The Town of Middletown adopts by reference the Delaware Division
of Public Health of the Department of Health and Social Services,
Office of Drinking Water (Division), Cross-Connection Control Rules.
The Town Manager is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue
water service after reasonable notice to any property wherein any
connection in violation of this article exists and to take such other
precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate any danger of
contamination of the public water system. Water service to such property
shall not be restored until the cross-connection(s) has been eliminated
in compliance with the provisions of this article. The Town Manager
shall notify the Mayor and Council of all discontinued water services.
All testable backflow prevention assemblies shall be tested
initially upon installation to be sure that the assembly is working
properly. Subsequent testing of assemblies shall be performed on an
annual basis as required by the Town of Middletown and in accordance
with Division requirements. Only individuals that are approved and
State of Delaware certified shall be qualified to perform such testing.
That individual(s) shall certify the results of his/her testing.
The potable water supply made available on the properties served
by the public water supply to be protected from possible contamination
as specified by this article and by the state and the Town of Middletown
plumbing code. Any water outlet which could be used for potable or
domestic purposes and which is not supplied by the potable system
must be labeled in a conspicuous manner as:
This article does not supersede the state plumbing code and/or
any Town of Middletown code regarding backflow prevention, but is
supplementary to them.