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City of Chillicothe, MO Public Water Supply
Ch 710 Art I Cross-Connection Control
§ 710.020 Application.
§ 710.030 Policy.
§ 710.040 Definitions.
§ 710.050 Cross-Connection Prohibited.
§ 710.060 Survey and Investigations.
§ 710.070 Type of Protection Required.
§ 710.080 Where Protection Is Required.
§ 710.090 Backflow Prevention Devices.
§ 710.100 Installation.
§ 710.110 Inspection and Maintenance.
§ 710.120 Violations.
City of Chillicothe, MO / Utilities
Chapter 710 Public Water Supply
Article I Cross-Connection Control
Section 710.020 Application.
Section 710.030 Policy.
Section 710.040 Definitions.
Section 710.050 Cross-Connection Prohibited.
Section 710.060 Survey and Investigations.
Section 710.070 Type of Protection Required.
Section 710.080 Where Protection Is Required.
Section 710.090 Backflow Prevention Devices.
Section 710.100 Installation.
Section 710.110 Inspection and Maintenance.
Section 710.120 Violations.
[CC 1999 §28-191; Ord. No. 83-12 §1, 6-27-1983]
To promote the elimination, containment, isolation or control of existing cross-connections, actual or potential, between the public or consumer's potable water systems and non-potable water systems, plumbing fixtures and industrial-process systems.
To provide for the maintenance of a continuing program of cross-connection control which will systematically and effectively prevent the contamination or pollution of all potable water systems.
[CC 1999 §28-192; Ord. No. 83-12 §1, 6-27-1983]
This Chapter shall apply to all premises served by the public potable water system of the City of Chillicothe.
[CC 1999 §28-193; Ord. No. 83-12 §1, 6-27-1983]
This Chapter will be reasonably interpreted by the municipal utilities. It is the municipal utilities' intent to recognize the carrying degrees of hazard and to apply the principle that the degree of protection shall be commensurate with the degree of hazard.
The municipal utilities shall be primarily responsible for protection of the public potable water distribution system from contamination or pollution due to backflow of 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 consumer is responsible for preventing contamination of the water system within the consumer's premises.
If, in the judgment of the municipal utilities 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 service to the premises until such protection has been provided.
[CC 1999 §28-194; Ord. No. 83-12 §2, 6-27-1983]
The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from any pipe or faucet supply 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 of, other than the intended direction of flow, any foreign liquids, gases or substances into the distribution system of a public water supply.
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 — Pollutional: 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.
The point at which a street service connection is connected to a consumer's service pipe. Such point of connection shall be at the consumer's property line, unless otherwise provided for.
Any publicly- or privately-owned water system supplying water to the general public which is satisfactory for drinking, culinary and domestic purposes and meets the requirements of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
STREET SERVICE CONNECTION
A pipe with appurtenances used to conduct water from the main to the point of connection to the consumer's service pipe.
[CC 1999 §28-195]
No water service connection shall be installed or maintained to any premises where actual or potential cross-connections to the public potable or consumer water system may exist unless such actual or potential cross-connections are abated or controlled to the satisfaction of the municipal utilities 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 potable or consumer's water system unless such auxiliary water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the municipal utilities and 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 municipal utilities as necessary for the protection of health and safety.
[CC 1999 §28-196; Ord. No. 83-12 §4, 6-27-1983]
The consumer's premises shall be open at all reasonable times to the municipal utilities 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.
On request by the municipal utilities or his/her authorized representative, the consumer shall furnish information on water use practices within his/her premises.
[CC 1999 §28-197; Ord. No. 83-12 §5, 6-27-1983]
The type of protection required by this Chapter shall depend on the degree of hazard which exists as follows:
An approved air-gap separation or an approved reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device shall be installed where the public potable system may be contaminated with a substance that could cause a system or health hazard.
[CC 1999 §28-198; Ord. No. 83-12 §6, 6-27-1983]
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 municipal utilities or the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, actual or potential hazards to the public potable water system exist. The type and degree of 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 municipal utilities 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 through 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 of the auxiliary supply is acceptable to the municipal utilities and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Premises having internal cross-connections that are not correctable or intricate plumbing arrangements which make it impractical to ascertain whether or not cross-connections exist.
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 or process waters and cooling waters.
Premises where materials of a toxic or hazardous nature are handled such that if back-siphonage or back-pressure should occur, a serious health hazard may result.
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 municipal utilities 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 municipal utilities and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources:
Chemical manufacturing, processing, compounding or treatment plants.
Hazardous waste storage and disposal sites.
Power facilities.
[CC 1999 §28-199; Ord. No. 83-12 §7, 6-27-1983]
Any backflow prevention device required by this Chapter shall be of a model or construction approved by the municipal utilities and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
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 reduce pressure principle backflow prevention device shall be approved by the municipal utilities and shall appear on the current "list of approved backflow prevention devices" established by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
[CC 1999 §28-200; Ord. No. 83-12 §8, 6-27-1983]
Backflow prevention devices required by this Chapter shall be installed at a location and in a manner approved by the municipal utilities and shall be installed at the expense of the water consumer.
Backflow prevention devices installed on the service line to the consumer's water system shall be located on the consumer's side of the water 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 by any fluid.
[CC 1999 §28-201; Ord. No. 83-12 §9, 6-27-1983]
Inspections, tests and overhauls of backflow prevention devices shall be made at the expense of the water consumer and shall be performed by the municipal utilities or 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 municipal utilities upon request.
Backflow prevention devices shall not be by-passed, made inoperative, removed or otherwise made ineffective without specific authorization by the municipal utilities.
[CC 1999 §28-202; Ord. No. 83-12 §10, 6-27-1983]
The municipal utilities 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 municipal utilities or if it is found that the backflow prevention device has been removed or by-passed or if an unprotected cross-connection exists on the premises.
Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the consumer has corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects in conformance with this Chapter to the satisfaction of the municipal utilities.