City of Lexington, IL Article III Cross-Connection Control

[Adopted 5-12-1986 by Ord. No. 1986-3 (Ch. 18, Art. 2, of the 1998 Code)]

§ 251-25 Notice to install.

If, in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code or in the judgment of the Water Superintendent, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Water Superintendent will give notice to the water customer to install such an approved device immediately. The water customer shall, at his own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code and all applicable local regulations, and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices as required by the Illinois Plumbing Code and local regulations.

§ 251-26 Private or auxiliary water supply connections.

No person, firm or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby a private, auxiliary or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the City of Lexington may enter the supply or distribution system of said municipality, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Water Superintendent and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

§ 251-27 Surveys and investigations.

It shall be the duty of the Water Superintendent to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply to determine whether 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 at least every two years, or as often as the Water Superintendent shall deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least five years.

§ 251-28 Right to enter property.

The approved cross-connection control device inspector shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the City of Lexington for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and the Water Superintendent or his authorized agent shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the City of Lexington for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the customer regarding the required cross-connection control inspection. On demand, the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Water Superintendent any information which he/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 Water Superintendent, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this article.

§ 251-29 Discontinuance of service for violations.

The Water Superintendent of the City of Lexington is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this article is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he/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 article, and until a reconnection fee as set forth in Chapter 63, Fees, is paid to the City of Lexington. Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the Water Superintendent is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists. Such action shall be followed by written notification of the cause of disconnection.

§ 251-30 Responsibility for contamination.

The consumer responsible for backsiphoned material or contamination through backflow, if contamination of the potable water supply system occurs through an illegal cross-connection or an improperly installed, maintained or repaired device, or a device which has been bypassed, must bear the cost of clean-up of the potable water supply system.