G38-90 Ordinance No. G38-90
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 14.04 OF THE ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE, 1976, AS AMENDED
ENTITLED "WATER REGULATIONS"
WHEREAS, Rule 890.1510 of the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 ILL. Amd. Code
890.1510, requires protection of the potable water system from contamination due to
backflow or back-siphonage of contaminants through the water service connection; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Regulations, 35 ILL. Adm.
Code 607.104 limit cross connections and require an active program of cross connection
control which will prevent the contamination of all potable water supply systems; and,
WHEREAS, in order to comply with said regulations it is necessary to establish
procedures and requirements for cross connection control;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ELGIN, ILLINOIS that Title 14, Chapter 14.04 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as
amended, be and is hereby further amended by adding Section 14.04.065 to read as
follows:
14.04.065. Cross connection with public water supply prohibited.
Section I. That, if in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, or in the
judgement of the Water Operations Director, an approved cross connection control
device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Water
Operations Director shall give notice to the water customer to install such on 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 inspection and tests made by a
certified cross connection control devise inspector, of such approved devices as required
by the Illinois Plumbing Code and local regulations.
"Section 2. That 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 enters the supply or distribution system of the City
of Elgin, unless such private auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of
connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Water Operations
Director and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
Section 3. That it shall be the duty of the Water Operations Director to cause
surveys and investigations to be made of premises 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 not less than every two years. Inspections shall be conducted at a greater
frequency when the Water Operations Director deems it necessary. Records of such
surveys shall be maintained by the City Water Department as a public record and
available for review for a period of at least five years.
Section 4. The Water Operations Director, or his authorized agent shall have the
right to enter at any reasonable time ony property served by a connection to the public
water supply or distribution system of the City of Elgin for the purpose of verifying the
presence of cross connections, or of verifying information submitted by the customer
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regarding the required cross connection control inspection. On demand, the owner,
lessees, or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Water Operations
Director any information which he may request regarding the water piping or systems; or
water use on such property. Failure to provide information when demanded, shall be
deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this ordinance.
Section 5. That the Water Operations Director of the City of Elgin is hereby
authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof,
the water service of any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of
this ordinance 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
ordinance, and until a reconnection fee of $250.00 is paid to the City of Elgin.
Immediate disconnection with verbal notice may be effected when the Water Operations
Director 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.
Section 6. That the customer is deemed responsible and must bear the cost of
clean up of the potable water supply system if contamination of the potable water supply
system occurs through any means under the control of the customer including, but not
limited to an illegal cross connection or on improperly installed, maintained or repaired
device, or a device which has been bypassed.
Section 7. That the Regulations of Cross Connection Control attached to this
ordinance are incorporated as an integral part of this ordinance and are approved and
supported by the full authority of this ordinance.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after thei, v
day of August, 1990.
Section 9. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance be and are hereby repealed.
Section 10. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and publication in pamphlet form in the manner provided by law.
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George VanDeVoorde, Mayor
Presented: August 8 , 1990
Passed: August 8 , 1990
Vote: Yeas 5 Nays 0
Recorded:
Published:
Attest:
s/ Dolonna Mecum
rek Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk
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REGULATIONS ON CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL
A. Purpose. The purpose of these Rules and Regulations is:
I. To protect the public water supply system from contamination or
pollution by isolating within customer's water system contaminants or
pollutants which may backflow through the service connection into the
public water supply system.
2. To promote the elimination or control of existing cross connections
between the public or comsumer's potable water system and non-potable
water system, plumbing fixtures and sources or systems containing
substances of unknown or questionable safety.
3. To provide for the maintenance of a continuing program of cross
connection control which will prevent the contamination or pollution of
public and private potable water systems.
B. Application.
These Rules and Regulations shall apply to all premises served by the public
potable water supply system of the City of Elgin.
C. Policy.
The property owner shall be responsible for p-otection of the public water
supply system from contamination due to backflow or back-siphonage of
contaminants through the customer's water service connection. If, in the
judgement of the Water Operations Director or his authorized representative,
an approved cross connection control device is necessary for the safety of the
public water supply system, the Water Operations Director shall give notice to
the consumer to install such approved operations cross connection control
device at each service connection to the premises. The customer shall
immediately install each approved device or devices at his own expense; failure,
refusal or inability on the part of the customer to install such device or devices
immediately shall constitute grounds for discontinuing water service to the
premises until such device or devices have been installed. The customer shall
retain record of installation, maintenance, testing and repair as required in
Section SD (4) below for a period of at least five years.
D. Consent.
All consumers of public water shall consent in writing to comply with the terms
of the Ordinance as a condition of commencement or continuation of water
service.
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS
A. The following definitions shall appply in the interpretation of these regulations:
I. "Agency" means Illinois Environmental Agency.
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2. "Approved" means backflow prevention devices or methods approved by
the Research Foundation for Cross Connection Control of the University
of Southern California, American Water Works Association, American
National Standards Institute or certified by the National Sanitation
Foundation.
3. "Auxiliary water system" means any water source or system on or
available to the premises other than the public water supply system and
includes the water supplied by the system. These auxiliary waters may
include water from another purveyor's public water supply system; or,
water from a source such as wells, lakes or streams, or process fluids, or
used water. These waters may be polluted or contaminated or
objectionable or constitute a water source or system over which the
water purveyor does not have control.
4. "Backflow" means the flow of water or other liquids, mixtures, or
substances into the distribution pipes of a potable water system from any
source other than the intended source of the potable water supply.
5. Community water supply means a public water supply which serves or is
intended to serve at least 15 service connections used by residents or
regularly serves at least 25 residents.
6. "Customer" or "Consumer" means the owner, official (:ustodian or person
in control of any premises supplied by or in any manner connected to a
public water system.
7. "Customer's or Consumer's water system" means any water system
located on the customer's premises. A building plumbing system is
considered to be a customer's water system.
8. "Contamination" means an impairment of the quality of the water by
entrance of any substance to a degree which could create a health
hazard.
9. "Cross connection" means any physical connection or arrangement
between two otherwise separate piping systems, one of which contains
potable water and the other a substance of unknown or questionable
safety or quality, whereby there may be a flow from one system into the
other.
Direct cross connection means a cross connection formed when a water
system is physically joined to a source of unknown or unsafe substance.
Indirect cross connection means a cross connection through which an
unknown substance can be forced, drawn by vacuum or otherwise
introduced into a safe potable water system.
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10. "Cross Connection Control Device" means any device, method, or type of
construction intended to prevent backflow into a potable water system.
All devices used for backflow prevention in Illinois must meet the
standards of the Illinois Plumbing Code and the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency.
II. "Cross Connection Control Device Inspector" means a person approved by
the Illinois Environmental Protection . Agency to inspect, test and
maintain cross connection control devices.
12. "Double check valve assembly" means an assembly composed of a single
unit, with two independently acting check valves approved under ASSE
Standard 1015. A double check valve assembly must include tight shutoff
valves located at each end of the assembly and suitable connections for
testing the water tightness of each check valve.
13. "Fixed proper air gap" means the unobstructed vertical distance through
the free atmosphere between the water discharge point and the flood
level rim of the receptacle.
14. "Health hazard" means any condition, device or practice in a water
system or its operation resulting from a real or potential danger to the
health and well-being of consumers. The word "severe" as used to qualify
"health hazard" means a hazard to the health of the user that could be
expected to result in death or significant reduction in the quality of life.
15. "Inspection" means a plumbing inspection to examine carefully and
critically all material, fixtures, piping and appurtenances, appliances and
installations of a plumbing system for compliance with requirements of
the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 ILL. Adm. Code 890.
16. "Non-community water supply" means a public water supply that is not a
community water supply. The requirements of this Act shall not apply to
non-community water supplies.
17. "Non-potable water" means water not safe for drinking, personal, or
culinary use as determined by the requirements of 35 ILL. Adm. Code
604.
18. "Plumbing" means the actual installation, repair, maintenance, alteration
or extension of a plumbing system by any person. Plumbing includes all
piping, fixtures appurtenances and appliances for a supply of water for
all purposes, including without limitation lawn sprinkler systems, from
the source of a private water supply on the premises or from the main in
the street, alley or at the curb to, within and about any building or
buildings where a person or persons live, work or assemble. Plumbing
includes all piping, from discharge of pumping units to and including
pressure tanks in water supply systems. Plumbing includes all piping,
fixtures, appurtenances, and appliances for a building drain and a
sanitary drainage and related ventilation system of any building or
buildings where a person or persons live, work or assemble from the point
of connection of such building drain to the building sewer or private
sewage disposal system five feet beyond the foundation walls.
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19. "Pollution" means the presence of any foreign substance (organic,
inorganic, radiological, or biological) in water that tends to degrade its
quality so as to impair the usefulness of the water.
20. "Potable water" means water which meets the requirements of 35 ILL.
Adm. Code 604 for drinking, culinary, and domestic purposes.
21. "potentjal Cross-Connection" means a fixture pr appurtenance wvith
threated connection, tapere spout, or other connection which
would facilitate extension of the water supply line beyond its legal
terination point.
22. "Process fluid(s)" means any fluid or solution which may be chemically,
biologically or otherwise contaminated or polluted in a form or
concentration such as would constitute a health, pollutional, or system
hazard if introduced into the public or a potable water system. This
includes but is not limited to:
a. polluted or contaminated waters;
b. process waters;
c. used waters originating from the public water supply system which
may have deteriorated in sanitary quality;
d. cooling waters;
few e. questionable or contaminated natural waters taken from wells, lakes,
streams, or irrigation systems;
f. chemicals in solution or suspension, and;
g. oils, gases, acids, alkalis and other liquids and gaseous fluids used in
industrial or other processes, or for fire fighting purposes.
23. "Public water supply" means all mains, pipes and structures through
which water is obtained and distributed to the public, including wells and
well structures, intakes and cribs, pumping stations, treatment plants,
reservoirs, storage tanks and appurtenances, collectively or severally,
actually used on intended for use for the purpose of furnishing water for
drinking or general domestic use and which serve at least 15 service
connections, or which regularly serve at least 25 persons at least 60 days
per year. A public water supply is either a "community water supply" or
o non-community water supply".
24. "Reduced pressure principle backflow prevention assembly (RPZ) means
an assembly containing a minimum of two independently acting check
valves together with an automatically operated pressure differential
relief valve, located between the two check valves, and approved under
ASSE Standard 1013. During normal flow and at the cessation of normal
flow, the pressure between these two checks shall be less than the supply
pressure. In case of leakage of either check valves, the differential
r relief valve, by discharging to the atmosphere, shall operate to maintain
the pressure between the check valves at less than the supply pressure.
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The unit must include tightly closing shutoff valves located at each end
e'"'` of the device, and each device shall be fitted with properly located test
cocks.
25. "Service connection" means the opening, including all fittings and
appurtenances, at the water main through which water is supplied to the
user.
26. "Survey" means the collection of information pertaining to a customer's
piping system regarding the location of all connections to the public
water supply system and must include the locations, type and most
recent inspection and testing date of all cross connection control devices
and methods located within that customer's piping system. The survey
must be in written form, and should not be an actual plumbing inspection.
27. "System hazard" means a condition through which an aestheticallly
objectionable or degrading material not dangerous to health may enter
the public water supply stem or a consumer's potable water system.
28. "Used water" means any water supplied by a public water supply system
to a consumer's water system after it has passed throught the service
connection and is no longer under the control of the water supply official
custodian.
29. "Water purveyor" means the owner or official custodian of a public water
system.
SECTION 3. Water System
A. The water system shall be considered as made up of two parts: the public water
supply system and the consumer's water system.
B. The public water system shall consist of the source facilities and the
distribution system, and shall include all those facilities of the potable water
system under the control of the City of Elgin up to the point where the
consumer's water system begins.
C. The source shall include all components of the facilities utilized in the
production, treatment, storage, and delivery of water to the public water supply
distribution system.
D. The public water supply distribution system shall include the network of
conduits used to delivery water from the source of the consumer's water
system.
E. The consumer's water system shall include all parts of the facilities beyond the
service connection used to convey water from the public water supply
distribution system to points of use.
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SECTION 4. Cross-Connection Prohibited
A. Connections between potable water systems and other systems or equipment
containing water or other substances of unknown or questionable quality ore
prohibited except when and where approved cross connection control devices or
methods are installed, tested, and maintained to insure proper operation on a
continuing basis.
B. I. No physical connection shall be permitted between the potable portion of
a supply and any other water supply not of equal or better bateriological
and chemical quality as determined by inspection and analysis by the
Agency.
2. There shall be no arrangement or connection by which an unsafe
substance may enter a supply.
SECTION 5. Survey and Investigations
A. The customer's premises shall be open at all reasonable times, including all
hours during which business is conducted, to the City Water Department and
Building and Inspection Services for the inspection of the presence or absence of
cross connections within the customer's premises.
B. On request by the Water Operations Director, or his authorized representative,
the customer shall furnish information regarding the piping system(s) and/or
water use within the customer's premises. The customer premises shall be open
at all reasonable times, including all business hours, to the Water Operations
Director for the verification of information submitted by the customer to the
public water supply custodian regarding cross connection inspection results.
C. It shall be the responsibility of the water customer to arrange periodic surveys
of water use practices on his premises to determine whether there are actual or
potential cross connections to his water system through which contaminants or
pollutants could backflow into his or the public potable water system. All cross
connection control or other plumbing inspection must be conducted in
accordance with ILL. Rev. Stat. 1983, Ch III, Par. 1103(1).
D. It is the responsibility of the water customer to prevent backflow into the
public water system by insuring that:
I. All cross connecitons are removed or, approved cross connection control
devices are installed for control of backflow or back-siphonage.
2. Cross connection control devices shall be installed in accordance with
the manufacturer's instructions.
Cross connection control devices shall be inspected at leasts annually by
a person approved by the Agency as a cross connection control device
inspector (CCCDI). The inspection of mechanical devices shall include
physical testing in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
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4. Testing and Records
a. Each device shall be tested at the time of installation and at least
annually or more frequently if recommended by the the
manufacturer.
b. An approved inspection form completed by the certified inspector
shall be submitted to the City each time the device is inspected.
c. Records submitted to the Elgin Water Department shall be available
for inspection by Agency personnel in accordance with ILL. Rev. Stat.
1 983, Ch. III I/2, par. 1004(e).
d. Each device shall have a tag attached listing the date of most recent
test, name of CCCDI, and type and date of repairs.
e. A maintenance log shall be maintained and include:
I. date of each test;
2. name and approval number of person performing the test;
3. test results;
4. repairs or servicing required;
S. repairs and date completed;
6. service performed and date completed;
7. Manufacturer's Testing and Maintenance Procedures.
SECTION 6. Where Protection is Required
A. An approved cross connection control device shall be installed on each service
line to a customer's water system service premises where, in the judgement of
the Water Operations Director, actual or potential hazards to the public water
supply system exist.
B. An approved cross connection control device shall be installed on each service
line to a customer's water system serving premises where the following
conditions exist:
I. Premises having an auxiliary water supply, unless such auxiliary supply is
accepted as an additional source by the Water Operations Director and
the source is approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
2. Premises on which any substance is handled which can create an actual
or potential hazard to the public water supply system. This shall include
premises having sources or systems containing process fluids or waters
originating from the public water supply system which are no longer
under the sanitary control of the Water Operations Director.
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3. Premises having internal cross connections that, in the judgement of the
Water Operations Director, are not correctable or intricate plumbing
arrangments which make it impractical to determine whether or not
cross connections exist.
4. Premises where, because of security requirements or other prohibitions
or restrictions, it is impossible or impractical to make a complete cross
connection survey.
S. Premises having a repeated history of cross connections being established
or re-established.
C. An approved cross connection control device shall be installed on each service
line to a consumer's water system serving, but not necessarily limited to, the
following types of facilities unless the Water Operations Director determines
that no actual or potential hazard to the public water supply system exist:
1. hospitals, mortuaries, clinics, nursing homes;
2. laboratories;
3. piers, docks ,waterfront facilities;
4. sewage treatment plants, sewage pumping stations or storm water
pumping stations;
S. food or beverage processing plants;
6. chemical plants;
7. metal plating industries;
8. petroleum processing or storage plants;
9. radioactive material processing plants or nuclear reactors;
10. car washes;
I I. laundries.
SECTION 7. Type of Protection Required
A. The type of protection required under Sections 6.A, 6.B, and 6.0 of these
regulations shall depend on the degree of hazard which exists, as determined by
the Water Department:
I. An approved fixed proper air gap separation or RPZ device shall be
installed where the public water supply system may be contaminated
with a substance that could cause a severe health hazard.
2. An approved fixed proper air gap separation RPZ device, or a double
check valve assembly shall be installed where the public water supply
system may be contaminated with a substance that could cause a system
or health hazard.
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3. A double check valve assembly shall be installed where the public water
supply system may be polluted with a substance or combination of
substances that have the potential to aesthetically degrade the water
quality as to the sense of taste, sight, or smell without tending to cause
any actual physical illness or injury to persons consuming the water.
B. The type of protection required under Section 6.0 of these regulations shall be
an approved fixed proper air gap separation or an approved reduced pressure
principle backflow prevention device.
C. Where a public water supply is used for a fire protection system, the use of
double detector check valve assemblies shall be allowed on sprinkler lines
subject to the following conditions:
I. In the event of a fire, the sprinkler system shall be replenished only with
potable water supplied directly from a City hydrant or by a Fire
Department pumper drawing from a City hydrant.
2. There are no chemicals present in the static system to prevent freezing,
corrosion, or fire retardants.
3. In the event of fire, no chemicals utilized as fire retardants shall be
introduced to the system either through aspiration or other means.
SECTION 8. Cross Connection Control
A. All cross connection control devices or methods required by these rules and
regulations shall be approved by the Research Foundation for Cross
Connection Control of the University of Southern California, American Water
Works Association, American Society of Sanitary Engineering, or American
National Standards Institute or certified by the National Sanitatation
Foundation to be in compliance with applicable industry specification.
B. 'Installation of approved devices shall be made in accordance with 35 ILL. Adm.
Code 653.802, and only as specified by the Research Foundation for Cross
Connection Control of the University of Southern California or applicable
industry specifications. Maintenance, as recommended by the manufacturer of
the device, shall be performed. Manufacturer's maintenance manual shall be
available on site.
SECTION 9. Inspection and Maintenance
A. It shall be the duty of the customer at any premises on which cross connection
control devices required by these regulations are installed to have inspections,
tests, maintenance and repairs made in accordance with the following schedule,
or more often where inspection indicate a need or are specified in
manufacturer's instructions.
I. Fixed proper air gap separations shall be inspected at the time of
installation and at least annually thereafter.
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e'"` 2. Double check valve assemblies shall be inspected and tested for tightness
at time of installation and at least annually thereafter, and required
service performed within fifteen (15) days.
3. Reduced pressure principle backflow prevention devices shall be tested
at the time of installation and at least annually or more frequently if
recommended by the manufacturer, and required service performed
within five (5) days.
B. Testing shall be performed by a person who has been approved by the Agency as
competent to service the device. Proof of approval shall be in writing.
C. Each device shall have a tag attached listing the date of most recent test or
visual inspection, name of tester, and type and date of repairs.
D. An approved maintenance log shall be maintained and include:
I. date of each test or visual inspection;
2. name and approval number of person performing the test or visual
inspection;
3. test results;
4. repairs or servicing required;
E 5. repairs and date completed, and;
6. any and all service performed and date on which this service was
completed.
E. A copy of the maintenance log shall be submitted annually with the inspection
form.
F. Whenever cross connection control devices required by these regulations are
found to be defective, they shall be repaired or replaced at the expense of the
consumer without delay.
G. Cross connection control devices shall not be bypassed, made inoperative,
removed or otherwise made ineffective without specific authorization by the
Water Operations Director.
SECTION 10. Booster Pumps
A. Where a booster pump has been installed on the service line to or within any
premises, such pump shall be equipped with a low pressure cutoff device
designed to shut-off the booster pump when the pressure in the service line on
the suction side of the pump dropsto 20 psi or less.
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B. It shall be the duty of the water customer to maintain the low pressure cut-off
device in proper working order and to provide to the Water Operations Director,
at least once a year on forms provided by the City Water Department a
certified report of compliance, prepared by a certified cross connection device
inspector.
SECTION I I. VIOLATIONS
A. The Water Operations Director shall deny or discontinue, after reasonable
notice to the occupants thereof, the water service to any premises wherein any
cross connection control device required by these regulations is not installed,
tested, maintained or repaired in a manner acceptable to the Water Operations
director, or if it is found that the cross connection control device has been
removed or bypassed, or if an unprotected cross connection exists on the
premises, or if a low pressure cut-off required by these regulations is not
installed and maintained in working order.
B. Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the customer has
corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects in conformance with these
regulations and to the satisfaction of the Water Operations director, and the
required reconnection fee is paid.
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