Chapter 7 - Water and Sewer
Division 15 - Cross Connection Control & Backflow Prevention
SEC. 7.15-1. If in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code or in the judgment of the Director of Water, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Director of Water will give notice to the water customer to install such an approved device immediately. The Water customer shall, at his own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code and all applicable local regulations, and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices as required by the Illinois Plumbing Code and local regulations.
SEC. 7.15-2. 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 Town enter the supply or distribution system of said 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 Director of Water and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
SEC. 7.15-3. It shall be the duty of the Director of Water to cause surveys and investigations to be made of the customer properties served by the public water supply to determine whether 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 at least every two (2) years, or as often as the Director of Water shall deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least five (5) years. (Amended 12/16/02 by Ord. No. 4846)
SEC. 7.15-4. The Director, Plumbing Inspectors, or authorized Cross Connection Control Device Inspector, shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the Town for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and that the Water Director, Plumbing Inspectors, or authorized Cross Connection Control Device Inspector, shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the Town for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the customer regarding the required cross-connection control inspection. On demand the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Director of Water any information which he may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use of such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Director of Water, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this Division. (Amended 12/16/02 by Ord. No. 4846)
SEC. 7.15-5. The Director of Water of the Town 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 division 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 mains. Water service to such property shall not be restored until such conditions have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this division, and until a reconnection fee as provided in this Chapter is paid to the Town Treasurer. Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the Director of Water is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists. Such action shall be followed by written notification of the cause of disconnection.
SEC. 7.15-6. The consumer responsible for backsiphoned material or contamination through backflow, if contamination of the potable water supply system occurs through an illegal cross-connection or an improperly installed, maintained or repaired device, or a device which has been bypassed, must bear the cost of clean-up of the potable water supply system.
SEC. 7.15-7. Any person found guilty of violating any portion of this Division shall be fined as provided in Division 14 of this Chapter. (Amended 9/21/81)(Amended 3/7/88)