[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
All plumbing installed within the City 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 City's Director of Public Works or his/her designee (hereinafter
referred to as the "Director"), an approved backflow prevention device
is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the
Director 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
by a duly licensed plumber and as required by the Illinois Plumbing
Code, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and local regulations.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
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 may enter the supply or
distribution system of the City, 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 or
his/her designee and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works or his/her
designee 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 Director shall deem necessary. Records of such
surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period
of at least five years.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The City's Director of Public Works or his duly appointed and
authorized cross-connection control device inspector ("CCCDI") 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 for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of
cross-connections, and the Director 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 for the purpose of verifying information submitted by
the customer regarding the required cross-connection control inspection.
On demand, the owners, lessees or other occupants of any property
so served shall furnish to the Director any information which he may
request regarding the water piping system or systems or water use
on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded,
shall, within the discretion of the Director, be deemed evidence of
the presence of improper connections as provided in this Part 5.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Director of Public Works or his/her designee is 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 5 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 5, and until a reconnection fee,
in an amount to be set by City ordinance from time to time, is paid
to the City Clerk at his office in the City Hall. Immediate disconnection
with verbal notice can be effected when the Director 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 his/her designee 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, or their
agents or assigns shall 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
5, whether or not the termination was with or without notice.
The consumer responsible for backsiphoned 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 cleanup of the potable
water supply system.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of these regulations:
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 the National Sanitation Foundation.
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. The words "consumer" and "customer," for purposes of this
Part 5, shall be synonymous and may be used interchangeably.
CONSUMER'S WATER SYSTEM
Any water system located on the customer's premises. A building
plumbing system is considered to be a consumer'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 Association of State Sanitary Engineers ("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 watertightness 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 35 Ill. Adm. Code 604.
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 35 Ill. Adm. Code 604
for drinking, culinary and domestic purposes.
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 noncommunity 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.