§ 48-132. Purpose.

(a)

To protect the public potable water supply of the city from the possibility of contamination or pollution by isolating within the city utility customer's internal distribution system or the customer's private water system from such contaminants or pollutants which could backflow into the public water system.

(b)

To protect the public water supply of the city from the possibility of contamination or pollution by isolation of the customer's distribution system, which includes provisions for backflow prevention.

(c)

To promote the elimination or control of existing cross connections, actual or potential, between the customer's internal potable water distribution system and non-potable water systems, plumbing fixtures and industrial piping systems.

(d)

To provide for a continuing program of cross connection control which will systematically and effectively prevent the contamination or pollution of the water system.

(Code 1994, § 11.301A; Ord. No. 569, § 1, 3-10-2014)