[CC 1988 §28-83; Ord. No. 2871 §1, 2-1-1988]
A. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is:
1. To protect the public potable water supply system from contamination
by containing within the consumer's internal distribution system contaminants
which could backflow through the service connection into the public
water supply system.
2. To promote the elimination, containment, isolation or control of
existing cross-connections 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 prevent the contamination of the potable water
system.
B. Application. This Article shall apply to all premises served
by the City of De Soto's public potable water system. The provisions
of this Article shall prevail over any inconsistent or contrary provisions
of the De Soto Code.
C. Policy. This Article will be reasonably interpreted by 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 City is responsible for protection of the public water distribution
system from contamination or pollution due to backflow or contaminants
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, cross-connection protection
is required through either piping modification or installation of
an approved backflow prevention device, appropriate notice shall be
given to the consumer. The consumer shall comply by providing the
required protection at his/her own expense. Failure, refusal or inability
to provide such protection shall constitute grounds for discontinuing
water service to the premises until such protection has been provided.
[CC 1988 §28-84; Ord. No. 2871 §1, 2-1-1988]
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this Article:
AIR-GAP SEPARATION
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.
AUXILIARY WATER SUPPLY
Any water source or system, other than the public water supply,
that may be available in the building or premises.
BACKFLOW
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.
CITY
The City of De Soto or individual in responsible charge of
the public water system.
CONSUMER
The owner or person in control of any premises supplied by
or in any manner connected to a public water system.
CONTAINMENT
Protection of the public water supply by installing a cross-connection
control device or air-gap separation of the main service line to a
facility.
CONTAMINATION
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.
CROSS-CONNECTION
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.
HAZARD, DEGREE OF
An evaluation of the potential risk to public health and
the adverse effect of the hazard upon the potable water system.
1.
HAZARD, HEALTHAny 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.
2.
HAZARD, PLUMBINGA 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.
3.
HAZARD, POLLUTIONALAn 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.
4.
HAZARD, SYSTEMAn 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.
INDUSTRIAL PROCESS 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.
ISOLATION
Protection of a facility service line by installing a cross-connection
control device or air-gap separation on an individual fixture, appurtenance
or system.
POLLUTION
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.
PUBLIC POTABLE WATER SYSTEM
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.
SERVICE CONNECTION
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 1988 §28-85; Ord. No. 2871 §1, 2-1-1988]
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 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.
[CC 1988 §28-86; Ord. No. 2871 §1, 2-1-1988]
A. The
consumer's premises shall be open at all reasonable times to the Water
and Sewer Superintendent, or his/her authorized representative, for
the purpose 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
could backflow into the public water system.
B. On
request by the Water and Sewer Superintendent or his/her authorized
representative, the consumer shall furnish information on water use
practices within his/her premises.
C. 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 could backflow into the public water system.
[CC 1988 §28-87; Ord. No. 2871 §1, 2-1-1988]
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 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.
[CC 1988 §28-88; Ord. No. 2871 §1, 2-1-1988]
A. 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.
B. 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 that 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 be 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.
C. 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. This device is required
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 to the satisfaction of the City
and Missouri Department of Natural Resources:
1. Aircraft and missile plants.
4. Beverage bottling plants.
5. Canneries, packing houses and reduction plants.
7. Chemical manufacturing, processing, compounding or treatment plants.
10. Hazardous waste storage and disposal sites.
11. Hospitals, mortuaries, clinics.
12. Irrigation and sprinkler systems.
14. Metal manufacturing, cleaning, processing and fabricating plants.
15. Oil and gas production, storage or transmission properties.
16. Paper and paper products 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 — pump stations.
24. Waterfront facilities and industries.
[CC 1988 §28-89; Ord. No. 2871 §1, 2-1-1988]
A. Any
backflow prevention device required by this Article shall be of a
model or construction approved by the City 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.
[CC 1988 §28-90; Ord. No. 2871 §1, 2-1-1988]
A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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 1988 §28-91; Ord. No. 2871 §1, 2-1-1988]
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 without delay.
D. The
water consumer must maintain a complete record of each backflow prevention
device from purchase to retirement. This 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 1988 §28-92; Ord. No. 2871 §1, 2-1-1988]
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.