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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 715', '§ 715', '§715', '§715', '§715', '§715', '§715', '§715', '§715', '§715', '§715', '§715']

City of Seymour, MO Cross-Connection Control
§ 715.010 Cross-Connection — General Policy.
§ 715.030 Cross-Connections Prohibited.
City of Seymour, MO / Utilities
Chapter 715 Cross-Connection Control
Section 715.010 Cross-Connection — General Policy.
Section 715.030 Cross-Connections Prohibited.
[Code 1999 §715.010; Ord. No. 437 §I, 5-23-1991]
To protect the public water supply from contamination or pollution by containing within the customer's internal distribution system or private water system contaminants or pollutants which could backflow through the service connection into the public water supply system.
To promote the elimination, containment, isolation, or control of existing cross-connections, actual or potential, between the public or customer's potable water systems and non-potable water systems, plumbing fixtures and industrial-process systems.
Application. This Chapter shall apply to all premises served by the public water system of the City of Seymour as Water Purveyor.
The Water Purveyor shall be primarily responsible for protection of the public water distribution system from contamination or pollution due to backflow of contaminants or pollutants through the water service connection. The cooperation of all customers is required to implement and maintain the program to control cross-connections. The Water Purveyor and customer are jointly responsible for preventing contamination of the water system within the customer's premises.
If, in the judgment of the Water Purveyor or its authorized representative, cross-connection protection is required through either piping modification or installation of an approved backflow prevention device, due notice shall be given to the customer. The customer shall immediately comply by providing the required protection at his/her own expense; and failure, refusal or inability on the part of the customer to provide such protection shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the premises until such protection has been provided.
[Code 1999 §715.020; Ord. No. 437 §II, 5-23-1991]
Any physical link between a potable water supply and any other substance, fluid, or source which makes possible contamination of the potable water supply due to the reversal of flow of the water in the piping or distribution system.
Any person who receives water from a public water system, except those persons receiving water for resale.
HAZARD, HEALTH — Any condition, device, or practice in the water supply system and its operation which could create or may create a danger to the health and well-being of the water customer.
HAZARD, PLUMBING — A plumbing type cross-connection in a customer's potable water system that has not been properly protected by a vacuum breaker, air-gap separation or backflow prevention device.
HAZARD, POLLUTIONAL — An actual or potential threat to the physical properties of the water system or to the potability of the public or the customer's potable water system but which would constitute a nuisance or be aesthetically objectionable or could cause damage to the system or its appurtenances, but would not be dangerous to health.
HAZARD, SYSTEM — An actual or potential threat of severe damage to the physical properties of the public water system or the customer's potable water system, or of a pollution or contamination which would have a protracted effect on the quality of the potable water in the system.
Such contamination or other alteration of the physical, chemical or biological properties of any waters of the State, including change in temperature, taste, color, turbidity, or odor of the waters, or such discharge of any liquid, gaseous, solid, radioactive, or other substance into any waters of the State as will or is reasonably certain to create a nuisance or render such waters harmful, detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare, or to domestic, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other legitimate beneficial uses, or to wild animals, birds, fish or other aquatic life.
A system for the provision to the public of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances, if such system has at least fifteen (15) service connections or regularly serves an average of at least twenty-five (25) individuals daily at least sixty (60) days per calendar year. Such system includes any collection, treatment, storage or distribution facilities used in connection with such system.
[Code 1999 §715.030; Ord. No. 437 §III, 5-23-1991]
No water service connection shall be installed or maintained to any premises where actual or potential cross-connections to the public or customer water system may exist unless such actual or potential cross-connections are abated or controlled to the satisfaction of the Water Purveyor, and as required by the laws and regulations of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
No connection shall be installed or maintained whereby an auxiliary water supply may enter a public or customer's water system unless such auxiliary water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Water Purveyor and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
[Code 1999 §715.040; Ord. No. 437 §IV, 5-23-1991]
The customer's premises shall be open at all reasonable times to the Water Purveyor, or its authorized representative, for the conduction of surveys and investigations of water use practices within the customer's premises to determine whether there are actual or potential cross-connections to the customer's water system through which contaminants or pollutants could backflow into the public water system.
On request by the Water Purveyor or its authorized representative, the customer shall furnish information on the water use practices within his/her premises.
It shall be the responsibility of the water customer to conduct 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 water system.
[Code 1999 §715.050; Ord. No. 437 §V, 5-23-1991]
An approved air-gap separation shall be installed where the public water system may be contaminated with substances that could cause a severe health hazard.
An approved air-gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device shall be installed where the public water system may be contaminated with a substance that could cause a system or health hazard.
[Code 1999 §715.060; Ord. No. 437 §VI, 5-23-1991]
An approved backflow prevention device shall be installed on each service line to a customer's water system serving premises where, in the judgment of the Water Purveyor or the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, actual or potential hazards to the public water system exist. The type and degree of protection required shall be commensurate with the degree of hazard.
Hospitals, mortuaries, clinics and nursing homes.
[Code 1999 §715.070; Ord. No. 437 §VII, 5-23-1991]
[Code 1999 §715.080; Ord. No. 437 §VIII, 5-23-1991]
Backflow prevention devices installed on the service line to the customer's water system shall be located on the customer's side of the water meter, as close to the meter as is reasonably practical, and prior to any other connection.
Backflow prevention devices shall be located so as to be readily accessible for maintenance and testing, protected from freezing, and where no part of the device will be submerged or subject to flooding.
[Code 1999 §715.090; Ord. No. 437 §IX, 5-23-1991]
It shall be the duty of the customer at any premises on which backflow prevention devices required by this Chapter are installed to have inspections, tests, and overhauls made in accordance with the following schedule or more often where inspections indicate a need.
Inspections, tests, and overhauls of backflow prevention devices shall be made at the expense of the water customer and shall be performed by the Water Purveyor or a State of Missouri certified backflow prevention device tester.
[Code 1999 §715.100; Ord. No. 437 §X, 5-23-1991]