[Adopted 1-7-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986]
The purpose of this article is to:
A. Protect the public potable water supply of the East
Farmingdale Water District of the Town of Babylon from the possibility
of contamination by isolating within its customers' internal distribution
systems or its customers' private water systems such contaminations
or pollutants which could backflow into the public water supply system.
B. Comply with the requirements of the New York State
Sanitary Code 5-1.31.
The East Farmingdale Water District Superintendent
shall be responsible for the protection of the district's distribution
systems from contamination due to the backflow of contaminants through
the water service connection. An acceptable backflow-prevention device
shall be required, at the district's water Service connection to any
customer's premises, for the safety of the water system. The Superintendent
or his designated agent shall give notice in writing to said customer
to install such an acceptable backflow-prevention device at each service
connection to his premises. The customer shall immediately install
such approved device or devices at his own expense, and failure, refusal
or inability on the part of the customer to install said device or
devices immediately shall constitute a ground for discontinuing water
service to the premises until such device or devices have been properly
installed.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ACCEPTABLE BACKFLOW-PREVENTION DEVICE
A reduced-pressure-zone device. In order for the reduced-pressure-zone
device to be acceptable, it must be listed on the most current version
of the New York State Department of Health's list of acceptable devices.
APPROVED
Accepted by the East Farmingdale Water District Superintendent
as meeting an applicable specification stated or cited in this chapter.
CUSTOMER
A water user served by the East Farmingdale Water District
supply system.
CUSTOMER'S WATER SYSTEM
The piping used to convey water supplied by the East Farmingdale
Water District supply system throughout a customer's facility. The
system shall include all those parts of the piping beyond the control
point of the East Farmingdale Water District. The control point shall
be the water main.
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
The East Farmingdale Water District system, including the
source, treatment works, transmission mains, distribution system and
storage facilities serving the public. This includes the distribution
system up to its connection with the customer's water system.
REDUCED-PRESSURE-ZONE DEVICE, ACCEPTABLE
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. During normal flow
and at the cessation of normal flow, the pressure between these two
checks shall be less than the upstream (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.
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.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of the East Farmingdale Water District.
[Amended 4-27-2022 by L.L. No. 10-2022]
A. A violation of the provisions of §
211-4 of this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person found by the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication to have violated this article is likewise subject to a monetary penalty of not less than $250 nor more than $500.
B. In lieu
of, or in addition to, the foregoing, each such violation shall be
subject to a civil penalty, not exceeding $1,000 for any one case,
to be recovered in an action or proceeding brought by the Town Attorney
of the Town of Babylon in a court of competent jurisdiction. Each
day of a continuing violation shall be subject to a separate such
fine, imprisonment or civil penalty.
C. The Town Attorney may maintain an action or proceeding in the name of the Town in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with this article or restrain by injunction any violation of this article, notwithstanding the provisions of §
211-5A hereof for a penalty or other punishment.
D. Where any violation of this article causes expense
to the Town, such violation may also be punishable by a civil suit
against the violator, brought by the Town Attorney of the Town of
Babylon in the name of the Town in a court of competent jurisdiction,
to recover such additional cost.