[Ord. No. 2023-8, 6/26/2023]
1.
The Cross-Connection Control ("CCC") Program will include:
A.
Designate an employee or representative responsible for implementation
of the CCC Program;
B.
Communicate with customers and provide education material about the
purpose of the CCC Program;
C.
Determine which customers currently have backflow prevention assemblies
installed and whether those assemblies are being tested on a regular
basis;
D.
Request customers to self-identify whether circumstances on their
premises would require a backflow prevention assembly;
E.
Conduct on-site surveys to identify potential hazards that require
backflow prevention assemblies;
F.
Require the installation of backflow prevention assemblies and the
statutorily required testing of those assemblies once installed;
G.
Track backflow prevention assembly installation and test results
in an accessible database;
H.
Prepare report on the status and progress of the CCC Program; and
I.
Terminate water service to customers who do not comply with the installation
and testing requirements of the CCC Program.
2.
The Borough will contract with a third-party service and the third-party
service will perform or complete the following:
A.
Prepare test reports and installation reports for use by customers
and their certified testers when submitting information to the database;
B.
Provide a website portal by which test results can be submitted in
electronic form for a fee;
C.
Track the installation of backflow prevention assemblies and test
results in an accessible database;
D.
Record the name of the customer and the tester;
E.
Notify customers when a test or retest is due;
F.
Prepare reports on the status and progress of the CCC Program;
G.
Notify the Borough when a customer is not in compliance, so that
the Borough can implement enforcement measures, including service
termination;
H.
Provide customer service regarding the installation and testing of
backflow prevention assemblies;
I.
Conduct a survey of the Borough's operating facilities, to identify
instances in which hazards that must be addressed with the Borough's
water supply;
J.
Communicate with customers and provide the Borough's general
education material about the purpose of the CCC Program;
K.
Notify customers to submit installation and test results directly
to the third-party service for entry into the tracking database; and
L.
Request customers to self-identify circumstances on their premises
that would require a backflow prevention assembly.
[Ord. No. 2023-8, 6/26/2023]
1.
The Borough adopts a policy manual, known as "Cross-Connection Control
Policy and Manual." This manual, and any accompanying drawings, are
hereby adopted and incorporated as if fully set out herein.
2.
Copies of this manual are on file with the Borough Clerk and the
Borough Water Department for public inspection as well as maintained
on the Borough's website.
[Ord. No. 2023-8, 6/26/2023]
The Borough is at liberty to discontinue water supply for any
customer who fails to install and/or maintain a required backflow
prevention assembly. The Borough may reestablish water supply for
discontinued customers once all required information has been added
to the database (e.g., confirmation of backflow prevention assembly
installation; test results).
