[Ord. No. 2005-73]
[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.
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of these Rules and Regulations is:
(1) 
To protect the public water supply system from contamination or pollution by isolating within the customer's water system contaminants or pollutants which could back flow through the service connection into the public water supply system.
(2) 
To promote the elimination or control of existing cross-connections, actual or potential, between the public or customer's potable water system and non-potable water systems, plumbing fixtures and sources or systems containing substances of unknown or questionable safety.
(3) 
To provide for the maintenance of a continuing program of cross-connection control which will prevent the contamination or pollution of the public and customer's potable water systems.
B. 
Application. These Rules and Regulations shall apply to all premises served by the public potable water supply system of the City of Bloomington.
C. 
Policy. The owner or official custodian shall be responsible for protection of the public water supply system from contamination due to back flow or back siphonage of contaminants through the customer's water service connection. If in the judgment of the Director of Public Works or his authorized representative, an approved back flow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Director of Public Works shall give notice to the customer to install such approved back flow prevention device at each service connection to the premises. The customer shall immediately install such approved device or devices at his own expense; failure, refusal or inability on the part of the customer to install such device or devices immediately shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the premises until such device or devices have been installed. The customer shall retain records of installation, maintenance, testing and repair as required in § 34-514D(4) below for a period of at least five years. The Director of Public Works may require the customer to submit a cross-connection inspection report to the City of Bloomington to assist in determining whether or not service line protection will be required. All cross-connection inspections shall be conducted by a Cross-Connection Control Device Inspector certified by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
[Ord. No. 2018-93]
A. 
The water system shall be considered as made up of two parts: the public water supply system and the customer's water system.
B. 
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 Director of Public Works up to the point where the customer's water system begins.
C. 
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.
D. 
The public water supply distribution system shall include the network of conduits or watermains used to deliver water from the source to the customer's water system.
E. 
The customer's water system shall include all parts of the facilities beyond the water service connection used to convey water from the public water supply distribution system to points of use.
[Ord. No. 2018-93]
A. 
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 insure proper operation on a continuing basis.
B. 
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(1) 
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.
(2) 
There shall be no arrangement or connection by which an unsafe substance may enter a water supply.
[Ord. No. 2005-73]
A. 
The customer's premises shall be open at all reasonable times to the approved Cross-connection Control Device Inspector for the inspection of the presence or absence of cross-connections within the customer's premises, and testing, repair and maintenance of cross-connection control devices within the customer's premises.
B. 
On request by the Director of Public Works, or his authorized representative, the customer shall furnish information regarding the piping system or systems or water use within the customer's premises. The customer's premises shall be open at all reasonable times to the Director of Public Works, or his authorized representative, for the verification of information submitted by the inspection customer to the public water supply custodian regarding cross-connection inspection results.
[Ord. No. 2018-93]
C. 
It shall be the responsibility of the water customer to arrange periodic surveys of water use practices on his premises to determine whether there are actual or potential cross-connections to his water system through which contaminants or pollutants could back flow into his or the public potable water system. All cross-connection control or other plumbing inspections must be conducted in accordance with Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 111, par. 1103(1).[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 225 ILCS 320/3.
D. 
It is the responsibility of the water customer to prevent back flow into the public water system by ensuring that:
(1) 
All cross-connections are removed; or approved cross-connection control devices are installed for control of back flow and back siphonage.
(2) 
Cross-connection control devices shall be installed in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
(3) 
Cross-connection control devices shall be inspected at the time of installation and at least annually by a person approved by the Agency as a Cross-connection Control Device Inspector (CCCDI). The inspection of mechanical devices shall include physical testing in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
(4) 
Testing and records:
(a) 
Each device shall be tested at the time of installation and at least annually or more frequently if recommended by the manufacturer.
(b) 
Records submitted to the community public water supply shall be available for inspection by Agency personnel in accordance with Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 111 1/2, ¶1004(e).[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See now 415 ILCS 5/4(e).
(c) 
Each device shall have a tag attached listing the date of most recent test, name of CCCDI, and type and date of repairs.
(d) 
A maintenance log shall be maintained and include:
[1] 
Date of each test;
[2] 
Name and approval number of person performing the test;
[3] 
Test results;
[4] 
Repairs or servicing required;
[5] 
Repairs and date completed; and
[6] 
Serving performed and dated completed.
[Ord. No. 2005-73]
A. 
An approved back flow device shall be installed on all connections to the public water supply as described in the Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890 and the Agency's regulations, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 680. In addition, an approved back flow prevention device shall be installed on each water service line to a customer's water system serving premises, where in the judgment of the Director of Public Works, actual or potential hazards to the public water supply system exist.
[Ord. No. 2018-93]
B. 
An approved back flow prevention device shall be installed on each water service line to a customer's water system serving premises where the following conditions exist:
(1) 
Premises having an auxiliary water supply, unless such auxiliary supply is accepted as an additional source by the Director of Public Works and the source is approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
[Ord. No. 2018-93]
(2) 
Premises on which any substance is handled which can create an actual or potential hazard to the public water supply system. This shall include premises having sources or systems containing process fluids or waters originating from the public water supply system which are no longer under the sanitary control of the Director of Public Works.
[Ord. No. 2018-93]
(3) 
Premises having internal cross-connections that, in the judgment of the Director of Public Works and/or the Cross-Connection Control Device Inspector, are not correctable or intricate plumbing arrangements which make it impractical to determine whether or not cross-connections exist.
[Ord. No. 2018-93]
(4) 
Premises where, because of security requirements or other prohibitions or restrictions, it is impossible or impractical to make a complete cross-connection survey.
(5) 
Premises having a repeated history of cross-connections being established or reestablished.
C. 
An approved back flow device shall be installed on all connections to the public water supply as described in the Illinois State Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890 and the Agency's regulations, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 653. In addition, an approved back flow prevention device shall be installed on each service line to a customer's water system serving, but not necessarily limited to, the following types of facilities unless the Director of Public Works determines that no actual or potential hazard to the public water supply system exists:
[Ord. No. 2018-93; 10-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-67]
(1) 
Hospitals, mortuaries, clinics, nursing homes.
(2) 
Laboratories.
(3) 
Piers, docks, waterfront facilities.
(4) 
Sewage treatment plants, sewage pumping stations or stormwater pumping stations.
(5) 
Food or beverage processing plants.
(6) 
Chemical plants.
(7) 
Metal plating industries.
(8) 
Petroleum processing or storage plants.
(9) 
Radioactive material processing plants or nuclear reactors.
(10) 
Car washes.
(11) 
Pesticide, or herbicide or extermination plants and trucks.
(12) 
Farm service and fertilizer plants and trucks.
A. 
The type of protection required under § 34-511B(1), (2) and (3) of these regulations shall depend on the degree of hazard which exists as follows:
(1) 
An approved fixed proper air gap separation shall be installed where the public water supply system may be contaminated with substances that could cause a severe health hazard.
(2) 
An approved fixed proper air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle back flow prevention assembly shall be installed where the public water supply system may be contaminated with a substance that could cause a system or health hazard.
(3) 
An approved fixed proper air sap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle back flow prevention assembly or a double check valve assembly shall be installed where the public water supply system may be polluted with substances that could cause a pollution hazard not dangerous to health.
B. 
The type of protection required under § 34-511B(4) and (5) of these regulations shall be an approved fixed proper air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle back flow prevention device.
C. 
Where a public water supply or an auxiliary water supply is used for a fire protection system, reduced pressure principle back flow preventers shall be installed on fire safety systems connected to the public water supply when:
(1) 
The fire safety system contains antifreeze, fire retardant or other chemicals;
(2) 
Water is pumped into the system from another source;
(3) 
Water flows by gravity from a non-potable source, water can be pumped into the fire safety system from any other source;
(4) 
There is a connection whereby another source can be introduced into the fire safety system.
D. 
All other fire safety systems connected to the potable water supply shall be protected by a double check valve assembly on metered service lines and a double detector check valve assembly on unmetered service lines.
[Ord. No. 2005-73]
E. 
Where a Reduced Pressure Principle backflow device is required on fire system four inch and larger for manufacturing or industrial buildings by the Illinois State Plumbing Code, it shall be a Reduced Pressure Principle Detector Assembly.
[Ord. No. 2008-49]
A. 
All back flow prevention devices or methods required by these rules and regulations shall be approved by the Research Foundation for Cross-Connection Control of the University of Southern California, American Water Works Association, American Society of Sanitary Engineering, Canadian Standards Association or American National Standards Institute or certified by the National Sanitation Foundation to be in compliance with applicable industry specification.
[Ord. No. 2013-03]
B. 
Installation of approved devices shall be made in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Maintenance as recommended by the manufacturer of the device shall be performed. Manufacturer's maintenance manual shall be available on-site.
[Ord. No. 2005-73]
A. 
It shall be the duty of the customer at any premises on which back flow prevention devices required by these regulations are installed to have inspection, tests, maintenance and repair made in accordance with the following schedule or more often where inspections indicate a need or are specified in manufacturer's instructions.
(1) 
Fixed proper air gap separations shall be inspected to document that a proper vertical distance is maintained between the discharge point of the service line and the flood level rim of the receptacle at the time of installation and at least annually thereafter. Corrections to improper or by-passed air gap shall be made within 24 hours.
(2) 
Double check valve assemblies shall be inspected and tested at time of installation and at least annually thereafter and required service performed within five days.
(3) 
Reduced pressure principle back flow prevention assemblies shall be tested at the time of installation and at least annually or more frequently if recommended by the manufacturer and required service performed within five days.
B. 
Testing shall be performed by a person who has been approved by the Agency as competent to service the device. Proof of approval shall be in writing.
C. 
Each device shall have a tag attached listing the date of most recent test or visual inspection, name of tester, and type and date of repairs.
D. 
A maintenance log shall be maintained and include:
(1) 
Date of each test or visual inspection;
(2) 
Name and approval number of person performing the test or visual inspection;
(3) 
Test results;
(4) 
Repairs or servicing required;
(5) 
Repairs and date completed; and
(6) 
Servicing performed and date completed.
E. 
Whenever back flow prevention devices required by these regulations are found to be defective, they shall be repaired or replaced at the expense of the customer without delay as required by this section.
F. 
Back flow prevention devices shall not be bypassed, made inoperative, removed or otherwise made ineffective without specific authorization by the Director of Public Works.
[Ord. No. 2018-93]
[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.
A. 
There shall be a fee, in an amount as set forth in the Schedule of Fees, for filing the survey required under § 34-503 of this chapter. The fee shall be assessed for each survey filed. This fee shall be assessed each time a survey is filed, regardless of whether the survey submitted had been filed previously and is being resubmitted to correct deficiencies or errors in a previously filed survey.
[Ord. No. 2013-03]
B. 
There shall be a charge, in an amount as set forth in the Schedule of Fees, per hour assessed for any inspection conducted by the Director of Public Works or his authorized agent pursuant to § 34-504 of this chapter or under any other provision of this chapter to check information set forth in a survey report or to verify compliance with the requirements of this article.
[Ord. No. 2018-93]
C. 
There shall be a fee, in an amount as set forth in the Schedule of Fees, for filing the annual certification of cross-connection control devices as required in § 34-510D(3) of this chapter. The fee shall be assessed for each device certified.
[Ord. No. 2018-89]
D. 
All fees provided for herein shall be paid to the Director of Public Works or his designated representative.
[Ord. No. 2018-93]
A. 
The Director of Public Works shall deny or discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupants thereof, the water service to any premises wherein any back flow prevention device required by these regulations is not installed, tested, maintained and repaired in a manner acceptable to the Director of Public Works, or if it is found that the back flow prevention device has been removed or bypassed, or if an unprotected cross-connection exists on the premises, or if a low pressure cutoff required by these regulations is not installed and maintained in working order.
B. 
Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the customer has corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects in conformance with these regulations and to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, and the required reconnection fee is paid.
C. 
Neither the City of Bloomington, the Director of Public Works, or its agents or assigns shall be liable to any customers of the City of Bloomington 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 of the water supply was with or without notice.
D. 
The customer responsible for back-siphoned 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.
E. 
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be served with written notice stating the notice of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violation.
F. 
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance in addition to the fine provided, shall become liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by the City by reason of such violation, whether the same was caused before or after notice.
[Ord. No. 2018-93]