929.05 CONTAMINATION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY.

(a) If, in the judgement of the City Manager, or his appointed representative, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water system, notice will be given to the water consumer to install an approved device immediately. The water consumer shall, at his own expense, install an approved device at a location and in a manner approved by the City and shall have inspections and tests made of the approved devices as required by the City.

(b) No person, firm or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintain 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 may enter the supply or distribution system of the 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 City.

(c) The City Manager, or his appointed representative, shall cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply where 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 as often as the Manager, or his appointed representative deems necessary.

(d) The City Manager, or his appointed representative, shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distributing system of the City for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof. On demand of the Manager or his appointed representative, the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Manager, or his appointed representative, any information which he may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Manager, or his appointed representative, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.

(e) The City Manager, or his appointed representative, is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this section is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution system. Water service to the property shall not be restored until such conditions have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this section. A refusal to permit the inspection or provide information described in subsection (d) hereof, constitutes a violation of this section.

(Ord. 81-12. Passed 3-17-81.)