[Adopted 11-20-1984 by Ord. No. 273; amended in its entirety 3-17-2015 by Ord. No. 662]
All plumbing installed within the Village of Granville shall
be installed in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill.
Adm. Code 890. If, in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code or
in the judgment of the Superintendent of Water, an approved backflow
prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water
supply system, the Superintendent of Water will give notice to the
water customer to install such an approved device immediately. The
water customer shall, at his own expense, install such an approved
device at a location and in a manner in accordance with the Illinois
Plumbing Code and all applicable local regulations, and shall have
inspections and tests made of such approved devices upon installation
and as required by the Illinois Plumbing Code and local regulations.
No person, firm or corporation shall establish or permit to
be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection
whereby a private, auxiliary or emergency water supply other than
the regular public water supply of the Village of Granville may enter
the supply or distribution system of said municipality, unless such
private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection
and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Superintendent
of Water and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Water to cause
surveys and investigations to be made of properties served by the
public water supply to determine whether actual or potential hazards
to the public water supply may exist. Such surveys and investigations
shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated at least
every two years, or as often as the Superintendent of Water shall
deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and available
for review for a period of at least five years.
The approved cross-connection control device inspector shall
have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served
by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system
of the Village of Granville for the purpose of verifying the presence
or absence of cross-connections or testing backflow devices or assemblies,
and the Water Superintendent or his authorized agent shall have the
right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection
to the public water supply or distribution system of the Village of
Granville for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the
customer regarding the required cross-connection control inspection.
On demand, the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served
shall furnish to the Superintendent of Water any information that
he may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use
on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded,
shall, within the discretion of the Superintendent of Water, be deemed
evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this
Part 2 and shall require that backflow protection be installed on
the service line to the premises.
The Superintendent of Water of the Village of Granville is hereby
authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to
the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein a
cross-connection control survey has not been completed and turned
in or if a connection in violation of the provisions of this Part
2 is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures
as he may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination
of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to such
property shall not be restored until such conditions have been eliminated
or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this Part 2, and
until a reconnection fee of $100 is paid to the Village of Granville.
Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the
Superintendent of Water is assured that imminent danger of harmful
contamination of the public water supply system exists. Such action
shall be followed by written notification of the cause of disconnection.
Immediate disconnection without notice to any party can be effected
to prevent actual or anticipated contamination or pollution of the
public water supply, provided that, in the reasonable opinion of the
Superintendent of Water or the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
such action is required to prevent actual or potential contamination
or pollution of the public water supply. Neither the public water
supply, the Superintendent of Water, or its agents or assigns shall
be liable to any customer for any injury, damages or lost revenues
which may result from termination of said customer's water supply
in accordance with the terms of this Part 2, whether or not said termination
was with or without notice.
Any person who has knowledge of a backflow into any potable
water system or the public water system must report that backflow
to the Water Department immediately upon becoming aware of the backflow.
Any person responsible for any substance that enters the potable water
system through backpressure or backsiphonage, or contamination through
backflow, if contamination of the potable water supply system occurs
through an illegal cross-connection or an improperly installed, maintained
or repaired device, or a device that has been bypassed, must bear
the cost of clean-up of the potable water supply system.
A.
Purpose.
The purpose of these rules and regulations is:
(1)
To
protect the public water supply system from contamination or pollution
by isolating within the customer's water system contaminants or pollutants
which could backflow through the service connection into the public
water supply system.
(2)
To
promote the elimination or control of existing cross-connections,
actual or potential, between the public or consumer's potable water
system and nonpotable water systems, plumbing fixtures and sources
or systems containing substances of unknown or questionable safety.
(3)
To
provide for the maintenance of a continuing program of cross-connection
control which will prevent the contamination or pollution of the public
and consumer's potable water systems.
B.
Applicability.
These rules and regulations shall apply to all premises served by
the public potable water supply system of the Village of Granville.
C.
Policy. The owner or official custodian shall be responsible for protection of the public water supply system from contamination due to backflow or backsiphonage of contaminants through the customer's water service connection. If, in the judgment of the Superintendent of Water or his authorized representative, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Superintendent of Water shall give notice to the consumer to install such approved backflow prevention device at each service connection to the premises. The consumer shall immediately install such approved device or devices at his own expense; failure, refusal or inability on the part of the consumer to install such device or devices immediately shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the premises until such device or devices have been installed. The consumer shall retain records of installation, maintenance, testing and repair as required in § 265-27D(4) below for a period of at least five years. The Superintendent of Water may require the consumer to submit a cross-connection inspection report to the Village of Granville to assist in determining whether or not service line protection will be required. All cross-connection inspections shall be conducted by a cross-connection control device inspector certified by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
As used in this Part 2, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
Backflow prevention devices or methods approved by the Research
Foundation for Cross-Connection Control of the University of Southern
California, Association of State Sanitary Engineers, American Water
Works Association, American National Standards Institute or certified
by the National Sanitation Foundation, or listed in the Illinois Plumbing
Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890.
Any water source or system on or available to the premises
other than the public water supply system and includes the water supplied
by the system. These auxiliary waters may include water from another
purveyor's public water supply system; or water from a source such
as wells, lakes, or streams, or process fluids; or used water. These
waters may be polluted or contaminated or objectionable or constitute
a water source or system over which the water purveyor does not have
control.
The flow of water or other liquids, mixtures, or substances
into the distribution pipes of a potable water system from any source
other than the intended source of the potable water supply.
Any device, method, or type of construction intended to prevent
backflow into a potable water system. All devices used for backflow
prevention in Illinois must meet the standards of the Illinois Plumbing
Code and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
The owner, official custodian or person in control of any
premises supplied by or in any manner connected to a public water
system.
Any water system located on the customer's premises. A building
plumbing system is considered to be a customer's water system.
An impairment of the quality of the water by entrance of
any substance to a degree that could create a health hazard.
Any physical connection or arrangement between two otherwise
separate piping systems, one of which contains potable water and the
other a substance of unknown or questionable safety or quality, whereby
there may be a flow from one system into the other.
A cross-connection formed when a water system is physically
joined to a source of unknown or unsafe substance.
An assembly composed of two single, independently acting
check valves approved under ASSE Standard 1015. A double check valve
assembly must include tight shutoff valves located at each end of
the assembly and suitable connections for testing the water-tightness
of each check valve.
The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere
between the water discharge point and the flood level rim of the receptacle.
Any condition, device or practice in a water system or its
operation resulting from a real or potential danger to the health
and well-being of consumers. The word "severe" as used to qualify
"health hazard" means a hazard to the health of the user that could
be expected to result in death or significant reduction in the quality
of life.
A cross-connection through which an unknown substance can
be forced, drawn by vacuum or otherwise introduced into a safe potable
water system.
A plumbing inspection to examine carefully and critically
all materials, fixtures, piping and appurtenances, appliances and
installations of a plumbing system for compliance with requirements
of the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890.
Water not safe for drinking, personal, or culinary use as
determined by the requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 601 et seq.
The actual installation, repair, maintenance, alteration
or extension of a plumbing system by any person. Plumbing includes
all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for a supply of
water for all purposes, including without limitation lawn sprinkler
systems, from the source of a private water supply on the premises
or from the main in the street, alley or at the curb to, within and
about any building or buildings where a person or persons live, work
or assemble. Plumbing includes all piping, from discharge of pumping
units to and including pressure tanks in water supply systems. Plumbing
includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, and appliances for a
building drain and a sanitary drainage and related ventilation system
of any building or buildings where a person or persons live, work
or assemble from the point of connection of such building drain to
the building sewer or private sewage disposal system five feet beyond
the foundation walls.
The presence of any foreign substance (organic, inorganic,
radiological, or biological) in water that tends to degrade its quality
so as to constitute a hazard or impair the usefulness of the water.
Water which meets the requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 601
et seq. for drinking, culinary, and domestic purposes.
A fixture or appurtenance with threaded hose connection,
tapered spout, or other connection which would facilitate extension
of the water supply line beyond its legal termination point.
Any fluid or solution which may be chemically, biologically
or otherwise contaminated or polluted in a form or concentration such
as would constitute a health, pollution, or system hazard if introduced
into the public or a consumer's potable water system. This includes
but is not limited to:
Polluted or contaminated waters.
Process waters.
Used waters originating from the public water supply system
which may have deteriorated in sanitary quality.
Cooling waters.
Questionable or contaminated natural waters taken from wells,
lakes, streams, or irrigation systems.
Chemicals in solution or suspension.
Oils, gases, acids, alkalis and other liquid and gaseous fluids
used in industrial or other processes, or for fire-fighting purposes.
All mains, pipes and structures through which water is obtained
and distributed to the public, 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 and which serve at least 15 service connections
or which regularly serve at least 25 persons at least 60 days per
year. A public water supply is either a "community water supply" or
a "non-community water supply."
A device containing a minimum of two independently acting
check valves together with an automatically operated pressure differential
relief valve located between the two check valves and approved under
ASSE Standard 1013. During normal flow and at the cessation of normal
flow, the pressure between these two checks shall be less than the
supply pressure. In case of leakage of either check valve, the differential
relief valve, by discharging to the atmosphere, shall operate to maintain
the pressure between the check valves at less than the supply pressure.
The unit must include tightly closing shutoff valves located at each
end of the device, and each device shall be fitted with properly located
test cocks.
The opening, including all fittings and appurtenances, at
the water main through which water is supplied to the user.
The collection of information pertaining to a customer's
piping system regarding the location of all connections to the public
water supply system and must include the location, type and most recent
inspection and testing date of all cross-connection control devices
and methods located within that customer's piping system. The survey
must be in written form, and should not be an actual plumbing inspection.
A condition through which an aesthetically objectionable
or degrading material not dangerous to health may enter the public
water supply system or a consumer's potable water system.
Any water supplied by a public water supply system to a consumer's
water system after it has passed through the service connection and
is no longer under the control of the water supply official custodian.
The owner or official custodian of a public water system.
The water system shall be considered to be made up of two parts:
the public water supply system and the consumer's water system.
A.
The public water supply system shall consist of the source facilities
and the distribution system, and shall include all those facilities
of the potable water system under the control of the Superintendent
of Water up to the point where the consumer's water system begins.
B.
The source shall include all components of the facilities utilized
in the production, treatment, storage, and delivery of water to the
public water supply distribution system.
C.
The public water supply distribution system shall include the network
of conduits used to deliver water from the source to the consumer's
water system.
D.
The consumer's water system shall include all parts of the facilities
beyond the service connection used to convey water from the public
water supply distribution system to points of use.
A.
Connections between potable water systems and other systems or equipment
containing water or other substances of unknown or questionable quality
are prohibited except when and where approved cross-connection control
devices or methods are installed, tested and maintained to ensure
proper operation on a continuing basis.
B.
No physical connection shall be permitted between the potable portion
of a supply and any other water supply not of equal or better bacteriological
and chemical quality as determined by inspection and analysis by the
Agency.
C.
There shall be no arrangement or connection by which an unsafe substance
may enter a supply.
A.
The consumer's premises shall be open at all reasonable times to
the approved cross-connection control device inspector for the inspection
of the presence or absence of cross-connections within the consumer's
premises, and testing, repair and maintenance of cross-connection
control devices and assemblies within the consumer's premises.
B.
On request by the Superintendent of Water, or his authorized representative,
the consumer shall furnish information regarding the piping system
or systems or water use within the customer's premises. The consumer's
premises shall be open at all reasonable times to the Superintendent
of Water for the verification of information submitted by the consumer
to the public water supply custodian regarding cross-connection survey
or inspection results.
C.
It shall be the responsibility of the water consumer to arrange periodic
surveys of water use practices on his premises to determine whether
there are actual or potential cross-connections to his water system
through which contaminants or pollutants could backflow into his or
the public potable water system. All cross-connection control or other
plumbing inspections must be conducted in accordance with the Illinois
Plumbing License Law, 225 ILCS 320/3(1).
D.
It is the responsibility of the water consumer to prevent backflow
into the public water system by ensuring that:
(1)
All cross-connections are removed; or approved cross-connection control
devices are installed for control of backflow and backsiphonage.
(2)
Cross-connection control devices shall be installed in accordance
with the manufacturer's instructions.
(3)
Cross-connection control devices shall be inspected at the time of
installation and at least annually by a person approved by the Agency
as a cross-connection control device inspector (CCCDI). The inspection
of mechanical devices shall include physical testing in accordance
with the manufacturer's instructions.
(4)
Testing and records.
(a)
Each device shall be tested at the time of installation and
at least annually or more frequently if recommended by the manufacturer.
(b)
All inspection reports/records shall be submitted to the community
public water supply annually.
(c)
Records shall be available for inspection by Agency personnel
in accordance with 415 ILCS 5/19.
(d)
Each device shall have a tag attached listing the date of most
recent test, name of CCCDI, and type and date of repairs.
A.
An approved backflow device shall be installed on all connections
to the public water supply as described in the Plumbing Code, 77 Ill.
Adm. Code 890, and the Agency's regulations, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 653.
In addition, an approved backflow prevention assembly shall be installed
on each service line to a consumer's water system serving premises,
where, in the judgment of the Superintendent of Water, actual or potential
hazards to the public water supply system exist.
B.
An approved back flow prevention device shall be installed on each
service line to a consumer's water system serving premises where the
following conditions exist:
(1)
Premises having an auxiliary water supply, unless such auxiliary
supply is accepted as an additional source by the Superintendent of
Water and the source is approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency.
(2)
Premises on which any substance is handled which can create an actual
or potential hazard to the public water supply system. This shall
include premises having sources or systems containing process fluids
or waters originating from the public water supply system which are
no longer under the sanitary control of the Superintendent of Water.
(3)
Premises having internal cross-connections that, in the judgment
of the Superintendent of Water and the Cross-Connection Control Device
Inspector, are not correctable or intricate plumbing arrangements
which make it impractical to determine whether or not cross-connections
exist.
(4)
Premises where, because of security requirements or other prohibitions
or restrictions, it is impossible or impractical to make a complete
cross-connection survey.
(5)
Premises having a repeated history of cross-connections being established
or re-established.
C.
An approved backflow device shall be installed on all connections
to the public water supply as described in the Plumbing Code, 77 Ill.
Adm. Code 890, and the Agency's regulations, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 653.
In addition, an approved backflow prevention device shall be installed
on each service line to a consumer's water system serving, but not
necessarily limited to, the following types of facilities unless the
Superintendent of Water determines that no actual or potential hazard
to the public water supply system exists:
(1)
Hospitals, mortuaries, clinics, nursing homes.
(2)
Laboratories.
(3)
Piers, docks, waterfront facilities.
(4)
Sewage treatment plants, sewage pumping stations or stormwater pumping
stations.
(5)
Food or beverage processing plants.
(6)
Chemical plants.
(7)
Metal plating industries.
(8)
Petroleum processing or storage plants.
(9)
Radioactive material processing plants or nuclear reactors.
(10)
Car washes.
(11)
Pesticide or herbicide or extermination plants and trucks.
(12)
Farm service and fertilizer plants and trucks.
A.
The type of protection required under § 265-28 of these regulations shall depend on the degree of hazard which exists as follows:
(1)
An approved fixed proper air gap separation shall be installed where
the public water supply system may be contaminated with substances
that could cause a severe (high) health hazard.
(2)
An approved fixed proper air gap separation or an approved reduced
pressure principle backflow prevention device shall be installed where
the public water supply system may be contaminated with a substance
that could cause a system or (high) health hazard.
(3)
An approved fixed proper air gap separation or an approved reduced
pressure principle backflow prevention assembly, or a double check
valve assembly, shall be installed where the public water supply system
may be polluted with substances that could cause a pollution hazard
not dangerous to health (low health hazard).
B.
Where a public water supply or an auxiliary water supply is used
for a fire protection system, reduced pressure principle backflow
preventers shall be installed on fire safety systems connected to
the public water supply when:
(1)
The fire safety system contains antifreeze, fire retardant or other
chemicals.
(2)
Water is pumped into the system from another source.
(3)
Water flows by gravity from a nonpotable source; or water can be
pumped into the fire safety system from any other source.
(4)
There is a connection whereby another source can be connected to
the sprinkler system.
C.
All other fire safety systems connected to the potable water supply
shall be protected by a double check valve assembly on metered service
lines and a double detector check valve assembly on unmetered service.
A.
All backflow prevention devices or methods required by these rules
and regulations shall be approved by the Research Foundation for Cross-Connection
Control of the University of Southern California, American Water Works
Association, American Society of Sanitary Engineering, or American
National Standards Institute or certified by the National Sanitation
Foundation to be in compliance with applicable industry specifications,
and listed in the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890.
B.
Installation of approved devices shall be made in accordance with
the manufacturer's instructions and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 653.802, and
only as specified by the Research Foundation for Cross-Connection
Control of the University of Southern California or applicable industry
specifications. Maintenance as recommended by the manufacturer of
the device shall be performed. The manufacturer's maintenance manual
shall be available on-site.
A.
It shall be the duty of the consumer at any premises on which backflow
prevention devices required by these regulations are installed to
have inspection, tests, maintenance and repair made in accordance
with the following schedule or more often where inspections indicate
a need or are specified in manufacturer's instructions:
(1)
Fixed proper air gap separations shall be inspected to document that
a proper vertical distance is maintained between the discharge point
of the service line and the flood level rim of the receptacle at the
time of installation and at least annually thereafter. Corrections
to improper or bypassed air gaps shall be made within 24 hours.
(2)
Double check valve assemblies shall be inspected and tested at time
of installation and at least annually thereafter, and required service
performed within 15 days.
(3)
Reduced pressure principle backflow prevention devices shall be tested
at the time of installation and at least annually or more frequently
if recommended by the manufacturer, and required service performed
within five days.
B.
Testing shall be performed by a person who has been approved by the
Agency as competent to service the device. Proof of approval shall
be in writing.
C.
Each device shall have a tag attached listing the date of the most
recent test or visual inspection, name of tester, and type and date
of repairs.
D.
All inspection reports/records shall be submitted to the community
public water supply annually.
E.
A maintenance log shall be maintained and include:
F.
Whenever backflow prevention devices required by these regulations are found to be defective, they shall be repaired or replaced at the expense of the consumer without delay as required by Subsection A.
G.
Backflow prevention devices shall not be bypassed, made inoperative,
removed or otherwise made ineffective without specific authorization
by the Superintendent of Water.
A.
Where a booster pump has been installed on the service line to or
within any premises, such pump shall be equipped with a low-pressure
cut-off device designed to shut off the booster pump when the pressure
in the service line on the suction side of the pump drops to 20 psi
or less.
B.
It shall be the duty of the water consumer to maintain the low-pressure
cut-off device in proper working order and to certify to the Superintendent
of Water, at least once a year, that the device is operable.
A.
The Superintendent of Water shall deny or discontinue, after reasonable
notice to the occupants thereof, the water service to any premises
wherein any cross-connection control survey is not completed and turned
in or a backflow prevention device required by these regulations is
not installed, tested, maintained and repaired in a manner acceptable
to the Superintendent of Water, 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, or if a low-pressure cut-off
required by these regulations is not installed and maintained in working
order.
B.
Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the consumer
has completed, corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects
in conformance with these regulations and to the satisfaction of the
Superintendent of Water, and the required reconnection fee is paid.
C.
Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the consumer
has corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects in conformance
with these regulations to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of
Utilities/Operations.
D.
Neither the Superintendent of Water or its agents or assigns shall
be liable to any customers of the Village of Granville for any injury,
damages, or lost revenues which may result from termination of said
customer's water supply in accordance with the terms of this Part
2, whether or not said termination of the water supply was with or
without notice.
E.
The consumer responsible for backsiphoned material or contamination
through backflow, if contamination of the potable water supply system
occurs through an illegal cross-connection or an improperly installed,
maintained or repaired device, or a device which has been bypassed,
must bear the cost of clean-up of the potable water supply system.
F.
Any person found to be violating any provision of these rules and
regulations shall be served with written notice stating the nature
of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory
correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time
stated in such notice, permanently cease all violation.
G.
Any person who has knowledge of a backflow into any potable water
system or the public water system must report that backflow to the
Water Department immediately upon becoming aware of the backflow.
Any person violating any of the provisions of these rules and regulations,
in addition to the fine provided, shall become liable to Village of
Granville for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by reason of
such violations, whether the same was caused before or after notice.
