756 Cross Connection Control for Public Water Supply

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Section Two. Propertv Access for Cross-Connection Control. Duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification, with the consent of the owner/occupant shall be permitted to enter any building, structure, or property served by a connection to the public potable water supply system of the City for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems on such property. Consent to such access shall be obtained from a person fifteen (15) years of age or older in control thereof. If such consent is refused, the City may obtain an inspection warrant pursuant to Section 933.21, Florida Statutes. Section Three. Discontinued Service. No water service connection shall be installed or maintained by the City unless the consumer is in compliance with the requirements of the Cross-Connection Control Manual. Service of water to any premises shall be disconnected if a back flow prevention device is not installed, tested and maintained or if an unprotected cross connection exists on the premises. Notice shall be given to the consumer prior to discontinuing service except where, in the judgment of the Public Works Director or his designee, the threat to public health is such that action must be taken immediately. Section Four. Protection of Public Potable Water SUDDlv Labelin2. The potable water supply made available on the properties served by the public potable water supply shall be protected from present or future possible contamination as specified by the Cross- Connection Control Manual and by Federal, State, and City building, plumbing, water regulations or codes. Any water outlet which could be used for potable or domestic purposes and which is not supplied by the potable system must be labeled "WATER UNSAFE FOR DRlNKING" or "NON-POTABLE WATER" in a conspicuous manner. Section Five. Cross-Connection Control EXDenses and Records. The consumer shall bear all expenses of installing, testing and maintaining the protection devices required by the Cross-Connection Control Manual to ensure proper operation on a continuing basis. Installation, testing and maintenance of protective devices shall be conducted by certified personnel approved by the City's Public Works Department. The consumer shall notify the City's Public Works Department at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance, in writing, when the tests are to be undertaken so that a representative is present as a witness if the City so desires. The consumer shall keep records on his testing, maintenance, and repair activities related to cross-connection control and shall make these records available upon request. Copies of all testing, maintenance, and repair records shall be sent to the City's Public Works Department immediately after the work is performed. Section Six. Cross-Connection - SupDlemental Codes and Rules. The Cross- Connection Control Manual does not supersede the plumbing code of the City, the building code of the City, the Florida Safe Drinking Water Act, the Federal Safe Drinking Water Acts and Amendments, State drinking water regulations or any other City, State, or Federal statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to public water supply systems but is supplementary to them. When conflicts exist between the manual and such other codes and rules, the more restrictive provisions shall apply. 2