[Adopted 2-21-2006 by Ord. No. 6038; amended
in its entirety 4-17-2018 by Ord.
No. 7457]
All plumbing installed within the City of Crystal Lake 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 Director of Public Works, an approved backflow
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/her 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 inspection and tests made of such
approved devices upon installation and as required by the Illinois
Plumbing Code, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and local
regulations.
No person, firm, or corporation shall establish or permit to
be established or maintained 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 Crystal Lake 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.
It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works to cause
surveys and investigations to be made of residential, 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 of Public Works shall deem necessary for
review for a period of at least five years.
The Cross-Connection Control Device Inspector 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 Crystal
Lake for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross
connections. The Director of Public Works or his/her 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 Crystal Lake for the purpose of verifying information
submitted by the customer regarding the required cross-connection
control inspection. On request, the owner, lessees, or occupants of
the property shall supply the Inspector with any information which
he/she may request regarding the piping systems or water use on such
property. The refusal of such information, when requested, shall,
within the discretion of the Director of Public Works, be deemed evidence
of the presence of improper connections as provided with this article.
The Director of Public Works of the City of Crystal Lake is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable written notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this article is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he/she 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 article and until a service reinstatement fee per § 515-30 is paid to the City of Crystal Lake. 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 article, whether or not said termination was with or without notice.
The consumer responsible for back-siphoned 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 purpose of these rules and regulations is:
A.
To protect the public water supply system from contamination or pollution
by isolating within the customer's water system contaminants or pollutants
which could backflow through the service connection into the public
water system.
B.
To promote the elimination or control of existing cross connections,
actual or potential, between the public or consumer's potable water
system and nonpotable water systems, plumbing fixtures, and sources
or systems containing substances unknown or of questionable safety.
C.
To provide for the maintenance of a continuing program of cross-connection
control which will prevent the contamination or pollution of the public
and consumer's potable water systems.
These rules and regulations shall apply to all premises served
by the public potable water supply system of the City of Crystal Lake.
The City of Crystal Lake or custodian shall be responsible for protection of the public water supply system from contamination due to backflow or back-siphonage of contaminants through the customer's water service connection. If, in the judgment of the Director of Public Works or his/her authorized representative, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Director of Public Works shall give notice to the consumer to install such approved backflow prevention device at each service connection to the premises. The consumer shall immediately install such approved device or devices at his/her own expense; failure, refusal, or inability on the part of the consumer 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 consumer shall retain records of installation, maintenance, testing, and repair as required in § 515-49D below for a period of at least five years. The Director of Public Works may require the consumer to submit a cross-connection inspection report to the City of Crystal Lake 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.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of these regulations:
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
Backflow prevention device 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.
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 well, 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.
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.
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.
The owner, official custodian, or person in control of any
premises supplied by or in any manner connected to a public water
system.
Any water system located on the customer's premises. A building
plumbing system is considered to be a customer's water system.
An impairment of the quality of the water by entrance of
any substance to a degree which could create a health hazard.
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.
A person who has successfully completed Agency-sponsored
training and certification to install and test backflow devices, in
accordance with 35 Ill. Adm. Code 608, Subpart C, § 608.301.
An assembly composed of single, independently acting check
valves approved under 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.
The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere
between the water discharge point and the flood level rim of the receptacle.
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 the death or significant reduction in the
quality of life.
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.
Water not safe for drinking, personal, or culinary use as
determined by the requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 604.
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.
The presence of any foreign substance (organic, inorganic,
or biological) in water that tends to degrade its quality so as to
constitute a hazard or impair the usefulness of the water.
Water which meets the requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 604
for drinking, culinary, and domestic purposes.
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.
Any fluid or solution which may be chemically, biologically,
or otherwise polluted in a form or concentration such as would constitute
a health, pollution or system hazard if introduced into the public
or a consumer's potable water system. This includes but is not limited
to:
Polluted or contaminated waters.
Process waters.
Used waters originating from the public water supply system
which may have deteriorated in sanitary quality.
Cooling waters.
Questionable or contaminated natural waters taken from wells,
lakes, streams, or irrigation systems.
Chemicals in solution or suspension.
Oils, gases, acids, alkalis, and other liquid and gaseous fluids
used in industrial or other processes, or for fire-fighting purposes.
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.
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, 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.
The opening, including fittings and appurtenances, at the
water main through which water is supplied to the user.
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.
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.
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.
The owner or official custodian of a public water system.
A.
The water system shall be considered as made up of two parts: the
public water supply system and the consumer'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 consumer'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 used to deliver water from the source to the consumer's
water system.
E.
The consumer's water system shall include all parts of the facilities
used to convey water from the public water supply distribution system
to the point of use, beyond the curb stop or shut-off valve. In the
event that no curb stop or shut-off valve exists, the consumer's water
system shall include all parts of such facilities located within the
consumer's property.
F.
Water service line installation. No water service line shall be installed
or used to supply water to more than one parcel or building unless
a separate curb stop or shut-off valve is installed in the public
right-of-way or easement for each parcel or building. Each parcel
or building with a water service line shall have a City water meter
installed for billing purposes.
G.
Maintenance and repair responsibilities.
(1)
The City shall repair and/or replace any leaky or defective condition of the public water supply system and the public water distribution system. The consumer shall be responsible to repair and/or replace any leaky or defective condition of the consumer's water system. The consumer shall be notified by the City either in person or in writing of such leak or defective condition. If a defective condition is not repaired within 10 business days after such notice, the water supply shall be shut off and not reinstated until defective conditions have been corrected. Shut-off fees shall be charged per Chapter 248, Fines.
(2)
In such cases where the operation, use, maintenance or repair of
the consumer's water system results in the need to repair or replace
the curb stop or shut-off valve, the consumer shall be responsible
to repair and/or replace the curb stop or shut-off valve.
H.
Abandonment of water lines.
(1)
All existing portions of the water system serving a building or property
that will not be reused as part of building demolition or remodeling
must be properly disconnected and abandoned by the property owner
from the point where such system connects to the water main.
(2)
Water service lines shall be disconnected at the water main and sealed.
The corporation stop or valve at the water main shall be either capped
or removed per the direction of the Director of Public Works.
(3)
Upon abandonment of a water line, as required by this subsection,
the owner of the property serviced by such line shall be required
to restore all property disturbed by such abandonment, including compacted
backfill, restoration of grounds, sidewalk, pavement, or other features
to match surrounding conditions.
A.
Connection 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 ensure
proper operation on a continuing basis.
B.
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.
C.
There shall be no arrangement or connection by which an unsafe substance
may enter a supply.
A.
The consumer'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 consumer's
premises, and testing, repair and maintenance of cross-connection
control devices within the consumer's premises.
B.
On request by the Director of Public Works, or his/her authorized
representative, the consumer shall furnish information regarding the
piping system or systems or water use within the consumer's premises.
The consumer's premises shall be open at all reasonable times to the
Director of Public Works for the verification of information submitted
by the consumer to the public water supply custodian regarding cross-connection
inspection results.
C.
It shall be the responsibility of the water consumer to arrange periodic
surveys of water use practices on his/her premises to determine whether
there are actual or potential cross connections to his/her water system
through which contaminants or pollutants could backflow into his/her
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).
D.
It is the responsibility of the water consumer to prevent backflow
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 backflow and back-siphonage.
(2)
Cross-connection control devices shall be installed in accordance
with the manufacturer's instructions and the Illinois Plumbing Code,
77 Ill. Adm. Code 890.
(3)
Cross-connection control devices shall be inspected before initial
use 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, rules and regulations within
the public water supplies of the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency.
(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, or if so required by the City of Crystal Lake. Test reports shall be submitted to the third-party inspection reporting company approved by the City Council and contracted by the City of Crystal Lake to provide third-party inspection reporting services. Test reports shall be submitted to the third-party reporting company through the online system described in § 515-49 of this Code within 10 days of completion of testing. In the event that the online reporting system has not yet been established at the time that the test report is due, such test report shall be submitted to the City directly.
(b)
Records submitted to the City of Crystal Lake shall be available
for inspection by Agency personnel in accordance with Ill. Rev. Stat.
1987, ch. 111 1/2, par 1004(e).
(c)
Each device shall have a tag attached, listing make, model,
size, serial number, type of service, location, date of most recent
test, test results, name and address of CCCDI performing test; name,
address and phone number of company performing test, and any repair
or servicing performed.
(d)
A maintenance log shall be maintained on the premises in a secure
place, readily accessible, available for viewing and include:
[1]
Make, model, size and serial number.
[2]
Type of service (fire or domestic).
[3]
Date of installation.
[4]
Copies of all test certification or tags from initial test to
present.
[5]
All servicing or repairs and retest tags.
[6]
Manufacturer's manual and test procedure.
The customer shall forward a copy of this maintenance log to
the City of Crystal Lake within 10 days after any testing, servicing,
or repairs.
A.
A proper backflow 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 backflow prevention device shall be installed
on each service line to a consumer'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.
B.
A proper backflow prevention device shall be installed on each service
line to a consumer's water system servicing 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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
A.
The type of protection required under § 515-46 of these regulations shall be determined based on the degree of hazard which may exist in a building or structure as follows:
(1)
A proper fixed 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)
A proper fixed air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure
principle backflow 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)
A proper fixed air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure
principle backflow 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 § 515-46B(4) and (5) of these regulations shall be an approved fixed proper air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device.
C.
The type of protection required under this section shall be determined
on the degree of hazard which may exist. Correct identification of
the hazard involved is essential as is the selection of a proper device.
(1)
Hazards are to be classified as follows:
(a)
Low degree of hazard: If backflow were to occur, the resulting
health significance would be limited to minor changes in aesthetic
quality such as taste, odor, or color. The foreign substance must
be nontoxic and have no significant effect. Minimum protection is
a dual check.
(b)
High degree of hazard: If backflow were to occur, the resulting
effect on the water supply could cause illness or death if consumed
by humans. The foreign substance may be toxic either chemically, bacteriologically,
or radiologically. Toxicity may result from either short- or long-term
exposure. Minimum protection is an RPZ device.
(2)
The aforementioned are minimum requirements, and more stringent protection
may be installed.
D.
Where a public water supply or an auxiliary water supply is used
for a fire-protection system, reduced pressure principle backflow
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 nonpotable source or water can be pumped
into the fire safety system from any other source; or
(4)
There is a connection whereby another source can be introduced into
the fire safety system.
E.
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.
F.
Examples of establishments and containment requirements shall include,
but are not limited to, the following:
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Establishments
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Apartment building (to four units)
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Apartment building (five or more units)
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Beauty/barber shops
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Beverage processing facility
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Car wash
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Cemeteries
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Cooling towers
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Chemical plants
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Dry cleaners
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Dental clinics and practices
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Food-service facility (packaging, preparation, processing, including
meat, fish, and poultry)
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Farm service and fertilizer growth or irrigation
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Gas stations (depot type)
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Gas stations (mini-mart/food)
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Gas stations (service and repair types)
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Hospitals
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Hotels
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Health or fitness centers
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Laundromats
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Laundromats with dry cleaning
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Medical clinics and practices
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Mortuaries
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Motels
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Metal plating or treating facilities
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Office building (water for personal consumption and sanitation
only)
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Office building (rental or leased space, undetermined tenants)
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Pesticide, herbicide, extermination plants, processing or trucks
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Petroleum processing or storage facilities
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Print shops, graphic arts shops
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Photo shops with photographic development
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Photo shops without photographic development
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Residential with special use
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Residential with home occupation or hobby:
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Office
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Beauty/barber shop
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Animal grooming
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Food service or processing
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Photo or dark room
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Restaurant (including fast-food)
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Radioactive or nuclear facilities
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Solar collectors
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Swimming pools
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Veterinary offices/kennels
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Vehicle service facility (repair shop, body and paint shop,
transmission and lube shop, etc.)
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Wells
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Water hydrants (when used for temporary or construction water)
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G.
Portable or mobile equipment and systems: All portable equipment
because of the unknown degree of hazard when connected to any part
or portion of the City water system is required to utilize an RPZ
backflow device. Prior to use or application, the vendor must apply
to the City for a special water use permit and review. The following
are some examples of portable or mobile equipment:
H.
This is not intended to be a complete list of uses requiring backflow
prevention, only a sampling, and to be used as a guideline. In instances
where two degrees of hazards are listed, it shall be construed that
the situation could be either/or and that additional information is
required. Situations not covered in the above listing shall be individually
inspected by a CCCDI and submitted to the City of Crystal Lake for
review and final determination.
A.
All backflow 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, or American
National Standards Institute or certified by the National Sanitation
Foundation to be in compliance with applicable industry specifications.
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 manual
shall be available on site.
A.
It shall be the duty of the consumer at any premises on which backflow
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 bypassed air gaps 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 backflow 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 make, model, size,
serial number, type of service, location, date of most recent test,
test results, name and number of CCCDI performing test; name, address
and phone number of company performing test, and any repair or servicing
performed.
D.
Maintenance log.
E.
Inspection test results. Test reports shall be submitted online to
the third-party inspection reporting company approved by the City
Council and contracted by the City of Crystal Lake to provide third-party
inspection reporting services. Test results shall be submitted through
the online system established by the third-party reporting company
within 10 working days of the test. Required reporting shall not be
accepted by the City except through the third-party inspection reporting
company contracted by the City unless otherwise requested by the City.
F.
Each backflow testing company performing backflow testing within
the City shall establish an account in the online system supplying
and maintaining required information pertaining to the testing company,
testers, test kits and licenses. Each testing company shall create
a user name and password to be used on the online system if required.
Each testing company shall adhere to all procedural policies and agree
to all terms specified in the online system.
G.
For each backflow test report submitted by the testing company via
the online system, the testing company will be required to pay a filing
fee due at the time of submittal. The filing fee shall be in such
amount as is approved pursuant to the contract entered into between
the third-party inspection reporting company and the City. All backflow
test reports must be submitted electronically via the online system.
The filing fee shall be paid directly to the third-party inspection
reporting company. The tester may elect to absorb the filing fee for
competitive marketing purposes or pass the fee along to the device
owner when invoicing for the test.
H.
Any backflow prevention assembly test report form that is not properly
completed or is not submitted and fees paid in accordance with the
ordinance codified in this section will be considered invalid.
J.
Backflow prevention devices shall not be bypassed, made inoperative,
removed or otherwise made ineffective without specific authorization
by the Director of Public Works.
A.
Where a booster pump has been installed on the service line to or
within any premises, such pump shall be equipped with a low-pressure
cutoff device designed to shut off the booster pump when the pressure
in the service line on the suction side of the pump drops to 20 psi
or less.
B.
It shall be the duty of the water consumer to maintain the low-pressure
cutoff device in proper working order and to certify to the Director
of Public Works, at least once a year, that the device is operable.
C.
Except as provided in this section, no new private water supplies
or private wells shall be constructed within the City. Existing wells
may continue to be operated, repaired and maintained pursuant to all
applicable regulations. The Director of Public Works may authorize
the construction of a new private shallow irrigation well upon any
property located within the City provided that the Director of Public
Works first finds that:
[Amended 3-1-2022 by Ord.
No. 7782]
(1)
The well will be constructed to serve a single lot or combination
of contiguous lots under a single unified ownership which consists
of not less than 15 acres; and
(2)
The well will be used solely for the purpose of providing irrigation
of such lots or combination of lots; and
(3)
The well will not be utilized as a source of potable water; and
(4)
No portion of the lot or combination of lots served by the well is
located within 350 feet of a reasonably accessible public water supply,
as determined by the Director of Public Works; and
(5)
The irrigation well shall be abandoned at such time as a public water
supply is extended to the property.
A.
The Director of Public Works shall deny or discontinue, after written
notice to the occupants thereof, the water service to any premises
wherein any backflow 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 backflow
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 consumer
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.
Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the consumer
has corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects in conformance
with these regulations and to the satisfaction of the Director of
Public Works.
D.
Neither the City of Crystal Lake, the Director of Public Works, nor
its agents or assigns shall be liable to any customers of the City
of Crystal Lake 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 article, whether or not said termination of
the water supply was with or without notice.
E.
The consumer responsible for back-siphoned material or contamination
through backflow, or contamination of the potable water supply system
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.
F.
Any person found to be violating any provisions of this article 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 violations.
G.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article, 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.
