This Part
2 shall apply to all water systems and facilities located within the Village of Bannockburn, except as hereinafter provided, and it shall be unlawful and a violation of this Part
2 to perform any work subject to this Part
2 or to install, use or maintain any facility or system subject to this Part
2 except in strict compliance with the terms and provisions of this Part
2 and the terms and provisions of all other applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of the Village and of other governments and agencies having jurisdiction.
For the purpose of this Part
2, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings given herein:
GROUNDWATER
Water of underground aquifers, streams, channels, artesian
basins, reservoirs, lakes and other water under the surface of the
ground, whether percolating or otherwise.
NONRESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER
A water customer that is not a residential customer as defined in this Part
2, including without limitation any water customer in a commercial, industrial, or institutional development.
[Added 10-24-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-27]
POTABLE WATER
Water from a public or private supply which is approved and
accepted by proper and qualified authority as suitable for human consumption.
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER
A water customer occupying, and all of the water meters serving, a single-family detached dwelling as defined in Chapter
260, Zoning, of the Village Code and located within either the A or B Residential District under Chapter
260. For purposes of this Part
2, any reference to a "single-family residence" or "residential unit" or any similar term shall be deemed a reference to a "residential customer."
[Added 10-24-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-27]
SERVICE PIPE
The water supply pipe extending from the water main to the water distribution system of the building or premises served; except when authorized pursuant to §
225-207E hereof, no part of any service pipe shall be located on any private property other than the property it serves and no service pipe shall serve more than one water customer.
SHUT-OFF BOX
A device, located usually in a public area, inserted in the
water service pipe line between the water meter and the water main
and used to turn on or shut off the flow of water from the water main
to the water meter.
WATER CUSTOMER or USER
A person (whether tenant, occupant, or owner) who applies
for water service from each water meter. A water customer shall be
either a residential customer or a nonresidential customer.
[Amended 10-24-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-27]
WATER MAIN
The municipally owned pipes located in a street, road, alley
or easement through which water is distributed to service pipes.
WATER SUPPLY OPERATOR
Any person trained in the treatment or distribution of water
who has practical working knowledge of the chemical, biological, and
physical sciences essential to the practical mechanics of water treatment
or distribution and who is capable of conducting and maintaining the
water treatment or distribution processes in a manner which will provide
safe, potable water for human consumption.
WATER SYSTEM
All mains, pipes and structures through which water is obtained
and distributed, including wells and well structures, intakes and
cribs, pumping stations, treatment plants, reservoirs, storage tanks
and appurtenances, collectively or severally, actually used or intended
for use for the purpose of furnishing water for drinking or general
domestic use.
A.
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMA water system or part thereof owned or operated by the Village or other governmental agency.
WATER WELL and WELL
Any excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven,
dug, jetted or otherwise constructed when the intended use of such
excavation is for the location, diversion, artificial recharge, or
acquisition of groundwater, but such term does not include an excavation
made for the purpose of obtaining or prospecting for oil, natural
gas, minerals or products of mining or quarrying or for inserting
media to repressure oil or natural gas bearing formations or for storing
petroleum, natural gas or other products.
Every building or structure designed, intended or used for human
habitation shall have a water system supplied with potable water only.
Every part of such system shall be protected from surface water infiltration
and from contamination from all sources. No water system supplied
with potable water shall be in any manner, either permanent or temporary,
connected to or valved to permit its connection to any supply of nonpotable
water or any water system carrying, or subject to contamination with,
nonpotable water. No water system supplied by or connected to a public
water system shall be in any manner, either permanent or temporary,
connected to or valved to permit its connection to any private water
system. It shall be unlawful to install any water system or to install
any system of sewers or drains, or to take any other action whatsoever
which could cause or permit in any manner whatsoever the contamination
of any water system carrying or designed to carry potable water or
which could cause or permit the introduction of water from any private
water system into the public water system.
No water shall be resold or distributed by the recipient thereof
from the public water system or from any private well to any premises
other than that for which the original sale has been made, as evidenced
by meter installation, except as may be specifically authorized by
the Water Commissioner in cases of emergency use or demonstrable hardship.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, not
specifically authorized by the Water Commissioner, to tamper with,
injure, damage or alter any part of the public water system, or any
water meter installed therein.
All work performed in connection with any water system shall
be performed in accordance with the Village of Bannockburn Plumbing
Code.