(a)   No installation of potable water supply piping or part thereof shall be made in such a manner that it will be possible for used, unclean, polluted or contaminated water, mixtures or substances to enter any portions of such piping from any tank, receptacle, equipment or plumbing fixture by reason of back siphonage, by suction or any other cause, either during normal use and operation thereof or when any such tank, receptacle, equipment or plumbing fixture is flooded, or subject to pressure in excess of the operating pressure in the hot or cold water piping.

(b)   No person shall make a connection or allow one to exist between pipes or conduits carrying domestic water supplied by any public or private water service system, and any pipes, conduits or fixtures containing or carrying water from any other source or containing or carrying water which has been used for any purpose whatsoever, or any piping carrying chemicals, liquids, gases, or any substances whatsoever, unless there Is provided an approved backflow prevention device.

(c)   No plumbing fixture, device or construction shall be installed or maintained or shall be connected to any domestic water supply, when such installation or connection may provide a possibility of polluting such water supply or may provide a cross-connection between a distributing system of water for drinking and domestic purposes and water which may become contaminated by such plumbing fixture device or construction unless there is provided an approved backflow prevention device.

(d)   No water piping supplied by any private water supply system shall be connected to any other source of supply without the approval of the Building Inspector, Health Department or other department having jurisdiction.

(Ord. 234; Code 2018)

No person shall install any water operated equipment or mechanism, or use any water treating chemical or substance, if it is found that such equipment, mechanism, chemical or substance may cause pollution of the domestic water supply. Such equipment of mechanism may be permitted only when equipped with an approved back-flow prevention device.

(Ord. 234; Code 2018)

Before any device is Installed for the prevention of backflow or back siphonage, it shall have first been approved by the Building Inspector. Devices shall be tested in conformity with recognized standards or other stands acceptable to the Building Inspector which are consistent with the intent of this Code. All devices installed in a potable water supply system for protection against backflow shall be maintained in good working condition by the person or persons having control of such devices. The Building Inspector or other department having jurisdiction may inspect such devices and, if found to be defective or inoperative, shall require the repair or replacement thereof. No device shall be removed from use or relocated, or other device substituted, without the approval of the Building Inspector.

(Ord. 234; Code 2018)

Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this chapter, or doing any of the acts or things prohibited by this chapter or failing or refusing to perform any duty imposed by the chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any amount not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or be imprisoned for not to exceed thirty (30) days, or be both so fined and imprisoned.

(Ord. 234; Code 2018)