A cross-connection with the public water supply
system is a connection or arrangement of piping or appurtenances through
which water of questionable quality, wastes or other contaminants
can enter the public water supply system.
[Amended 6-12-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-002]
The Village of Bellevue adopts by reference
the Water Supply Cross Connection Rules of the Michigan Department
of Environmental Quality, being R. 325.11401 to R. 325.11407, of the
Michigan Administrative Code, as amended.
[Amended 6-12-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-002]
A.
It shall be the duty of the Bellevue Water Department
to cause inspections to be made of all properties served by the public
water supply system where cross-connection with the public water supply
system is deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and reinspections
based on potential health hazards involved shall be as established
by the Bellevue Water Department, and as approved by the Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality.
B.
The representative of the Bellevue Water Department
shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property
served by a connection to the public water supply system of the Village
of Bellevue for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems
thereof for cross-connection. On request the owner, lessees or occupants
of any property so served shall furnish to the inspection agency any
pertinent information regarding the piping system or systems on such
property. The refusal of such information or refusal of access, when
requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross-connections.
C.
All testable
backflow prevention assemblies shall be tested at the time of installation
or relocation and after repair. Subsequent testing of devices shall
be conducted at a time interval specified by the Bellevue Water Department
and in accordance with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
requirements. Only individuals that hold a valid Michigan plumbing
license and have successfully passed an approved backflow testing
class shall perform such testing. Each tester shall also be approved
by the Bellevue Water Department. Individual(s) performing assembly
testing shall certify the results of his/her testing.
The Bellevue Water Department is hereby authorized
and directed to discontinue water service within 10 days after notice
to any property wherein any connection in violation of this chapter
exists, and to take such other precautionary measures deemed necessary
to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply
system. Water service to such property shall not be restored until
the cross-connection or connections have been eliminated in compliance
with the provisions of this chapter.
The potable water supply made available on the
properties served by the public water supply system shall be protected
from contamination as specified by this chapter and by the State Plumbing
Code, which code has heretofore been adopted by the Village of Bellevue.
Any water outlet which could be used for potable or domestic purposes
and which is not supplied by the potable system, must be labeled in
a conspicuous manner as follows: “WATER UNSAFE FOR DRINKING.”
