by the Borough of Honey
Brook or its designated water authority. The term includes any collection,
treatment, storage and distribution facilities under control of the
Borough and used in connection with the system. The term includes
collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under such control
which are used in connection with the system.
REDUCED PRESSURE ZONE (RPZ) DEVICE
A minimum of two independently acting check valves, together
with an automatically operated pressure differential relief valve
located between the two check valves. During normal flow and at the
cessation of normal flow, the pressure between these two checks shall
be less than the supply pressure. In case of leakage of either check
valve, the differential relief valve, by discharging to the atmosphere,
shall operate to maintain the pressure between the checks at less
than the supply pressure. The unit must include tightly closing shut-off
valves located at each end of the device, and each device shall be
fitted with properly located test cocks.
SERVICE CONNECTION
The terminal end of a service line from the public water
supply system. If a meter is installed at the end of the service,
then the service connection the downstream end of the meter.
SYSTEM HAZARD
A condition posing an actual or potential threat of damage
to the physical properties of the public water system or the consumer's
potable water system.
[Ord. 82-1986, —/—/1986, § 3]
1. The water system shall be considered as made up of two parts: the
public water system and the consumer's water system.
2. The public water system shall consist of the source facilities and
the distribution system, and shall include all those facilities of
the public water supply system under the control of the Borough up
to the point where the consumer's water system begins.
3. The source shall include all components of the facilities utilized
in the production, treatment, storage, and delivery of water to the
public distribution system.
4. The public distribution system shall include the network of conduits
used for delivery of water from the source to the consumer's
water system.
5. The consumer's water system shall include all facilities beyond
the service connection which are utilized in conveying water from
the public distribution system to points of use.
[Ord. 82-1986, —/—/1986, § 4]
1. No water service connection shall be installed or maintained to any
premises where actual or potential cross-connections to the public
water system or consumer's water system may exist unless such
actual or potential cross-connections are abated or controlled to
the satisfaction of the Borough.
2. No connection shall be installed or maintained whereby water from
an auxiliary water supply may enter the public or a consumer's
water system unless such auxiliary water supply and the method of
connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the
Borough.
[Ord. 82-1986, —/—/1986, § 5]
1. The consumer's premises shall be open at all reasonable times
to the Borough, or its authorized representative, for the purposes
of conducting surveys and investigations of water use practices within
the consumer's premises to determine whether there are actual
or potential cross-connections to the consumer's water system
through which contaminants or pollutants could backflow into the public
potable water system.
2. On request by the Borough the consumer shall furnish information
on water use practices within his premises.
3. It shall be the responsibility of the water consumer to conduct periodic
surveys of water use practices on his premises to determine whether
there are actual or potential cross-connections to his water system
through which contaminants or pollutants could backflow into the public
water system.
[Ord. 82-1986, —/—/1986, § 6; as amended
by Ord. 193, 7/16/2007]
1. An approved backflow prevention device shall be installed prior to
the first branch line leading off each service line to a consumer's
water system where, in the judgment of the Borough, an actual or potential
hazard to the public water system exists.
2. An approved backflow prevention device shall be installed on each
service line to a consumer's water system where the following
conditions exist:
A. Systems having an auxiliary water supply, unless such auxiliary supply
is accepted as an additional source by the Borough and approved by
the Department of Environmental Protection.
B. Systems where any substance is handled in such a fashion as to create
an actual or potential hazard to the public water system. This shall
include systems having sources or auxiliary systems containing process
fluids or waters originating from the public water system which are
no longer under the sanitary control of the Borough.
C. Systems having internal cross-connections that, in the judgment of
the Borough, are not correctable or intricate plumbing arrangements
which make it impractical to determine whether or not cross-connections
exist.
D. Systems where, because of security requirements or other prohibitions
or restrictions, it is impossible or impractical to make a complete
cross-connection survey.
E. Systems having a repeated history of cross-connections being established
or re-established.
F. Others which may be specified by the Borough from time to time.
3. An approved backflow prevention device shall be installed on each
service line to a consumer's water system serving, but not necessarily
limited to, the following types facilities unless the public water
supplier determines that no actual or potential hazard to the public
water supply system exists.
A. Hospitals, mortuaries, clinics, nursing homes.
C. Sewage treatment plants, sewage pumping station or stormwater pumping
station.
D. Food or beverage processing plants.
F. Metal plating industries.
G. Petroleum processing or storage plants.
H. Radioactive material processing plants.
J. Others specified by the Borough.
[Ord. 82-1986, —/—/1986, § 7]
The type of protection required under §§
26-206 of this Part shall depend on the degree of hazard which exists as follows:
A. An approved air gap separation shall be installed where the public
water system may be contaminated with substances that are dangerous
to the public health and could cause a severe health hazard.
B. An approved air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure zone
backflow prevention device shall be installed where the public water
system may be contaminated with a substance that could cause a system
or health hazard.
C. An approved air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure zone
backflow prevention device or an approved double check valve assembly
shall be installed where the public water system may be polluted with
substances that would be objectionable but not dangerous to health.
[Ord. 82-1986, —/—/1986, § 8]
1. Any backflow prevention device required by this Part shall be of
a model or construction approved by the Borough and shall comply with
the following:
A. Air gap separation to be approved shall be at least twice the diameter
of the supply pipe, measured vertically above the top rim of the vessel,
but in no case less than one inch.
B. A double check valve assembly or a reduced pressure zone backflow
prevention device shall be approved by the public water supplier and
shall mean a device that has been manufactured in full conformance
with standards established by the American Water Works Association
(AWWA) entitled:
(1)
AWWA C506 Standards For Reduced Pressure Principle and Double
Check Valve Backflow Prevention Devices.
(2)
Said AWWA standards are herein adopted by the Borough. Final
approval, however, of the "reduced pressure principle backflow preventer"
and the "double check valve assembly" shall be evidenced by a "certificate
of full approval" issued by an approved testing laboratory certifying
full compliance with the said AWWA standards.
C. An interchangeable connection to be approved shall be either a swing
type connector or a four-way valve of the lubricated plug type that
operates through a mechanism which unseats the plug, turns it 90°
and reseats the plug. Four-way valves shall not be used as stop valves
but must have separate stop valves on each pipe connected to the valve.
The telltale port on the four-way valve shall have no piping connected
and the threads or flange on this port shall be destroyed so that
a connection cannot be made.
2. Existing backflow prevention devices approved by the Borough at the time of installation and properly maintained shall, except for inspection and maintenance requirements, be excluded from the requirement of Subsection
1 of this Section providing the Borough is assured that they will satisfactorily protect the public potable water system. Whenever the existing device is moved from the present location or requires more than minimum maintenance or when the Borough finds that the maintenance of the device constitutes a hazard to health, the device shall be replaced by a backflow prevention device meeting the requirements of these regulations.
[Ord. 82-1986, —/—/1986, § 9]
1. Backflow prevention devices required by this Part shall be installed
at a location and in a manner approved by the Borough and shall be
installed by a person properly qualified and at the expense of the
consumer, if approved as such by the Borough.
2. Backflow prevention devices installed on the service line to a consumer's
water system shall be located on the consumer's side of the water
meter, as close to the meter as is reasonably practical, and prior
to any other connection.
3. Pits or vaults shall be of water-tight construction, be so located
and constructed as to prevent flooding and shall be maintained free
from standing water by means of either a sump and pump or a suitable
drain. Such sump pump or drain shall not connect to a sanitary sewer
nor permit flooding of the pit or vault by reverse flow from its point
of discharge. An access ladder and adequate natural artificial lighting
shall be provided to permit maintenance inspection and testing of
the backflow prevention device.
[Ord. 82-1986, —/—/1986, § 10]
1. It shall be the duty of the consumer at any premises on which backflow
prevention devices required by this Part are installed to have inspections,
tests and overhaul made in accordance with the following schedule
or more often where inspections indicate a need:
A. Air separation shall be inspected at time of installation and at
least every 12 months thereafter.
B. Double check valve assemblies shall be inspected and tested for tightness
at the time of installation and at least every 12 months thereafter.
(1)
They shall be dismantled, inspected internally, cleaned and
repaired whenever needed and at least every 30 months.
C. Reduced pressure zone backflow prevention devices shall be inspected
and tested for tightness at the time of installation and at least
every 12 months thereafter.
(1)
They shall be dismantled, inspected internally, cleaned and
repaired whenever needed and at least every five years.
D. Interchangeable connections shall be inspected at the time of installation
and at least every 12 months thereafter.
2. Inspections, tests, and overhaul of backflow prevention devices shall
be made at the expense of the water consumer and shall be performed
by the Borough or a person certified to inspect, test and overhaul
backflow prevention devices, and approved as such by the Borough.
3. Whenever backflow prevention devices required by these regulations
are found to be defective, they shall be repaired, or replaced at
the expense of the consumer without delay.
4. The water consumer must maintain a complete record of each backflow
prevention device from purchase to retirement. This shall include
a comprehensive listing that includes a record of all tests, inspections
and repairs. Records of inspections, tests, repairs and overhaul shall
be submitted to the Borough.
5. Backflow prevention devices shall not be bypassed, made inoperative,
removed or otherwise made ineffective without specific written authorization
by the Borough.
[Ord. 82-1986, —/—/1986, § 11]
1. Where a booster pump has been installed on the service line to or
within any premises, such pump shall be equipped with a low pressure
cut-off device designed to shut-off the booster pump when the pressure
in the service line on the suction side of the pump drops to 10 pounds
per square inch gauge or less for a period of 30 seconds or longer.
2. It shall be the duty of the water consumer to maintain the low pressure
cut-off device in proper working order and to certify to the Borough,
at least once a year, that the device is operating properly.
[Ord. 82-1986, —/—/1986; as added by Ord. 193,
7/16/2007]
In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Part
and the provisions of the rules and regulations adopted by the Borough's
designated water authority, it is the intent of Borough Council that
the provisions of the rules and regulations adopted by the Borough's
designated water authority prevail.
[Ord. 82-1986, —/—/1986, § 12; as amended
by Ord. 193, 7/16/2007]
1. The Borough shall deny or discontinue, after reasonable notice to
the occupants thereof, the water service to any premises wherein any
backflow prevention device required by this Part is not installed,
tested and maintained in a manner acceptable to the public water supplier,
or if it is fond that the backflow prevention device has been removed
or by-passed, or if an unprotected cross-connection exists on the
premises, or if a low pressure cut-off device required by these regulations
is not installed and maintained in working order.
2. Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the consumer
has corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects in conformance
with these regulations and to the satisfaction of the Borough.
3. In addition to or in lieu of the provisions of Subsection
1, any person violating any of the provisions of this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute a separate offense.