All plumbing installed with the City of Waverly 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, Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency 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, Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency 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 City of Waverly 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 commercial, industrial and
other 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 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
City of Waverly for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence
of cross-connections, and the Water Superintendent or his authorized
agent shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property
served by connection to the public water supply or distribution system
of the City of Waverly 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 which
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.
The Superintendent of Water of the City of Waverly is hereby
authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to
the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any
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. 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 City of Waverly, 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.
The consumer responsible for back-siphoned or back-pressured
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.
As used in this Part 2, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
AGENCY
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
APPROVED
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 NSF International.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
AUXILIARY WATER SYSTEM
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.
BACKFLOW
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.
BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE
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.
CONSUMER or CUSTOMER
The owner, official custodian or person in control of any
premises supplied by or in any manner connected to a public water
system.
CONSUMER'S WATER SYSTEM
Any water system located on the customer's premises. A building
plumbing system is considered to be a customer's water system.
CONTAMINATION
An impairment of the quality of the water by entrance of
any substance to a degree which could create a health hazard.
CROSS-CONNECTION
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.
DIRECT CROSS-CONNECTION
A cross-connection formed when a water system is physically
joined to a source of unknown or unsafe substance.
DOUBLE CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY
An assembly composed of 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.
FIXED PROPER AIR GAP
The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere
between the water discharge point and the flood level rim of the receptacle.
HEALTH HAZARD
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.
INDIRECT CROSS-CONNECTION
A cross-connection through which an unknown substance can
be forced, drawn by vacuum or otherwise introduced into a safe potable
water system.
INSPECTION
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).
NONPOTABLE WATER
Water not safe for drinking, personal, or culinary use as
determined by the requirements of 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890.120.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
PLUMBING
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.
POLLUTION
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.
POTABLE WATER
Water which meets the requirements of 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890.120
for drinking, culinary, and domestic purposes.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
POTENTIAL CROSS-CONNECTION
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.
PROCESS FLUID(S)
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, pollutional, or system hazard if introduced
into the public or a consumer's potable water system. This includes
but is not limited to:
A.
Polluted or contaminated waters;
C.
Used waters originating from the public water supply system
which may have deteriorated in sanitary quality;
E.
Questionable or contaminated natural waters taken from wells,
lakes, streams, or irrigation systems;
F.
Chemicals in solution or suspension;
G.
Oils, gases, acids, alkalis and other liquid and gaseous fluids
used in industrial or other processes, or for fire-fighting purposes.
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
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."
REDUCED PRESSURE PRINCIPLE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE
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.
SERVICE CONNECTION
The opening, including all fittings and appurtenances, at
the water main through which water is supplied to the user.
SURVEY
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.
SYSTEM HAZARD
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.
USED WATER
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.
WATER PURVEYOR
The owner or official custodian of a public water system.
The water system shall be considered as 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.
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
B. 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.
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.
A. 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.
B. There shall be no arrangement or connection by which an unsafe substance
may enter a supply.