§ 42-199. Cross connections.

(a)

The City of Cadillac adopts by reference the Water Supply Cross Connection Rules of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality being R325.11401 to R325.11407 of the Michigan Administrative Code.

(b)

It shall be the duty of the city to cause inspections to be made of all properties served by the public drinking water supply where cross connections with the public drinking water supply are deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and re-inspections based on the potential health hazards involved shall be as established by the City of Cadillac Cross Connection Control Plan and as approved by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

(c)

The representative of the city shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public drinking water supply of the city for the purpose of inspecting the piping system(s) 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(s) on such property. The refusal of such information or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of a cross connection.

(d)

The city is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue water service after reasonable notice to any property wherein any cross connection is found to exist in violation of this section, and to take such other precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public drinking water supply. Water service to such property shall not be restored until the cross connection(s) has been eliminated in compliance with the provisions of this section.

(e)

All testable backflow prevention assemblies shall be tested at the time of installation, relocation, repairs, or put back into service in warm months. Subsequent testing of assemblies shall be conducted at a time interval specified by the city and in accordance with Michigan Department of Quality and Plumbing Code requirements. Only individuals that hold a valid Michigan Certification and have successfully passed an American Society of Sanitary Engineer (ASSE) approved backflow testing class shall perform such testing. Each tester shall also be approved by the City of Cadillac. Individual(s) performing assembly testing shall certify the results of his/her testing.

(f)

The potable water supply made available on the properties served by the public drinking water supply shall be protected from possible contamination as specified by this section and by the state plumbing 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"

(g)

This section does not supersede the state plumbing code but is supplementary to it.

(h)

Any person or water customer found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section or any written order by the City of Cadillac, in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each violation that has not been corrected within the time frame as outlined by the city in written form. Each day upon which a violation of the provisions of this section shall occur shall be deemed a separate and additional violation for the purpose of this section.

(Prior Code, § 2.57; Ord. No. 2000-08, § 1(2.57), 5-15-2000; Ord. No. 2014-04, § 1, 3-17-2014)