All plumbing installed within the Village 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 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 that 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 chapter.
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 cleanup of the potable water supply system.