The purpose of this article is:
A. Protection of water supply; compliance with other provisions.
(1) To protect the public drinkable water supply of the Town of Carmel
from the possibility of contamination by isolating within its customers'
internal distribution system(s) or its customers' private water
system(s) such contaminations or pollutants which could backflow into
the public water supply system; and
(2) To comply with the requirements of the New York State Sanitary Code
Subpart 5 and in particular 5-1.31 and other provisions of the New
York State Department of Health (NYSDOH).
B. Responsibility. The Town of Carmel Engineering Department and/or
Water Department shall be responsible for the protection of all Town
of Carmel water distribution systems from contamination due to the
backflow of contaminants through the water service connection. If,
in the judgment of said Water Department, an acceptable backflow prevention
device is required at any Town water service connection to any customers'
premises, for the safety of the water system, the Water Department
or its designated agent shall give notice in writing to said customer
to install such acceptable backflow prevention device at each service
connection to their premises. The customer shall immediately install
such approved device or devices at his own expense; and failure, refusal
or inability on the part of the customer to install, have tested and
maintained said device or devices shall immediately constitute a ground
for discontinuing water service to the premises until such requirements
have been met.
The test reports (form DOH 1013) for each device shall be submitted
to the Health Department and also to the Carmel Water Department at
least annually or more frequently at the discretion of the water supplier.
Unacceptable completion of the test report forms submitted by a tester
may result in the Engineering Department and/or Water Department and/or
Town Engineer barring future testing by that particular certified
tester in the Town of Carmel at the sole discretion of the Engineering
Department and/or Water Department and/or Town Engineer.
All containment device installation design plans must be approved
by both the Health Department and the Town of Carmel and the New York
State Department of Health. The engineer's report must be accompanied
by the Engineering Department and/or Water Department and/or Town
Engineer design approval criteria as amended from time to time.
For the purpose of inspection, installation, maintenance, repair,
turning on or shutting off water, authorized personnel of the Water
Department will have free and full access, at all reasonable times,
to all parts of any premises supplied with water from the Carmel Water
District or upon which application has been made to the Water Department
or to which water is reasonably believed to be supplied. Filing of
an application shall in addition to the provisions of this article
be deemed consistent to such access.
The Town of Carmel Engineering Department and/or Water Department
and/or Town Engineer may engage the services of an expert to manage
the cross-connection control program and transfer this cost to the
customer for the review of said property.
All internal plumbing must conform to and be maintained in continued
conformity with the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building
Codes and the New York State Sanitary Code or any amendments made
from time to time as well as any local codes, and may be inspected
by the Engineering Department and/or Water Department and/or Town
Engineer to qualify its conformity.