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

City of Warsaw, MO Cross Connections Control
§ 715.010 Cross Connection Control — General Policy.
§ 715.030 Cross Connections Prohibited.
§ 715.040 Survey and Investigations.
§ 715.050 Type of Protection Required.
§ 715.060 Where Protection Is Required.
§ 715.070 Backflow Prevention Devices.
§ 715.080 Installation.
§ 715.090 Inspection and Maintenance.
§ 715.100 Violations.
Chapter 715 Cross Connections Control
Section 715.010 Cross Connection Control — General Policy.
Section 715.030 Cross Connections Prohibited.
Section 715.040 Survey and Investigations.
Section 715.050 Type of Protection Required.
Section 715.060 Where Protection Is Required.
Section 715.070 Backflow Prevention Devices.
Section 715.080 Installation.
Section 715.090 Inspection and Maintenance.
Section 715.100 Violations.
[Ord. No. 2004-02 §I, 2-17-2004]
To promote the elimination, containment, isolation or control of existing cross connections, actual or potential, between the public or consumer's potable water system and non-potable water systems, plumbing fixtures, and industrial-process systems.
Application. This Chapter shall apply to all premises served by the public potable water system of the City of Warsaw.
The Water Purveyor shall be primarily responsible for protection of the public potable water distribution system from contamination or pollution due to backflow or contaminants or pollutants through the water service connection. The cooperation of all consumers is required to implement and maintain the program to control cross connections. The Water Purveyor and consumer are jointly responsible for preventing contamination of the water system. If, in the judgment of the Water Purveyor or his/her 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 consumer. The consumer shall immediately comply by providing the required protection at his/her own expense; and failure, refusal, or inability on the part of the consumer to provide such protection shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the premises until such protection has been provided.
[Ord. No. 2004-02 §II, 2-17-2004]
The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from any pipe or faucet supplying water to a tank, plumbing fixture, or other device and the overflow level rim of the receptacle, and shall be at least double the diameter of the supply pipe measured vertically above the flood level rim of the vessel, but in no case less than one (1) inch.
The flow other than the intended direction of flow, of any foreign liquids, gases, or substances into the distribution system of a public water supply.
Any device, method, or type of construction intended to prevent backflow into a potable water system.
Protection of the public water supply by installing a cross connection control device or air gap separation on the main service line to a facility.
An impairment of the quality of the water by sewage, process fluids, or other wastes to a degree which could create an actual hazard to the public health through poisoning or through spread of disease by exposure.
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 of distribution system.
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 consumer.
Hazard, Plumbing: A plumbing type cross connection in a consumer's potable water system that has not been properly protected by a vacuum breaker, air gap separation or backflow prevention device.
Hazard, Pollution: An actual or potential threat to the physical properties of the water system or to the potability of the public or the consumer'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 potable water system or the consumer'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.
Any system containing a fluid or solution, which may be chemically, biologically, or otherwise contaminated or polluted in a form or concentration such as would constitute health, system, pollutional or plumbing hazard if introduced into a potable water supply.
Protection of a facility service line by installing cross connection control device or air gap separation on an individual fixture, appurtenance, or system.
The presence of any foreign substance (organic, inorganic, or biological) in water which tends to degrade its quality so as to constitute a hazard or impair the usefulness of the water to a degree which does not create an actual hazard to the public health but which does adversely and unreasonably affect such waters for domestic use.
[Ord. No. 2004-02 §III, 2-17-2004]
No water service connection shall be installed or maintained to any premises where actual or potential cross connections to the public potable or consumer's 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 water service connection shall be installed or maintained to any premises in which the plumbing system, facilities, and fixtures have not been constructed and installed using acceptable plumbing practices considered by the Water Purveyor as necessary for the protection of health and safety.
[Ord. No. 2004-02 §IV, 2-17-2004]
The consumer's premises shall be open at all reasonable times to the Water Purveyor, or his/her authorized representative, for the conduction of surveys and investigations of water use practices within the consumer's premises to determine whether there are actual or potential cross connections to the consumer's water system through which contaminants or pollutants could backflow into the public potable water system.
It shall be the responsibility of the water consumer 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 potable water system.
[Ord. No. 2004-02 §V, 2-17-2004]
An approved air gap separation shall be installed where the public potable 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 potable water system may be contaminated with a substance that could cause a system or health hazard.
An approved air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device or an approved double check valve assembly shall be installed where the public potable water system may be polluted with substances that could cause a pollutional hazard not dangerous to health.
[Ord. No. 2004-02 §VI, 2-17-2004]
An approved backflow prevention device shall be installed on each service line to a consumer's water system serving premises where, in the judgment the Water Purveyor or the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, actual or potential hazards to the public potable water system exist. The type and degree or protection required shall be commensurate with the degree of hazard.
An approved air gap separation or reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device shall be installed at the service connection or within any premises where in the judgment of the Water Purveyor or the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the nature and extent of activities on the premises or the materials used in connection with the activities, or materials stored on the premises, would present an immediate and dangerous hazard to health should a cross connection occur, even though such cross connection may not exist at the time the backflow prevention device is required to be installed. This includes but is not limited to the following situations:
Premises having an auxiliary water supply, unless the quality or the auxiliary supply is acceptable to the Water Purveyor and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Premises having internal cross connection that are not correctable, or intricate plumbing arrangements, which make it impractical to ascertain whether or not cross connections exist.
Premises where entry is restricted so that inspection for cross connections cannot be made with sufficient frequency or at sufficiently short notice to assure the cross connections do not exist.
Premises having a repeated history of cross connections being established or reestablished.
Premises, which due to the nature of the enterprise therein, are subject to recurring modification or expansion.
Premises on which any substance is handled under pressure so as to permit entry into the public water supply, or where a cross connection could reasonably be expected to occur. This shall include the handling of process waters and cooling waters.
The following types of facilities fall into one (1) or more of the categories of premises where an approved air gap separation or reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device is required by the Water Purveyor and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to protect the public water supply and must be installed at these facilities unless all hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions have been eliminated or corrected by other methods to the satisfaction of the Water Purveyor and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Canneries, packing houses, and reduction plants.
Film laboratories .
Oil and gas production, storage and transmission properties.
Rubber plants, natural and synthetic.
Sewage and storm drainage facilities pumping stations.
Water front facilities and industries.
[Ord. No. 2004-02 §VII, 2-17-2004]
Air gap separation to be approved shall be at least twice the diameter of the supply pipe, measured vertically above the top rim of the vessel, but in no case less than one (1) inch.
A double check valve assembly or a reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device shall be approved by the Water Purveyor, and shall appear on the current "list of approved backflow prevention devices" established by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Existing backflow prevention devices approved by the Water Purveyor at the time of installation and properly maintained shall, except for inspection and maintenance requirements, be excluded from the requirements of this Chapter so long as the Water Purveyor is assured that they will satisfactorily protect the water system. Whenever the existing device is removed from its present location, or requires more than minimum maintenance, or when the Water Purveyor finds that the maintenance constitutes a hazard to health, the unit shall be replaced by a backflow prevention device meeting the requirements of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 2004-02 §VIII, 2-17-2004]
[Ord. No. 2004-02 §IX, 2-17-2004]
It shall be the duty of the consumer at any premises on which backflow prevention devices required by this Chapter are installed to have inspection, tests, and overhauls made in accordance with the following schedule or more often where inspections indicate a need.
Air gap separations shall be inspected at the time of installation and at least every twelve (12) months thereafter.
Double check valve assemblies shall be inspected and tested for tightness at the time of installation and at least every twelve (12) months thereafter. They shall be dismantled, inspected internally, cleaned, and repaired whenever needed and at least every thirty (30) months.
Reduced pressure principle backflow prevention devices shall be inspected and tested for tightness at the time of installation and at least every twelve (12) months thereafter. They shall be dismantled, inspected internally, cleaned, and repaired whenever needed and at least every five (5) years.
Inspections, tests, and overhauls of backflow prevention devices shall be made at the expense of the water consumer and shall be performed by a State of Missouri certified backflow prevention device tester.
The water consumer must maintain a complete record of each backflow prevention device from purchase to retirement. This shall include a comprehensive listing that includes a record of all tests, inspections, and repairs. Records of inspections, tests, repairs, and overhauls shall be made available to the Water Purveyor upon request.
Backflow prevention devices shall not be bypassed, made inoperative, removed, or otherwise made ineffective without specific authorization by the Water Purveyor.
[Ord. No. 2004-02 §X, 2-17-2004]
The Water Purveyor shall deny or discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupants thereof, the water service to any premises wherein any backflow prevention device required by this Chapter is not installed, tested, and maintained in a manner acceptable to the Water Purveyor, 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.