[Amended 2-23-1987 by Ord. No. 87-3]
All plumbing installed within the Village shall be installed
in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code (77 III. Adm. Code 8900.
If, in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code or in the judgment
of the Inspector, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary
for the safety of the public water supply system, the Inspector shall
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 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
enters the supply or distribution system of the Village, 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
and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent 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
Inspector 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
for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections
and the Inspector 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 for the purpose of
verifying information submitted by the customer regarding the required
cross-connection control inspection. On demand, the owner, lessee
or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Inspector
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 Inspector, be evidence
of the presence of improper connections as provided in this Part 3.
A.
The Village Clerk 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 3 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 3 and
until a reconnection fee in an amount set from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Trustees is paid to the Village Clerk.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the
Inspector 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 Inspector or the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency, such action is required to prevent actual or potential
contamination or pollution of the public water supply.
C.
The public water supply, the Inspector or the agents or assigns shall
not be liable to any customer for any injury, damages or lost revenues
which may result from termination of the customer's water supply in
accordance with the terms of this Part 3, whether or not said termination
was with or without notice.
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,
shall bear the cost of clean-up of the potable water supply system.
