The Village adopts by reference the Water Supply Cross-Connection
Rules of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment,
being Rules 325.11401 through 325.11407 of the Michigan Administrative
Code.
It shall be the duty of the Village Superintendent 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
Village and as approved by the state Department of Natural Resources
and Environment.
The representative of the Village 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 thereof for cross-connections. On request, the owner,
lessee or occupant of any property so served shall furnish to the
inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the piping system
on such property. The refusal of such information or refusal of access,
when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross-connections.
The Village is authorized and directed to discontinue water
service after reasonable notice to any property wherein any connection
in violation of this article 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 has been eliminated
in compliance with the provisions of this article.
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 Village 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 Village. Individual(s) performing assembly testing
shall certify the results of his or 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 article and by the state and Village plumbing
codes. 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.
This article does not supersede the state plumbing code but
is supplementary to it.