[Ord. No. 2018-93; 10-12-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-67]
All plumbing installed within the
City of Bloomington, shall be installed in accordance with the Illinois State
Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890. If in accordance with the Illinois
Plumbing Code or in the judgment of the Director of Public Works,
an approved back flow prevention device is necessary for the safety
of the public water supply system, the Director of Public Works 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 State 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 State Plumbing Code, Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency and local regulations.
[Ord. No. 2018-93]
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 Bloomington 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 Director of Public Works and the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency.
[Ord. No. 2018-93; 8-10-2020 by Ord. No.
2020-53]
It shall be the duty of the customer to cause surveys and investigations to be made of the customer's 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 completed by a certified cross-connection inspector (see §
34-510 Survey and Investigations) and shall be filed with the Economic & Community Development Department and made a matter of public record and shall be repeated at least every two years, or as often as the Director of Public Works shall deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least five years.
[Ord. No. 2005-73; 10-12-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-67]
The Director of Public Works 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 City of Bloomington 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 Director
of Public Works 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 Director of Public Works, be deemed evidence of the presence of
improper connections as provided in this Ordinance.
[Ord. No. 2018-93]
The Director of Public Works of the
City of Bloomington 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 Ordinance is known to exist, or where the owner has failed
to comply with the survey requirements of this ordinance, 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 Ordinance, and until reconnection charges are
paid as per Section 30 to the City of Bloomington. Immediate disconnection
with verbal notice can be effected when the Director of Public Works
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 Director of Public Works 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 Director of Public Works,
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 Ordinance,
whether or not said termination was with or without notice.
[Ord. No. 2005-73]
The customer responsible for back-siphoned
or back-pressured material or contamination through back flow, 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 cleanup of the potable water supply system.
[Ord. No. 2005-73; 10-12-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-67]
A. Where a booster pump has been installed
on the water service line to or within any premises, such pump shall
be equipped with a low pressure cutoff device designed to shutoff
the booster pump when the pressure in the water service line on the
suction side of the pump drops to 20 psi or less.
B. It shall be the duty of the water customer
to maintain the low pressure cutoff device in proper working order
and to certify to the Plumbing Inspector, at least once a year, that
the device is operable.