ARTICLE XII. BACKFLOW PREVENTION

37-141 Declaration of policy; authorization.

It is declared that danger to the public health, safety, and welfare resulting from contamination or pollution of the public potable water supply system requires that measures be adopted to protect that system by authorizing City officials to:

a.    Protect the public potable water supply from the possibility of contamination or pollution by preventing the backflow of contaminants or pollutants into the public potable water supply system;

b.    Promote the awareness and elimination of cross connections, actual or potential, of a customer’s internal potable water system with the public potable water supply system;

c.    Provide for a continuing program of backflow prevention control which will prevent the contamination or pollution of the public potable water supply system;

d.    Provide for the monitoring and enforcement of a continuing program of backflow prevention which will prevent the contamination or pollution of the public potable water supply; and

e.    Comply with the State requirements contained in Arizona Administrative Code, title 18, chapter 4, article 232 (R184-232) entitled "Operation: Backflow Prevention" that was promulgated by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality with an effective date of August 8, 1991, and is incorporated herein by reference (hereinafter referred to as State Rule R184-232). One copy shall be on file with the City Clerk and the Planning and Development Department.

(Ord. No. G-3672, § 1)