Cross Reference—As to fire hydrants, §205.160 et. seq.
[Ord. No. 6994 §§1—2, 4-23-2001; Ord. No. 7317 §1, 9-15-2008]
A.
The deposit
collected by the City of Webb City for connection of water service
to a owner-occupied residence shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).
B.
The deposit
collected by the City of Webb City for connection of water service
to a non-owner- occupied residence shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).
[CC 1989 §6-22]
It shall be unlawful for any person not authorized by the City
to do so to open or close any fire hydrant or turn on or cut off water
at the curb cutoff, or attach or connect any hydrant or other appliance
to any water service pipe between the water main and the meter, or
in any way tamper with, break, injure or destroy any fire hydrant,
curb box, curb cutoff or water meter.
[Ord. No. 7023 §§1—2, 2-24-2002; Ord. No. 7090 §1, 2-9-2004; Ord.
No. 7198 §§1—2, 10-31-2005: Ord. No. 08-7320 §§1—2, 10-27-2008; Ord. No. 10-012 §§1—2, 7-12-2010]
A.
Upon
recommendation by the City administration concerning the costs and
expenses associated with potable water service and the user charge
rates necessary to recover those costs and expenses, the City of Webb
City, Missouri, has determined that it is necessary to increase the
monthly charge assessed users for potable water service. The rates
charged by the City of Webb City, Missouri, for potable water service
and consumption are hereby established as set forth in this Table.
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WATER RATES
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Price Schedule:
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Inside
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First 20,000 gallons
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$0.00594 per gallon/set
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Each gallon thereafter
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$0.00532 per gallon/set
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Outside
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First 20,000 gallons
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$0.00891 per gallon/1.5% of inside
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Each gallon thereafter
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$0.00798 per gallon/1.5% of inside
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Water meters measuring in cubic feet will be converted to gallons
at a rate of 7.48 gallons = (one) cubic foot.
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Cubic foot conversion
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Inside
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2666
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$0.04455/*
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999999999
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$0.03990/1.
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Outside
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2666
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$0.06683/2.
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999999999
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$0.05985/3.
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* Inside per/gallon cost x 7.5 to convert to cubic feet
1. Outside per/gallon cost x 7.5 to convert to cubic feet
2. 1.5% of inside cubic feet rate above 2,666 cubic feet or
20,000 gallons
3. 1.5% of inside cubic feet rate above 2,666 cubic feet or
20,000 gallons
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B.
These
rates shall be in full force and effect from and after July 12, 2010.
[CC 1989 §6-23; Ord. No. 6760 §4, 10-24-1994]
A.
The purpose
of City water supply cross-connection control is:
1.
To protect
the public potable water supply from contamination or pollution by
containing within the consumer's internal distribution system or private
water system contaminants or pollutants which could backflow through
the service connection into the public potable water supply system.
2.
To promote
the elimination, containment, isolation 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 industrial-process
systems.
3.
To provide
for the maintenance of a continuing program of cross-connection control
which will systematically and effectively prevent the contamination
or pollution of all potable water systems.
C.
The Cross-Connection
Control Policy will be reasonably interpreted by the City Council
of the City. It is the City's intent to recognize the varying degrees
of hazard and to apply the principle that the degree of protection
shall be commensurate with the degree of hazard. The Public Works
Board shall be primarily responsible for protection of the public
potable water distribution system from contamination or pollution
due to backflow or contaminants or pollutants through the water service
connection. The cooperation of all consumers is required to implement
and maintain the program to control cross-connections. The City and
consumer are jointly responsible for preventing contamination of the
water system. If, in the judgment of the City or its authorized representative,
cross-connection protection is required through either piping modification
or installation of an approved backflow prevention device, due notice
shall be given to the consumer. The consumer shall immediately comply
by providing the required protection at his/her own expense; and failure,
refusal or inability on the part of the consumer to provide such protection
shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the premises
until such protection has been provided.
[CC 1989 §6-24]
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of the cross-connection control ordinance:
The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere
between the lowest opening from any pipe or faucet supplying water
to a tank, plumbing fixture or other device and the overflow level
rim of the receptacle and shall be at least double the diameter of
the supply pipe measured vertically above the flood level rim of the
vessel, but in no case less than one (1) inch.
Any water source or system, other than the public water supply,
that may be available in the building or premises.
The flow, other than the intended direction of flow, of any
foreign liquids, gases or substances into the distribution system
of a public water supply.
Any device, method, or type of construction intended to prevent
backflow into a potable water system.
The owner or person in control of any premises supplied by
or in any manner connected to a public water system.
Protection of the public water supply by installing a cross-connection
control device or air-gap separation on the main service line to a
facility.
An impairment of the quality of the water by sewage, process
fluids or other wastes to a degree which could create an actual hazard
to the public health through poisoning or through spread of disease
by exposure.
Any physical link between a potable water supply and any
other substance, fluid or source which makes possible contamination
of the potable water supply due to the reversal of flow of the water
in the piping or distribution system.
An evaluation of the potential risk to public health and
the adverse effect of the hazard upon the potable water system.
Hazard, Health. Any condition, device or practice
in the water supply system and its operation which could create or
may create a danger to the health and well-being of the water consumer.
Hazard, Plumbing. A plumbing type cross-connection
in a consumer's potable water system that has not been properly protected
by a vacuum breaker, air-gap separation or backflow prevention device.
Hazard, Pollutional. An actual or potential
threat to the physical properties of the water system or to the potability
of the public or the consumer's potable water system but which would
constitute a nuisance or be aesthetically objectionable or could cause
damage to the system or its appurtenances, but would not be dangerous
to health.
Hazard, System. An actual or potential threat
of severe damage to the physical properties of the public potable
water system or the consumer's potable water system, or of a pollution
or contamination which would have a protracted effect on the quality
of the potable water in the system.
Any system containing a fluid or solution which may be chemically,
biologically or otherwise contaminated or polluted in a form or concentration
such as would constitute a health, system, pollutional or plumbing
hazard if introduced into a potable water supply.
Protection of facility service line by installing a cross-connection
control device or air- gap separation on an individual fixture, appurtenance
or system.
Such contamination or other alteration of the physical, chemical
or biological properties of any waters of the state, including change
in temperature, taste, color, turbidity, or odor of the waters, or
such discharge of any liquid, gaseous, solid, radioactive, or other
substance into any waters of the state as will or is reasonably certain
to create a nuisance or render such waters harmful, detrimental or
injurious to public health, safety or welfare, or to domestic, industrial,
agricultural, recreational, or other legitimate beneficial uses, or
to wild animals, birds, fish or other aquatic life.
Any publicly or privately owned water system supplying water
to the general public which is satisfactory for drinking, culinary
and domestic purposes and meets the requirements of the Missouri Department
of Natural Resources.
The terminal end of a service line from the public water
system. If a meter is installed at the end of the service, then the
service connection means the downstream end of the meter.
[CC 1989 §6-25; Ord. No. 6760 §4, 10-24-1994]
A.
No water
service connection shall be installed or maintained to any premises
where actual or potential cross-connections to the public potable
or consumer's water system may exist unless such actual or potential
cross-connections are abated or controlled to the satisfaction of
the City and as required by the laws and regulations of the Missouri
Department of Natural Resources.
B.
No connection
shall be installed or maintained whereby an auxiliary water supply
may enter a public potable or 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 City and the Missouri Department
of Natural Resources.
C.
No water
service connection shall be installed or maintained to any premises
in which the plumbing system, facilities and fixtures have not been
constructed and installed using acceptable plumbing practices considered
by the City as necessary for the protection of health and safety.
D.
The consumer's
premises shall be open at all reasonable times to the City or their
authorized representative, for the conduction of 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.
E.
On request
by the City or his/her authorized representative, the consumer shall
furnish information on water use practices within his/her premises.
F.
It shall
be the responsibility of the water consumer to conduct periodic surveys
of water use practices on his/her premises to determine whether there
are actual or potential cross-connections to his/her water system
through which contaminants or pollutants could backflow into his/her
or the public potable water system.
[CC 1989 §6-26; Ord. No. 6760 §4, 10-24-1994]
A.
The type
of protection required by this Article shall depend on the degree
of hazard which exists, as follows:
1.
An approved
air-gap separation shall be installed where the public potable water
system may be contaminated with substances that could cause a severe
health hazard.
2.
An approved
air-gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow
prevention device shall be installed where the public potable water
system may be contaminated with a substance that could cause a system
or health hazard.
3.
An approved
air-gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow
prevention device or an approved double-check valve assembly shall
be installed where the public potable water system may be polluted
with substances that could cause a pollutional hazard not dangerous
to health.
B.
An approved
backflow prevention device shall be installed on each service line
to a consumer's water system serving premises where, in the judgment
of the City or the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, actual
or potential hazards to the public potable water system exist. The
type and degree of protection required shall be commensurate with
the degree of hazard.
C.
An approved
air-gap separation or reduced pressure principle backflow prevention
device shall be installed at the service connection or within any
premises where, in the judgment of the City or the Missouri Department
of Natural Resources, the nature and extent of activities on the premises,
or the materials used in connection with the activities, or materials
stored on the premises would present an immediate and dangerous hazard
to health should a cross-connection occur, even though such cross-connection
may not exist at the time the backflow prevention device is required
to be installed. This includes, but is not limited to, the following
situations:
1.
Premises
having an auxiliary water supply, unless the quality of the auxiliary
supply is acceptable to the City and the Missouri Department of Natural
Resources.
2.
Premises
having internal cross-connections that are not correctable or intricate
plumbing arrangements which make it impractical to ascertain whether
or not cross-connections exist.
3.
Premises
where entry is restricted so that inspection for cross-connections
cannot be made with sufficient frequency or at sufficiently short
notice to assure the cross-connections do not exist.
4.
Premises
having a repeated history of cross-connections being established or
re-established.
5.
Premises,
which due to the nature of the enterprise therein, are subject to
recurring modification or expansion.
6.
Premises
on which any substance is handled under pressure so as to permit entry
into the public water supply, or where a cross-connection could reasonably
by expected to occur. This shall include the handling of process waters
and cooling waters.
7.
Premises
where materials of a toxic or hazardous nature are handled such that
if backsiphonage or backpressure should occur, a serious health hazard
may result.
D.
The following
types of facilities fall into one (1) or more of the categories of
premises where an approved air-gap separation or reduced pressure
principle backflow prevention device is required by the City and the
Missouri Department of Natural Resources to protect the public water
supply and must be installed at these facilities unless all hazardous
or potentially hazardous conditions have been eliminated or corrected
by other methods to the satisfaction of the City and the Missouri
Department of Natural Resources:
1.
Aircraft
and missile plants
2.
Automotive
plants
3.
Auxiliary
water systems
4.
Beverage
bottling plants
5.
Canneries,
packing houses and reduction plants
6.
Car
washing facilities
7.
Chemical
manufacturing, processing or treatment plants
8.
Film
laboratories
9.
Fire
protection systems
10.
Hazardous
waste storage and disposal sites
11.
Hospitals,
mortuaries, clinics
12.
Irrigation
and sprinkler systems
13.
Laundries
and dye works
14.
Metal
manufacturing, cleaning, processing and fabricating plants
15.
Oil
and gas production, storage or transmission properties
16.
Paper
and paper products plants
17.
Plating
plants
18.
Power
plants
19.
Printing
and publishing facilities
20.
Radioactive
material processing plants or nuclear reactors
21.
Research
and analytical laboratories
22.
Rubber
plants, natural and synthetic
23.
Sewage
and storm drainage facilities; pumping stations
24.
Water
front facilities and industries
[CC 1989 §6-27]
A.
Any backflow
prevention device required by this Article shall be of a model or
construction approved by the Public Works Board and the Missouri Department
of Natural Resources.
1.
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 (1) inch.
2.
A double-check
valve assembly or a reduced pressure principle backflow prevention
device shall be approved by the City and shall appear on the current
"list of approved backflow prevention devices" established by the
Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
B.
Existing
backflow prevention devices approved by the City at the time of installation
and properly maintained shall, except for inspection and maintenance
requirements, be excluded from the requirements of this Article so
long as the City is assured that they will satisfactorily protect
the water system. Whenever the existing device is moved from its present
location, or requires more than minimum maintenance, or when the City
finds that the maintenance constitutes a hazard to health, the unit
shall be replaced by a backflow prevention device meeting the requirements
of this Article.
C.
Backflow
prevention devices required by this Article shall be installed at
a location and in a manner approved by the City and shall be installed
at the expense of the water consumer.
D.
Backflow
prevention devices installed on the service line to the 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.
E.
Backflow
prevention devices shall be located so as to be readily accessible
for maintenance and testing, protected from freezing, and where no
part of the device will be submerged or subject to flooding by any
fluid.
[CC 1989 §6-28]
A.
It shall
be the duty of the consumer at any premises on which backflow prevention
devices required by this Article are installed to have inspection,
tests and overhauls made in accordance with the following schedule
or more often where inspections indicate a need.
1.
Air-gap
separations shall be inspected at the time of installation and at
least every twelve (12) months thereafter.
2.
Double-check
valve assemblies shall be inspected and tested for tightness at the
time of installation and at least every twelve (12) months thereafter.
They shall be dismantled, inspected internally, cleaned and repaired
whenever needed and at least every thirty (30) months.
3.
Reduced
pressure principle backflow prevention devices shall be inspected
and tested for tightness at the time of installation and at least
every twelve (12) months thereafter. They shall be dismantled, inspected
internally, cleaned and repaired whenever needed and at least every
five (5) years.
B.
Inspections,
tests and overhauls of backflow prevention devices shall be made at
the expense of the water consumer and shall be performed by a State
of Missouri certified backflow prevention device tester.
C.
Whenever
backflow prevention devices required by this Article are found to
be defective, they shall be repaired or replaced at the expense of
the consumer without delay.
D.
The water
consumer must maintain a complete record of each backflow prevention
device from purchase to retirement. Said record shall include a comprehensive
listing that includes a record of all tests, inspections and repairs.
Records of inspections, tests, repairs and overhauls shall be made
available to the City upon request.
E.
Backflow
prevention devices shall not be bypassed, made inoperative, removed,
or otherwise made ineffective without specific authorization by the
City.
[CC 1989 §6-29; Ord. No. 6760 §4, 10-24-1994]
A.
The City
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 Article is not installed, tested and maintained
in a manner acceptable to the City, or if it is found that the backflow
prevention device has been removed or bypassed, or if an unprotected
cross-connection exists on the premises.
B.
Water
service to such premises shall not be restored until the consumer
has corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects in conformance
with this Article to the satisfaction of the City.
