[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Saugerties 3-7-2005
by L.L. No. 2-2005. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to:
A.
Protect the public potable water supply of the Village
of Saugerties from the possibility of contamination by isolating within its
customers' internal distribution system or its customers' private
water system such contaminants or pollutants which could backflow into the
public water supply system; and
B.
Comply with the requirements of the New York State Sanitary
Code 5-1.31.
For the purpose of this chapter, unless it is plainly evident from the
context that a different meaning is intended, certain terms used herein are
defined as follows:
A physical break between a supply pipe and a receiving vessel. The
air gap shall be at least double the diameter of the supply pipe, measured
vertically above the top of the rim of the vessel, and in no case less than
one inch.
A check valve that seats readily and completely. It must be carefully
machined to have free-moving parts and assured watertightness. The face of
the closure element and valve seat must be bronze or other noncorrodible material,
which will seat tightly under all prevailing conditions of field use. Pins
and bushings shall be bronze or other noncorrodible, nonsticking material,
machined for easy, dependable operation. The closure element (e.g., clapper)
shall be internally weighted or otherwise equipped to promote rapid and positive
closure in all sizes where this feature is obtainable.
A device incorporating two or more check valves and an automatically
operating differential relief valve located between the two checks, two shutoff
valves, and equipped with necessary appurtenances for testing. The device
shall operate to maintain the pressure in the zone between the two check valves,
less than the pressure on the public water supply side of the device. At cessation
of normal flow, the pressure between the check valves shall be less than the
supply pressure. In case of leakage of either valve, the differential relief
valve shall operate to maintain this reduced pressure by discharging to the
atmosphere. To be approved, these devices must be readily accessible for maintenance
and testing and installed in a location where no part of the device will be
submerged.
Any water supply approved by, or under the public health supervision
of, a public health agency of the State of New York, the County of Ulster,
or the Village of Saugerties. In determining what constitutes an approved
water supply, the Department of Public Health of the State of New York (herein
called the "State Health Department") shall have the final judgment as to
its safety and potability.
Any water supply on or available to the premises other than the Village
water supply.
Any person to whom water is sold and furnished from the Village of
Saugerties water system (see the definition of "person" herein).
An impairment of the quality of the Village water supply by the presence
of a foreign substance (organic, inorganic, radiological or biological) to
a degree which creates a hazard to the public health.
The Ulster County Health Officer, his assistants, or authorized deputies
acting as, or any other person appointed as, Health Officer of the County
of Ulster.
Any unprotected connection between any part of the Village Water
Department's system used or intended to supply water for drinking purposes
and any source or system containing water or a substance that is not or cannot
be approved as safe, wholesome, and potable for human consumption.
Is permissive.
Any substance of a nonpoisonous nature that may create a moderate
or minor hazard to the water supply system.
Any natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership,
trust or association of persons, joint venture, corporation, or company, and
includes the United States, the State of New York, the County of Ulster and
Special Purpose District, and any officer or agent thereof.
Integrated land area, including improvements thereon, undivided by
public thoroughfares or water distribution mains of the Village of Saugerties
and where all parts of the premises are operated under the same management
and for the same purpose.
Any of the following devices:
Facilities are rated as hazardous or nonhazardous facilities based
on New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) cross-connection criteria
guidance. The Superintendent shall have the authority, using NYSDOH guidance,
to rate the facility.
The terminal end of a water service connection from the Village water
supply at its point of delivery to the consumer. If a meter is installed,
"service connection" means the downstream end of the meter. No unprotected
takeoffs from the service line ahead of any meter or backflow protection device
located at the point of delivery to the consumer shall be permitted.
Is mandatory.
The Superintendent of the Village of Saugerties Water Department
or his/her authorized representatives.
Any substance (liquid, solid, or gaseous), including raw sewage and
lethal substances, that when introduced into the water supply system creates
or may create a danger to the health and well being of the consumer.
The Village of Saugerties Water District.
An approved water supply sold and delivered to consumers' premises
through the Village of Saugerties Water Department.
A.
Auxiliary water supply. Each service connection from
the Village water supply for furnishing water to premises having an auxiliary
water supply shall be protected against backflow of water from the premises
into the Village water supply.
(1)
If the auxiliary water supply is handled in a separate
piping system with no known cross-connection, the Village water supply shall
be protected by an approved double check valve assembly installed at the service
connection to the premises. When the auxiliary water supply has the potential
to be contaminated, the Superintendent may order the Village water supply
protected by an air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle
backflow prevention device installed at the service connection.
(2)
If the auxiliary water supply is handled in a separate
piping system and cross-connections are known to exist between the Village
water supply and the auxiliary water supply which cannot presently be eliminated,
the Village water supply shall be protected by an approved reduced pressure
principle flow prevention device installed at the service connection to the
premises. When the auxiliary supply could be contaminated, the Superintendent
may order the Village water supply protected by an air gap separation installed
at the service connection.
B.
Toxic or hazardous facilities. Should a facility be rated
hazardous, using NYSDOH criteria, a reduced pressure zone device shall be
required. A reduced pressure zone device shall also be required if the facility
was rated nonhazardous and the auxiliary water system did not meet the water
quality requirements of Part 5 of the NYSDOH sanitary code.
C.
Nonhazardous facilities. At the service connection to
any premises on which a substance that would be objectionable (but not necessarily
hazardous to health) if introduced into the Village public water supply system
is handled in such a manner as to constitute a cross-connection, the Village
water supply shall be protected by an approved double check valve assembly.
D.
Nonhazardous to hazardous facilities. In the event a
facility is rated nonhazardous and later becomes hazardous, written notification
of at least 30 days must be given to the Superintendent before the change
takes place. Protection by the use of a protective device as required on hazardous
substances must be installed.
E.
Sewage treatment plant and pumping stations. At the service
connection to any sewage treatment plant or sewage pumping station, the Village
water supply shall be protected by an air gap separation. The air gap shall
be located as close as practicable to the service connection and all piping
between the service connection and receiving tank shall be entirely visible.
If these conditions cannot be reasonably met, the Village water supply shall
be protected with an approved reduced pressure zone (RPZ) backflow prevention
device, providing this alternative is acceptable to both the Superintendent
and the County Health Officer. A final decision in this matter shall be made
by the NYSDOH.
F.
Fire system. At the service connection to any premises
in which a fire protection system is installed, the Village water supply shall
be protected based on the water source and arrangement of supplies in accordance
with the following classifications:
(1)
Class 1.
(a)
Direct connections from public water mains only; no pumps,
tanks or reservoirs; no physical connections from auxiliary water supplies,
no antifreeze or other additives of any kind; all sprinkler drains discharging
to atmosphere, dry wells, or other safe outlets.
(b)
Protection: single check valve assembly if not already
installed in the connections from the street mains.
(4)
Class 4.
G.
Lawn sprinkling systems. At the service connection to
any permanently installed lawn sprinkling system, the Village water supply
shall be protected by an approved double check valve assembly. If the lawn
sprinkling system handles liquid fertilizers or other chemicals, the Village
water supply shall be protected by an approved reduced pressure zone (RPZ)
backflow prevention device.
A.
Consumer responsibility. It shall be the responsibility
of each consumer at his own expense to furnish, install, and keep in good
working and safe condition any and all protective devices required in this
chapter. All backflow prevention device installations must meet NYSDOH requirements.
The Village shall not be responsible for any loss or damage directly or indirectly
resulting from or caused by the improper or negligent installation, operation,
use, repair or maintenance of, or interfering with, any protective service
by any consumer or any other person.
B.
Conflict. Whenever two or more conditions exist on any
premises for the correction of which different protective devices are required
in this chapter, the consumer shall be required only to install the protective
device which, in the opinion of the Superintendent and County Health Officer,
affords the maximum protection of the Village public water supply system.
The consumer on whose premises any protective device is installed shall
have each such device inspected annually. If successive inspections disclose
repeated failures in the operation of any device, the Superintendent may require
more frequent inspections. Each device shall be repaired, overhauled or replaced
at the expense of the consumer whenever it is found to be defective. Records
of such test, repairs, and overhauls shall be kept and a copy of such records
forwarded to the Superintendent on an annual basis. The Superintendent shall
have the duty of determining that the inspections required herein are performed
properly. If, following demand therefor, the consumer fails to have any of
the inspections made as required herein or to make the above-described records
available, the Superintendent shall have the right to have the device inspected,
and the consumer shall pay the cost thereof.
A.
No water service connection shall be installed on the
premises of any consumer unless the Village water supply is protected as required
by this chapter.
B.
Delivery of water to the premises of any consumer may
be discontinued by the Superintendent if any protective device required by
this chapter has not been installed, inspected, tested and maintained, or
is defective, or has been removed or bypassed.
C.
Discontinuance of delivery.
(1)
Delivery of water shall be discontinued immediately and
without notice to the consumer if the Superintendent or County Health Officer
determines that:
(2)
Delivery of water shall not be resumed until any protective
device required by this chapter and approved by the Superintendent has been
properly installed, or until conditions at the consumer's premises causing
the contamination or danger of contamination have been abated or corrected
to the satisfaction of the Superintendent and County Health Officer.
D.
Except as provided in Subsection C, delivery of water shall not be discontinued until written notice thereof has been given to the consumer.
(1)
This notice shall state:
(a)
The conditions or defect which must be corrected;
(b)
The manner in which the stated conditions or defects
are to be corrected; and
(c)
The date on or after which delivery of water will be
discontinued, and which shall not be less than 15 days nor more than 90 days
following the date of delivery of mailing of the notice. The Superintendent
may grant the consumer an extension of an additional period not to exceed
90 days if he/she determines the consumer has exercised due diligence but
has been unable to comply with the notice within the time originally allowed.
(2)
The notice shall be given by delivering the same to the
consumer, the manager or agent thereof, or to any person in charge of, or
employed in the place of business of the consumer; or, if the consumer has
no place of business, then at the place of residence of the consumer if known,
or by leaving the notice at either the place of business or the residence
of the consumer. If the consumer cannot be found, service of the notice shall
be mailed, postage fully prepaid, addressed to the consumer at the place of
business or residence set forth in the application of consumer for water service
in the records of the Village. Once discontinued, delivery of water shall
not be resumed until any protective device required by this chapter and approved
by the Superintendent has been properly installed, or until the conditions
at the consumer's premises creating the need for a protective device
have been abated or corrected to the satisfaction of the Superintendent and
the County Health Officer.
E.
For the purpose of making any inspections or discharging
the duties imposed by this chapter, the Superintendent and County Health Officer
shall have the right to enter upon the premises of any consumer. Each consumer,
as a condition of the continued delivery to his/her premises of water from
the Village public water supply system, shall be considered as having stated
his/her consent to the entry upon his/her premises of the Superintendent and
County Health Officer for the purposes stated herein.
All currently installed prevention devices which do not meet the requirements of this chapter, but were approved devices for the purposes described herein at the time of installation and which have been properly maintained, shall, except for the inspection and maintenance requirements under § 87-5, be excluded from the requirements of these rules so long as the Superintendent is assured that they will satisfactorily protect the Village's water supply system. Whenever an existing device is moved from its present location or requires more than minimum annual maintenance, the Superintendent may require the unit to be replaced by a backflow prevention device meeting the requirements of this chapter.
