[Code 1999 §715.010; Ord. No. 437 §I, 5-23-1991]
A. Purpose. The purpose of this Chapter is:
1. To protect
the public water supply from contamination or pollution by containing
within the customer's internal distribution system or private water
system contaminants or pollutants 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,
actual or potential, between the public or customer's potable water
systems 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.
B. Application. This Chapter shall apply to all premises served
by the public water system of the City of Seymour as Water Purveyor.
C. Policy.
1. This
Chapter will be reasonably interpreted by the Water Purveyor. It is
the Water Purveyor'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.
2. The
Water Purveyor shall be primarily responsible for protection of the
public water distribution system from contamination or pollution due
to backflow of contaminants or pollutants through the water service
connection. The cooperation of all customers is required to implement
and maintain the program to control cross-connections. The Water Purveyor
and customer are jointly responsible for preventing contamination
of the water system within the customer's premises.
3. If,
in the judgment of the Water Purveyor 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 customer. The customer shall immediately comply
by providing the required protection at his/her own expense; and failure,
refusal or inability on the part of the customer to provide such protection
shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the premises
until such protection has been provided.
[Code 1999 §715.020; Ord. No. 437 §II, 5-23-1991]
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this Chapter:
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.
CONTAINMENT
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.
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.
CUSTOMER
Any person who receives water from a public water system,
except those persons receiving water for resale.
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, 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 customer.
2.
HAZARD, PLUMBING — A plumbing type cross-connection
in a customer's potable water system that has not been properly protected
by a vacuum breaker, air-gap separation or backflow prevention device.
3.
HAZARD, POLLUTIONAL — An actual or potential
threat to the physical properties of the water system or to the potability
of the public or the customer'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, SYSTEM — An actual or potential
threat of severe damage to the physical properties of the public water
system or the customer'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 WATER SYSTEM
A system for the provision to the public of water for human
consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances, if such
system has at least fifteen (15) service connections or regularly
serves an average of at least twenty-five (25) individuals daily at
least sixty (60) days per calendar year. Such system includes any
collection, treatment, storage or distribution facilities used in
connection with such system.
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.
WATER PURVEYOR
The owner, operator, or individual in responsible charge
of a public water system.
[Code 1999 §715.030; Ord. No. 437 §III, 5-23-1991]
A. No water
service connection shall be installed or maintained to any premises
where actual or potential cross-connections to the public or customer
water system may exist unless such actual or potential cross-connections
are abated or controlled to the satisfaction of the Water Purveyor,
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 or customer's water system unless such auxiliary
water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall
have been approved by the Water Purveyor 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 Water Purveyor as necessary for the protection of health and
safety.
[Code 1999 §715.040; Ord. No. 437 §IV, 5-23-1991]
A. The customer's
premises shall be open at all reasonable times to the Water Purveyor,
or its authorized representative, for the conduction of surveys and
investigations of water use practices within the customer's premises
to determine whether there are actual or potential cross-connections
to the customer's water system through which contaminants or pollutants
could backflow into the public water system.
B. On request
by the Water Purveyor or its authorized representative, the customer
shall furnish information on the water use practices within his/her
premises.
C. It shall
be the responsibility of the water customer 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 water system.
[Code 1999 §715.050; Ord. No. 437 §V, 5-23-1991]
A. The type
of protection required by this Chapter shall depend on the degree
of hazard which exists, as follows:
1. An approved
air-gap separation shall be installed where the public 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 water system may be polluted with substances
that could cause a pollutional hazard not dangerous to health.
[Code 1999 §715.060; Ord. No. 437 §VI, 5-23-1991]
A. An approved
backflow prevention device shall be installed on each service line
to a customer's water system serving premises where, in the judgment
of the Water Purveyor or the Missouri Department of Natural Resources,
actual or potential hazards to the public 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 Water Purveyor 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 Water Purveyor 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 inspections 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
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 Water Purveyor
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 Water Purveyor
and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources:
1. Aircraft
and missile plants.
4. Beverage
bottling plants.
7. Canneries,
packing houses, and reduction plants.
9. Chemical
manufacturing, processing, compounding or treatment plants.
10. Chemically
contaminated water systems.
12. Dairies
and cold storage plants.
15. Hazardous
waste storage and disposal sites.
16. Hospitals,
mortuaries, clinics and nursing homes.
17. Irrigation
and sprinkler systems.
19. Metal
manufacturing, cleaning, processing and fabricating plants.
20. Oil
and gas production, storage or transmission properties.
21. Paper
and paper products plants.
24. Printing
and publishing facilities.
25. Radioactive
material processing plants or nuclear reactors.
26. Research
and analytical laboratories.
27. Rubber
plants — natural and synthetic.
30. Sewage
and storm drainage facilities — pumping stations.
31. Waterfront
facilities and industries.
32. Zoological
and horticultural gardens.
[Code 1999 §715.070; Ord. No. 437 §VII, 5-23-1991]
A. Any backflow
prevention device required by this Chapter shall be of a model or
construction approved by the Water Purveyor 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 Water Purveyor 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 Water Purveyor at the
time of installation and properly maintained shall, except for inspection
and maintenance requirements, be excluded from the requirements of
this Chapter so long as the Water Purveyor 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 Water Purveyor finds that the maintenance
constitutes a hazard to health, the unit shall be replaced by a backflow
prevention device meeting the requirements of this Chapter.
[Code 1999 §715.080; Ord. No. 437 §VIII, 5-23-1991]
A. Backflow
prevention devices required by this Chapter shall be installed at
a location and in a manner approved by the Water Purveyor and shall
be installed at the expense of the water customer.
B. Backflow
prevention devices installed on the service line to the customer's
water system shall be located on the customer'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.
[Code 1999 §715.090; Ord. No. 437 §IX, 5-23-1991]
A. It shall
be the duty of the customer at any premises on which backflow prevention
devices required by this Chapter are installed to have inspections,
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 customer and shall be performed by the
Water Purveyor or a State of Missouri certified backflow prevention
device tester.
C. Whenever
backflow prevention devices required by this Chapter are found to
be defective, they shall be repaired or replaced at the expense of
the customer without delay.
D. The water
customer 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 Water Purveyor upon request.
E. Backflow
prevention devices shall not be bypassed, made inoperative, removed
or otherwise made ineffective without specific authorization by the
Water Purveyor.
[Code 1999 §715.100; Ord. No. 437 §X, 5-23-1991]
A. The Water
Purveyor 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 Chapter is not installed, tested
and maintained in a manner acceptable to the Water Purveyor, 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 customer
has corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects in conformance
with this Chapter to the satisfaction of the Water Purveyor.