[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:
AGENCY
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
APPROVED
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.
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 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.
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.
CONSUMER'S WATER SYSTEM
Any water system located on the customer's premises. A building plumbing system is considered to be a customer'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.
CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL DEVICE INSPECTOR (CCCDI)
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.
DOUBLE CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY
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.
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 the death or significant reduction in the quality of life.
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, 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 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:
A. 
Polluted or contaminated waters.
B. 
Process waters.
C. 
Used waters originating from the public water supply system which may have deteriorated in sanitary quality.
D. 
Cooling waters.
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, 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 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.
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.
I. 
Any person, firm, or corporation who or which draws water from the public water supply through an unauthorized connection or unauthorized use shall be fined for each offense as set forth in Chapter 248, Fines.
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:
Establishments
Apartment building (to four units)
Apartment building (five or more units)
Beauty/barber shops
Beverage processing facility
Car wash
Cemeteries
Cooling towers
Chemical plants
Dry cleaners
Dental clinics and practices
Food-service facility (packaging, preparation, processing, including meat, fish, and poultry)
Farm service and fertilizer growth or irrigation
Gas stations (depot type)
Gas stations (mini-mart/food)
Gas stations (service and repair types)
Hospitals
Hotels
Health or fitness centers
Laundromats
Laundromats with dry cleaning
Medical clinics and practices
Mortuaries
Motels
Metal plating or treating facilities
Office building (water for personal consumption and sanitation only)
Office building (rental or leased space, undetermined tenants)
Pesticide, herbicide, extermination plants, processing or trucks
Petroleum processing or storage facilities
Print shops, graphic arts shops
Photo shops with photographic development
Photo shops without photographic development
Residential with special use
Residential with home occupation or hobby:
Office
Beauty/barber shop
Animal grooming
Food service or processing
Photo or dark room
Restaurant (including fast-food)
Radioactive or nuclear facilities
Solar collectors
Swimming pools
Veterinary offices/kennels
Vehicle service facility (repair shop, body and paint shop, transmission and lube shop, etc.)
Wells
Water hydrants (when used for temporary or construction water)
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:
(1) 
Steam or high-pressure water cleaning equipment.
(2) 
Irrigation equipment.
(3) 
Lawn treating equipment.
(4) 
Mobile veterinary clinics.
(5) 
Portable medical equipment (such as kidney dialysis machines, etc.).
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.
(1) 
A maintenance log shall be maintained on the premises in a secure place, readily accessible, available for viewing and include:
(a) 
Make, model, size and serial number.
(b) 
Type of service (fire or domestic).
(c) 
Date of installation.
(d) 
Copies of all test certification or tags from initial test to present.
(e) 
All servicing or repairs and retest tags.
(f) 
Manufacturer's manual and test procedure.
(2) 
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, if requested.
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.
I. 
Whenever backflow prevention devices required by these regulations are found to be defective, they shall be repaired or replaced at the expense of the consumer without delay as required by Subsection A of this § 515-49.
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.