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(a) The water system shall be considered as made up of two (2) parts: the Town’s municipal supply and distribution system and the customer’s system. The customer’s system shall be comprised of the service line and its appurtenances.

(b) No water service connection shall be installed or maintained by the Town unless the water supply is protected as required by this Chapter and the Backflow Prevention and Cross-Connection Control Rule. Service of water to any premises shall be discontinued by the Town if a backflow prevention assembly or method required by this Article is not installed, tested and properly maintained, if it is found that a backflow prevention assembly or method has been removed or bypassed or if an unprotected cross-connection exists on the premises. Service will not be restored until such conditions or defects are corrected.

(c) A representative of the Town is authorized to perform a survey of a customer’s property to determine whether a cross-connection is present or an approved backflow prevention assembly or method has been installed and tested.

(d) An approved backflow prevention assembly or method shall be installed in all buildings, structures or premises in which plumbing is installed.

(e) An approved backflow prevention assembly or method shall be installed immediately inside the premises being served before the first branch line leading off the service line.

(f) Any backflow prevention assembly or method installed, utilized, maintained or replaced as required herein shall be of a model and size approved by the Town Manager.

(g) It shall be the duty of the owner of any commercial or industrial premises where backflow prevention assemblies or methods are installed to have certified inspections and operational tests made at least one (1) time annually. In those instances where the Town Manager deems the hazard of cross-connection to be great enough, he or she may require certified inspections at more frequent intervals. These shall be performed by a certified inspector and/or tester. Evidence of the results of such inspections and tests shall be submitted to the Town Manager by the owner within thirty (30) days after the assembly or method has been tested and/or inspected. The backflow prevention assemblies or methods shall be repaired, overhauled or replaced at the expense of the owner of the premises whenever said assemblies or methods are found to be defective. Records of such tests, repairs, overhauls and replacements shall be kept and made available to the Town Manager.

(h) The owner of the premises shall notify the Town Manager of all backflow prevention assemblies or methods that are installed on the premises. Upon installation, the assembly or method will be inspected and tested by a certified inspector and/or tester. The owner shall inform the Town in writing of the results of this inspection and test within thirty (30) days after the assembly has been installed and tested. (Prior code 13.16.020; Ord. 1520 §1, 2020)