Part 1 Cross-Connection Control

It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a septic tank, cesspool, or pipe carrying sewage to any storm drain or natural outlet, creek, pond, ditch or semi-dry stream within the Village of Red Creek, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Village outside the corporate limits of the Village.

The owner of any private sewage disposal facilities shall not connect directly or indirectly to any storm drain, soil drainage tile or open drainage ditch which leads directly or indirectly to a storm drain, or storm sewer or to a stream or pond within the Village of Red Creek, or to such storm drain or storm sewer or to a stream or pond under the jurisdiction of said Village, or under the jurisdiction of the county or State Highway Departments for highway drainage sewers within said Village.

§ 196-5 Powers and authority of inspectors.

Basement drainage of surface rainwater only or water infiltration through the soil from stormwaters will be permitted in storm sewers only if no other drainage is connected thereto and the owner of any building must get a special permit for this type of discharge which will be in the form of a contract agreement that provides for periodic inspection of the discharge connections by the Village Superintendent of Sewage, for extension of the Agreement to any subsequent owner or purchaser of the property, and for a preventive backflow valve or standpipe to be installed at the owner's expense.

Owner to operate and maintain private facilities. The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the Village of Red Creek.

Additional requirements of State Health Department. No statement contained in this article shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the State Department of Health, or any future County Department of Health.

§ 196-4 Protection from damage.

Penalty for damaging or tampering with sewers. No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the sewage works, or storm drainage system. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.

Entering private property. The Superintendent or any other duly authorized employees of the Village of Red Creek bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Part 1. The Superintendent or his representatives shall have authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries, beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers, sanitary or storm, or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.

Easement granted for inspection, observation, etc. The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the Village of Red Creek bearing proper credentials and identifications shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the Village of Red Creek holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observations, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.

§ 196-6 Penalties for offenses.

Written notice of violation. Any person found to be violating any provisions of this Part 1 except § 196-4 shall be served by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Red Creek with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time state in such notice, permanently cease all violations.

Continuance of violation. Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection A shall be punished, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding $250 for each violation. In addition, each violation of this enactment shall constitute disorderly conduct, and each person violating the same shall be a disorderly person. Each day that a violation or failure to comply with any provision of this enactment or any regulation promulgated hereunder by the Board of Trustees occurs shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.

Liability to Village for expense, loss or damage. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Part 1 shall become liable to the Village of Red Creek, New York, for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by the Village by reason of such violation.

Article II Cross-Connection Control

[Adopted 11-9-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]

§ 196-7 Purpose.

The purpose of these regulations is to safeguard potable water supplies by preventing backflow into the public water system of the Village of Red Creek, New York, hereinafter referred to as "water purveyor."

Part 5, New York State Sanitary Code, § 5-1.31(A)(2), requires that, when a supplier of water instructs the user of a public water supply to protect his water service connection by the installation of a protective device, plans for the installation of the protective device must be submitted to the supplier of water and to the state for approval.

The regulations are to be reasonably interpreted. It is the intent of these regulations to recognize that there are varying degrees of hazard and to apply the principle that the degree of protection should be commensurate with the degree of hazard.

§ 196-8 Definitions.

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

AIR-GAP SEPARATION

A physical break between a supply pipe and a receiving vessel. The air gap shall be at least double the diameter of the supply pipe, measured vertically above the top rim of the vessel, in no case less than one inch.

APPROVED CHECK VALVE

A check valve that seats readily and completely. It must be carefully machined to have free moving parts and assured watertightness. The face of the closure element and valve seat must be bronze, composition, or other non-corrodible material which will seat tightly under all prevailing conditions of field use. Pins and bushings shall be of bronze or other non-corrodible, non-sticking material, machined for easy, dependable operation. The closure element, e.g., clapper, shall be internally weighted or otherwise equipped to promote rapid and positive closure in all sizes where this feature is obtainable.

APPROVED DOUBLE CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY

An assembly of at least two independently acting check valves, including tightly closing shutoff valves on each side of the check valve assembly and suitable leak detector drains plus connections available for testing the watertightness of each check valve. This device must be approved as a complete assembly.

APPROVED REDUCED PRESSURE PRINCIPLE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE

A device incorporating two or more check valves and an automatically operating differential relief valve located between the two checks, two shutoff valves, and equipped with necessary appurtenances for testing. The device shall operate to maintain the pressure in the zone between the two check valves, less than the pressure on the public water supply side of the device.

At cessation of normal flow, the pressure between check valves shall be less than the supply pressure. In case of leakage of either check valve, the differential relief valve shall operate to maintain this reduced pressure by discharging to the atmosphere. When the inlet pressure is two pounds per square inch or less, the relief valve shall open to the atmosphere, thereby providing an air gap in the device. To be approved, these devices must be readily accessible for maintenance and testing and installed in a location where no part of the valve will be submerged. The enclosure must be self-draining, so that the large amount of water which the relief valve may vent will be disposed of reliably without submergence of the relief valve.

This device must also be approved as a complete assembly.

APPROVED WATER SUPPLY

Any water supply approved by the New York State Department of Health.

AUXILIARY SUPPLY

Any water supply on or available to the premises other than the approved public water supply.

BAROMETRIC LOOP

A loop of pipe rising approximately 35 feet, at its topmost point, above the highest fixture it supplies.

CERTIFIED BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE TESTER

A person who attends an accredited program and is found competent for the testing of backflow prevention devices. He shall be provided with an appropriate certification by the State Health Department, which must be renewed periodically. Failure to perform his duties competently and conscientiously will result in prompt withdrawal of his certification.

CROSS-CONNECTIONS

Any unprotected connection between any part of a water system used or intended to supply water for drinking purposes and any source or system containing water or substance that is not or cannot be approved as equally safe, wholesome, and potable for human consumption.

SERVICE CONNECTION

The point at which the consumer takes water from the approved water supply such as the discharge side of the customer's meter, or the curb stop if no meter is used, or the discharge nozzle of a fire hydrant or any other approved point of taking water.

VACUUM BREAKER — NON-PRESSURE TYPE

A vacuum breaker designed to operate under conditions with no static line pressure.

VACUUM BREAKER — PRESSURE TYPE

A vacuum breaker designed to operate under conditions of static line pressure.

WATER SUPERVISOR

The consumer or a person on the premises charged with the responsibility of complete knowledge and understanding of the water supply piping within the premises and for maintaining the consumer's water system free from cross-connections and other sanitary defects, as required by regulations and laws.

§ 196-9 Protection of public water system at service connection.

Where protection is required.

Each service connection from a public water system for supplying water to premises having an auxiliary water supply shall be protected against backflow of water from the premises into the public water system, unless the auxiliary water supply is approved and monitored as an additional source by the water purveyor and is satisfactory to the public health agency having jurisdiction with regard to quality and safety.

Each service connection from a public water system for supplying water to premises, on which any substance is handled under pressure in such fashion as to permit entry into the water system, shall be protected against backflow of the water from the premises into the public system. This shall include the handling of process waters and waters originating from the public water supply system which may have been subject to deterioration in sanitary or chemical quality.

Each service connection from a public water system for supplying water to premises on which a substance of unusually toxic concentration or danger to health is handled in liquid form, even though it is not under pressure, shall be protected against backflow of the water from premises into the public system. Examples may include plating factories using cyanide and hospitals. This is not intended to apply to normal household installations.

(4)

Backflow prevention devices shall be installed on the service connection to any premises that have internal cross-connections, unless such cross-connections are abated to the satisfaction of the water purveyor.

(5)

It shall be the responsibility of the water user to provide and maintain these protective devices, and each one must be of a type and installation acceptable to the State Health Department.

Type of protection. The protective device required shall depend on the degree of hazard as indicated below:

At the service connection to any premises where there is an auxiliary water supply handled in a separate piping system with no cross-connection, the public water supply shall be protected by an approved double check valve assembly.

At the service connection on any premises on which there is an auxiliary water supply where cross-connections are known to exist which cannot be presently eliminated, the public water supply system shall be protected by an air-gap separation or an approved reduced-pressure-principle backflow-prevention device.

At the service connection to any premises on which a substance that would be objectionable (but not hazardous to health if introduced into the public water supply) is handled so as to constitute a cross-connection, the public water supply shall be protected by an approved double check valve assembly.

(4)

At the service connection to any premises on which a substance of unusual toxic concentration or danger to health is or may be handled, but not under pressure, the public water supply shall be protected by an air-gap separation or an approved reduced-pressure-principle backflow-prevention device. This device shall be located as close as practicable to the water meter, and all piping between the water meter and receiving tanks shall be entirely visible.

(5)

At the service connection to any premises on which any material dangerous to health, or toxic substance in toxic concentration, is or may be handled under pressure, the public water supply shall be protected by an air-gap separation. The air gap shall be located as close as practicable to the water meter, and all piping between the water meter and receiving tanks shall be entirely visible. If these conditions cannot reasonably be met, the public water supply shall be protected with a reduced-pressure-principle backflow-prevention device, providing the alternative is acceptable to the water purveyor.

(6)

At the service connection to any sewage treatment plant or sewage pumping station, the public water supply shall be protected with an approved reduced-pressure-principle backflow-prevention device.

(7)

At the service connection to any premises not covered by Subsection B(1) through (6) above, the public water supply shall be protected with an approved single check valve assembly.

Frequency of inspection of protective devices.

It shall be the duty of the water user on any premises on account of which backflow protective devices are installed, to have competent inspections made at least once a year, or more often in those instances where successive inspections indicate repeated failure. These devices shall be repaired, overhauled or replaced at the expense of the water user whenever they are found to be defective. These tests shall be performed by a qualified backflow prevention device tester, and all test results will be provided to the water purveyor within 72 hours after the test is made.

§ 196-10 Protection of potable water system within premises.

Records of such tests, repairs, and overhaul shall also be kept and made available to the water purveyor and the local health department upon request.

Separate drinking water systems. Whenever a water purveyor representative determines that it is not practical to protect drinking water systems on premises against entry of water from a source or piping system or equipment that cannot be approved as safe or potable for human use, an entirely separate drinking water system shall be installed to supply water at points convenient for customers.

Fire systems. Water systems for fighting fire, derived from a supply that cannot be approved as safe or potable for human use, shall be kept wholly separate from drinking water pipelines and equipment. In cases where the domestic water system is used for both drinking and firefighting purposes, approved backflow-prevention devices shall be installed to protect such individual drinking water lines that are not used for firefighting purposes.

Process waters.

Potable water pipelines connected to equipment for industrial processes or operations shall be protected by a suitable backflow prevention device located beyond the last point from which drinking water may be taken, which device shall be provided on the feed line to process piping or equipment.

In the event the particular process liquid is especially corrosive or apt to prevent reliable action of the backflow prevention device, air-gap separation shall be provided. Backflow prevention devices shall be tested by the water user at least once a year; or more often in those instances where successive inspections indicate repeated failure. The devices shall be repaired, overhauled or replaced whenever they are found to be defective. These tests must be performed by a qualified backflow prevention device tester and records of tests, repairs, and replacement shall be kept and made available to the water purveyor and the health department upon request.

Sewage treatment plants and pumping stations. Sewage pumps shall not have priming connections directly to any drinking water systems. No connections shall exist between the drinking water system and any other piping, equipment, or tank in any sewage treatment plant or sewage pumping station.

Plumbing connections.

Where the circumstances are such that there is special danger to health by the backflow of sewage, as from sewers, toilets, hospital bedpans and the like, into a drinking water system, a dependable device or devices shall be installed to prevent such backflow.

The purpose of these regulations is not to transcend local plumbing regulations but only to deal with those extraordinary situations where sewage may be forced or drawn into the drinking water piping. These regulations do not attempt to eliminate, at this time, the hazards of back siphonage through flushometer valves on all toilets, but deal with those situations where the likelihood of vacuum conditions in the drinking water system is definite and there is special danger to health. Devices suited to the purpose of avoiding back-siphonage from plumbing fixtures are roof tanks, barometric loops or separate pressure systems separately piped to supply such fixtures, recognized approved vacuum or siphon breaker and other backflow protective devices which have been proved by appropriate tests to be dependable for destroying the vacuum.

Inasmuch as many of serious hazards of this kind are due to water supply piping which is too small, thereby causing vacuum conditions when fixtures are flushed or water is drawn from the system in other ways, it is required that water supply piping that is too small be enlarged whenever possible.

Marking safe and unsafe water lines.

Where the premises contain dual or multiple water systems and piping, the exposed portions of pipelines shall be painted, banded or marked at sufficient intervals to distinguish clearly which water is safe and which is not safe. All outlets from secondary or other potentially contaminated systems shall be posted as being contaminated and unsafe for drinking purposes. All outlets intended for drinking purposes shall be plainly marked to indicate the fact.

The health department and the water purveyor shall be kept informed of the identity of the water supervisor responsible for the water piping on all premises concerned with these regulations. This water supervisor shall be responsible for the installation and use of pipelines and equipment and for the avoidance of cross-connections.