§ 98-36. Cross connections with water division of the combined system.

(a)

The city adopts by reference the water supply cross connection rules of the state department of environmental quality being 1979 AACS R 325.11401 through 325.11407 of the Michigan Administrative Code.

(b)

It shall be the duty of the city manager to cause inspections to be made of all properties served by the public water supply where cross connection with the public water supply is deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and re-inspections based on potential health hazards involved shall be as established by the system and as approved by the state department of environmental quality.

(c)

The representative of the city manager shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property serviced by a connection to the system of the city for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof for cross connections. On request the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the piping system or systems on such property. The refusal of such information or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross connections.

(d)

The water division is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue water service after twenty-four (24) hours notice or in emergency, hazardous situations, immediately, as provided or by the local cross connection control program of the city, as approved by the state department of environmental quality, to any property wherein any connection in violation of this section exists, and to take such other precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the system. Water service to such property shall not be restored until the cross connection has been eliminated in compliance with the provisions of this section.

(e)

The potable water supply made available on the properties served by the public water supply shall be protected from possible contamination as specified by this section and by the state plumbing code as adopted and amended by the City Ordinance Code. Any water outlet which could be used for potable or domestic purposes and which is not supplied by the potable system must be labeled in a conspicuous manner as:

WATER UNSAFE FOR DRINKING

(f)

This section does not supersede the state plumbing code as adopted and amended by the City Ordinance Code but is supplementary to it.

(g)

Any person or customer found guilty of violation any of the provisions of this section, or any written order of the city manager or his or her authorized agent, in pursuance thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, continuing for each and every day that said violation exists, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in the Code of Ordinances for the city for each and every day that said violation exists. Each day upon which a violation of the provisions of this division shall occur shall be deemed a separate and additional violation for the purpose of this section.

(h)

Testing of reduced pressure principal backflow preventers shall be performed at least once every three years at the customers expense and a copy of the test results and repairs sent to the city. All other backflow preventor devices shall be tested as required to protect the public water supply five-year maximum, annual recommended.

(Ord. No. 01-307, § 1, 4-2-2001)