The City hereby adopts by reference the Water Supply Cross-connection
rules of the Michigan Department of Public Health, being R325.431
to R325.440 of the Michigan Administrative Code. The purpose of said
regulations are to protect the public water supply where cross-connections
with the public water supply is deemed possible. A complete copy of
said regulations shall be kept in the office of the City Clerk and
shall be there available for public use and inspection.
It shall be the duty of the Water Department Superintendent
to cause inspections to be made of all properties served by the public
water supply where cross-connections with the public water supply
are deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and re-inspection
based on potential health hazards involved shall be as established
by the Superintendent and as approved by the Michigan Department of
Public Health.
The representative of the Water Department shall have the right
to enter at any reasonable time, any property served by a connection
to the public water supply system of the City for the purpose of inspecting
the piping system or systems thereof for cross-connections. On request,
the owner, lessee, or occupant of any property so served shall furnish
to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the piping
system or systems on such property. The refusal of such information
or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of
the presence of cross-connections.
The City Water Department 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 supply system. Water
service to such property shall not be restored until the cross-connection
has been eliminated in compliance with the provisions of this article.
The potable water supply made available on the properties served
by the public water supply shall be protected from possible contamination
as specified by this chapter and by the state 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: "WATER UNSAFE FOR DRINKING."
This chapter does not supersede the State Plumbing Code, but
is supplementary to it.
