A. No water service connection to any premises shall be installed or maintained by West Point City unless the water supply is protected as required by state laws, regulations, codes, and this chapter. Service of water to a consumer found to be in violation of this chapter shall be discontinued by West Point City:

Service will not be restored until such conditions or defects are corrected.

B. The customer’s system(s) shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times to authorized representatives of the public works superintendent to determine whether cross-connections or other structural or sanitary hazards, including violation of this chapter, exist and to audit the results of the required survey.

C. Whenever the public works superintendent deems a service connection’s water usage contributes a sufficient hazard to the water supply, an approved backflow prevention assembly shall be installed on the service line of the identified consumer’s water system, at or near the property line, or immediately inside the building being served; but, in all cases, before the first branch line leading off the service line. It shall be the responsibility of the consumer to purchase, install, test and maintain any backflow prevention device/assembly required to comply with this chapter.

D. The type of protective assembly required under subsection (C) of this section shall depend upon the degree of hazard which exists at the point of cross-connection (whether direct or indirect), applicable to local and state requirements or resulting from the required survey.

E. All presently installed backflow prevention assemblies which do not meet the requirements of this section but were approved assemblies for the purposes described herein at the time of installation and which have been properly maintained shall, except for the inspection and maintenance requirements under subsection (F) of this section, be excluded from the requirements of these rules so long as the public works superintendent is assured that they will satisfactorily protect the public water system. Whenever the existing assembly is moved from the present location or requires more than minimum maintenance, or when the public works superintendent finds that the operation or maintenance of this assembly constitutes a hazard to health, the unit shall be replaced by an approved backflow prevention assembly meeting the local and state requirements.

F. It shall be the responsibility of the consumer at any premises where backflow prevention assemblies are installed to have certified surveys/inspections, and operational tests made at least once per year at the consumer’s expense. In those instances where the public works superintendent deems the hazard to be great, he may require certified surveys/inspections and tests at more frequent interval. It shall be the duty of the public works superintendent to see that these tests are made according to the standards set forth by the State Department of Health, Bureau of Drinking Water/Sanitation.

G. All backflow prevention assemblies shall be tested within 10 working days of initial installation.

H. No backflow prevention assembly shall be installed so as to create a safety hazard such as installation over an electrical panel, steam pipes, boilers, pits, or above ceiling level.

I. If violations of this chapter exist or if there has not been any corrective action taken by the consumer within 10 days of a written notification of deficiencies noted within the survey, then the public works superintendent shall deny or immediately discontinue service to the premises by providing a physical break in the service line until the customer has corrected the condition(s) in conformance with the state and city statutes relating to plumbing, safe drinking water supplies and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. [Code 2000 § 9-4-15].