[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Richmond as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-13-1972 by L.L. No. 1-1972]
A.
The purpose of these regulations is to safeguard potable
water supplies by preventing backflow into public water systems.
B.
The regulations are to be reasonably interpreted.
It is the intent of these regulations to recognize that there are
varying degrees of hazard and to apply the principle that the degree
of protection should be commensurate with the degree of hazard.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A physical break between a supply pipe and a receiving vessel.
The air gap shall be at least double the diameter of the supply pipe,
measured vertically above the top rim of the vessel, in no case less
than one inch.
A check valve that seats readily and completely. It must
be carefully machined to have free moving parts and assured watertightness.
The face of the closure element and valve seat must be bronze, composition
or other noncorrodible material which will seat tightly under all
prevailing conditions of field use. Pins and bushings shall be of
bronze or other noncorrodible, nonsticking material, machined for
easy, dependable operation. The closure element, e.g., clapper, shall
be internally weighted or otherwise internally equipped to promote
rapid and positive closure in all sizes where this feature is obtainable.
An assembly of at least two independently acting check valves,
including tightly closing shutoff valves on each side of the check
valve assembly and suitable leak-detector drains plus connections
available for testing the watertightness of each check valve. This
device must be approved as a complete assembly.
A device incorporating two or more check valves and an automatically
operating differential relief valve located between the two checks,
two shutoff valves, and equipped with necessary appurtenances for
testing. The device shall operate to maintain the pressure in the
zone between the two check valves less than the pressure on the public
water supply side of the device. At cessation of normal flow, the
pressure between check valves shall be less than the supply pressure.
In case of leakage of either check valve, the differential relief
valve shall operate to maintain this reduced pressure by discharging
to the atmosphere. When the inlet pressure is two pounds per square
inch or less, the relief valve shall open to the atmosphere, thereby
providing an air gap in the device. To be approved, these devices
must be readily accessible for maintenance and testing and installed
in a location where no part of the valve will be submerged. The enclosure
must be self-draining, so that the large amount of water which the
relief valve may vent will be disposed of reliably without submergence
of the relief valve. This device must also be approved as a complete
assembly.
Any water supply approved by the New York State Department
of Health or other appropriate agency.
Any water supply on or available to the premises other than
the approved public water supply.
A loop of pipe rising approximately 35 feet, at its topmost
point, above the highest fixture it supplies.
A person who is examined annually by the water purveyor and
found competent for the testing of backflow prevention devices. He
shall be provided with an appropriate identification card which must
be renewed annually. Failure to perform his duties competently and
conscientiously will result in prompt withdrawal of his certification.
Any unprotected connection between any part of a water system
used or intended to supply water for drinking purposes and any source
or system containing water or a substance that is not or cannot be
approved as equally safe, wholesome and potable for human consumption.
A vacuum breaker which is designed so as not to be subjected
to static line pressure.
A vacuum breaker designed to operate under conditions of
static line pressure.
The consumer or a person on the premises charged with the
responsibility of complete knowledge and understanding of the water
supply piping within the premises and for maintaining the consumer's
water system free from cross-connections and other sanitary defects,
as required by regulations and laws.
A.
Where protection is required.
(1)
Each service connection from a public water system
for supplying water to premises having an auxiliary water supply shall
be protected against backflow of water from the premises into the
public water system, unless the auxiliary water supply is approved
as an additional source by the water purveyor and is satisfactory
to the public health agency having jurisdiction with regard to quality
and safety.
(2)
Each service connection from a public water system
for supplying water to premises on which any substance is handled
under pressure in such fashion as to permit entry into the water system
shall be protected against backflow of the water from the premises
into the public system. This shall include the handling of process
waters and waters originating from the public water supply system
which may have been subject to deterioration in sanitary or chemical
quality.
(3)
Each service connection from a public water system for supplying
water to premises on which a substance of unusually toxic concentration
or danger to health is handled in liquid form, even though it is not
under pressure, shall be protected against backflow of the water from
the premises into the public system. Examples are plating factories
using cyanide, hospitals and construction sites. This subsection is
not intended to apply to normal household installations.
[Amended 8-11-2015 by L.L. No. 14-2015]
(4)
Backflow prevention devices shall be installed on
the service connection to any premises that has internal cross-connections,
unless such cross-connections are abated to the satisfaction of the
water purveyor.
(5)
It shall be the responsibility of the water user to
provide and maintain these protective devices, and each one must be
of a type acceptable to the State Health Department.
B.
Type of protection. The protective device required
shall depend on the degree of hazard as tabulated below:
(1)
At the service connection to any premises where there
is an auxiliary water supply handled in a separate piping system with
no known cross-connection, the public water supply shall be protected
by an approved double check valve assembly.
(2)
At the service connection on any premises on which
there is an auxiliary water supply where cross-connections are known
to exist which cannot be presently eliminated, the public water supply
system shall be protected by an air gap separation or an approved
reduced-pressure-principle backflow prevention device.
(3)
At the service connection to any premises on which
a substance that would be objectionable (but not necessarily hazardous
to health if introduced into the public water supply) is handled so
as to constitute a cross-connection, the public water supply shall
be protected by an approved double check valve assembly.
(4)
At the service connection to any premises on which
a substance of unusual toxic concentration or danger to health is
or may be handled, but not under pressure, the public water supply
shall be protected by an air gap separation or an approved reduced-pressure-principle
backflow prevention device. This device shall be located as close
as practicable to the water meter, and all piping between the water
meter and receiving tanks shall be entirely visible.
(5)
At the service connection to any premises on which
any material dangerous to health, or toxic substance in toxic concentration,
is or may be handled under pressure, the public water supply shall
be protected by an air gap separation. The air gap shall be located
as close as practicable to the water meter, and all piping between
the water meter and receiving tanks shall be entirely visible. If
these conditions cannot reasonably be met, the public water supply
shall be protected with an approved reduced-pressure-principle backflow
prevention device, provided the alternative is acceptable to the water
purveyor.
(6)
At the service connection to any sewage treatment
plant or sewage pumping station, the public water supply shall be
protected by an air gap separation. The air gap shall be located as
close as practicable to the water meter, and all piping between the
water meter and receiving tanks shall be entirely visible. If these
conditions cannot be reasonably met, the public water supply shall
be protected with an approved reduced-pressure-principle backflow
prevention device.
C.
Frequency of inspection of protective devices. It
shall be the duty of the water user on any premises on account of
which backflow protective devices are installed to have competent
inspections made at least once a year, or more often in those instances
where successive inspections indicate repeated failure. These devices
shall be repaired, overhauled or replaced at the expense of the water
user whenever they are found to be defective. These tests shall be
performed by a qualified backflow prevention device tester, and all
test results will be provided to the water purveyor within 72 hours
after the test is made. Records of such tests, repairs and overhaul
shall also be kept and made available to the water purveyor and the
public health agency having jurisdiction upon request.
[Amended 12-11-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2001]
A.
Separate drinking water systems. Whenever the Code
Enforcement Officer or Deputy Code Enforcement Officer determines
that it is not practical to protect drinking water systems on premises
against entry of water from a source or piping system or equipment
that cannot be approved as safe or potable for human use, an entirely
separate drinking water system shall be installed to supply water
at points convenient for consumers.
[Amended 12-11-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2001]
B.
Fire systems. Water systems for fighting fire, derived from a supply that cannot be approved as safe or potable for human use, shall, wherever practicable, be kept wholly separate from drinking water pipelines and equipment. In cases where the domestic water system is used for both drinking and fire-fighting purposes, approved backflow prevention devices shall be installed to protect such individual drinking water lines as are not used for fire-fighting purposes. Any auxiliary fire-fighting water supply which is not approved for potable purposes but which is so connected that it may be introduced into potable water piping during an emergency shall be equipped with an approved automatic chlorination machine. It is hereby declared that it is the responsibility of the person or persons causing the introduction of said unapproved or unsafe water into the pipelines to see that a procedure is developed and carried out to notify and protect users of this piping system during an emergency and that special precautions are taken to disinfect thoroughly and flush out all pipelines which may become contaminated before they are again used to furnish drinking water. In the event the means of protection of water consumers is by disinfection of the auxiliary fire-fighting supply, the installation and its use shall be thoroughly reliable. The public water supply must be protected against backflow from such dual domestic fire systems, as detailed in § 193-3.
C.
Process waters. Potable water pipelines connected
to equipment for industrial processes or operations shall be protected
by a suitable backflow prevention device located beyond the last point
from which drinking water may be taken, which device shall be provided
on the feed line to process piping or equipment. In the event the
particular process liquid is especially corrosive or apt to prevent
reliable action of the backflow prevention device, air gap separation
shall be provided. These devices shall be tested by the water user
at least once a year or more often in those instances where successive
inspections indicate repeated failure. The devices shall be repaired,
overhauled or replaced whenever they are found to be defective. These
tests must be performed by a qualified backflow prevention device
tester, and records of tests, repairs and replacement shall be kept
and made available to the water purveyor and the public health agency
having jurisdiction upon request.
[Amended 12-11-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2001]
D.
Sewage treatment plants and pumping stations. Sewage
pumps shall not have priming connections directly off any drinking
water systems. No connections shall exist between the drinking water
system and any other piping, equipment or tank in any sewage treatment
plant or sewage pumping station.
E.
Plumbing connections.
(1)
Where the circumstances are such that there is special
danger to health by the backflow of sewage, as from sewers, toilets,
hospital bedpans and the like, into a drinking water system, a dependable
device or devices shall be installed to prevent such backflow.
(2)
The purpose of these regulations is not to transcend
local plumbing regulations but only to deal with those extraordinary
situations where sewage may be forced or drawn into the drinking water
piping. These regulations do not attempt to eliminate at this time
the hazards of backsiphonage through flushometer valves on all toilets
but deal with those situations where the likelihood of vacuum conditions
in the drinking water system is definite and there is special danger
to health. Devices suited to the purpose of avoiding backsiphonage
from plumbing fixtures are roof tanks, barometric loops or separate
pressure systems separately piped to supply such fixtures, recognized
approved vacuum or siphon breakers and other backflow protective devices
which have been proved by appropriate tests to be dependable for destroying
the vacuum.
(3)
Inasmuch as many serious hazards of this kind are
due to water supply piping which is too small, thereby causing vacuum
conditions when fixtures are flushed or water is drawn from the system
in other ways, it is recommended that water supply piping that is
too small be enlarged whenever possible.
F.
Pier and dock hydrants. Backflow protection by a suitable
backflow prevention device shall be provided each drinking water pierhead
outlet used for supplying vessels at piers or waterfronts. These assemblies
must be located where they will prevent the return of any water from
the vessel into the drinking water pipeline or into another adjacent
vessel. This will prevent such practices as connecting the ship's
fire pumping or sanitary pumping system with a dock hydrant and thereby
pumping contaminated water into the drinking water system and thence
to adjacent vessels or back into the public mains.
G.
Marking safe and unsafe waterlines.
(1)
Where the premises contains dual or multiple water
systems and piping, the exposed portions of pipelines shall be painted,
banded or marked at sufficient intervals to distinguish clearly which
water is safe and which is not safe. All outlets from secondary or
other potentially contaminated systems shall be posted as being contaminated
and unsafe for drinking purposes. All outlets intended for drinking
purposes shall be plainly marked to indicate that fact.
(2)
Water supervisor. The public health agency having
jurisdiction and the water purveyor shall be kept informed of the
identity of the person responsible for the water piping on all premises
concerned with these regulations. At each premises where it is necessary
in the opinion of the water purveyor, a water supervisor shall be
designated. This water supervisor shall be responsible for the installation
and use of pipelines and equipment and for the avoidance of cross-connections.
[Amended 12-11-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2001]
(3)
In the event of contamination or pollution of the
drinking water system due to a cross-connection on the premises, the
local Health Officer and water purveyor shall be promptly advised
by the person responsible for the water system so that appropriate
measures may be taken to overcome the contamination.
A.
No water service connection to any premises shall
be installed or maintained by the water purveyor unless the water
supply is protected as required by state regulations and this article.
B.
Service of water to any premises may be discontinued
by the water purveyor if a backflow preventive device required by
this rule and regulation is not installed, tested and maintained;
if any defect is found in an installed backflow preventive device;
if it is found that a backflow preventive device has been removed
or bypassed; or if unprotected cross-connections exist on the premises,
and service will not be restored until such conditions or defects
are corrected.
[Amended 12-11-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2001; 3-10-2009 by L.L. No.
3-2009]
Any person who violates this article shall be
guilty of a violation, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject
to a fine of not less than $100, and not more than $500, or imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both.
[Adopted 4-4-1989 by L.L. No. 2-1989]
[Amended 6-14-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005]
A.
No person shall be permitted to tap any water main
which is part of the Honeoye Water District system, whether owned
by the Water District or not, except with the express permission and
authorization of the Richmond Town Board.
B.
Only persons authorized by the Richmond Town Board
shall be permitted to make taps to any water main which is part of
the Honeoye Water District, whether owned by the Water District or
not.
C.
All authorized taps of the water mains shall be made
under the direction and supervision of the Water Superintendent.
D.
All water meters, corporation stops, curb boxes and
tubing from the water main to each individual corporation stop shall
remain the property of the Water District at all times.
E.
All eligible applicants shall install an in-home booster
pump in accordance with mandated Honeoye Water District Pumped Connection
Detail that will be provided through the Honeoye Water District and
all other districts and extensions within the Town of Richmond.
A.
Upon the transfer of any premises on which is located
a water meter on which a deposit was previously paid, the meter deposit
will be deemed to pass with title to the new owner, and the deposit
will be credited to the account of the new owner.
B.
Upon the return to the Water District of any water
meter located upon premises to which water service is permanently
discontinued, the owner of the premises at the time of discontinuance
shall be entitled to the return of any meter deposit credited to his
account, without interest, less any outstanding indebtedness to the
Water District.
C.
Each applicant for water service to be furnished to
a new water connection shall be required to install a water meter
at such point upon the premises to which water is to be furnished
as shall be designated by the Water Superintendent. Application shall
be in writing and the connection fee shall be prepaid.
D.
Each applicant for water service to be furnished to
a new water connection shall pay to the Water District, at the time
of making application, such standard water meter deposit charge as
shall be in effect at the time of making application.
E.
Each applicant for water service to be furnished to
a new water connection shall pay to the Water District, at the time
of making application, such standard connection charge as shall be
in effect at the time of making application.
F.
Each water service subscriber shall be responsible
for all damage to or loss of the water meter as a result of vandalism,
theft, freezing or occurrences and conditions.
A.
Each water service subscriber shall be responsible
for all damage or loss to any property owned by the Water District
resulting from the act or negligence of the subscriber, his employees,
agents, tenants and independent contractors or by any excavation on
the subscriber's property.
B.
Each water service applicant shall be required to
chlorinate the waterlines and plumbing system on the premises to which
water service is to be furnished before any water taken from said
lines and system is used for human consumption.
C.
Each water service subscriber shall be required to
chlorinate the waterlines and plumbing system on the premises to which
water service is furnished following each and every repair made to
said lines and system and before any water taken from said lines and
system is used for human consumption.
D.
No other person than the Water Superintendent or such
other person as may be expressly authorized by the Richmond Town Board
shall be permitted to operate any corporation stop. Tampering with
the corporation stop or water meter at any time or for any reason
by any unauthorized person shall be cause for immediate disconnection
and discontinuance of water service. In the event of disconnection
and discontinuance of water services as a result of tampering with
the corporation stop or water meter, water service may not be restored
until authorized by the Richmond Town Board at a regular meeting and
then only upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the
Richmond Town Board.
E.
No water service subscriber shall take or permit unmetered
water to be drawn from the waterline. Taking or permitting unmetered
water to be taken from the waterline shall be cause for immediate
disconnection or discontinuance of water service. In the event of
discontinuance and disconnection of water service for taking or permitting
unmetered water to be taken from the waterline, water may not be restored
until authorized by the Richmond Town Board at a regular meeting and
then only upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the
Richmond Town Board.
F.
Each private water system connected to the water main
must be mechanically isolated from all other water systems, i.e.,
no auxiliary water system may be physically connected at any time
to the system to which the water is furnished by the Water District.
G.
The resale of water taken from any waterline to which
the Water District furnishes water service is expressly prohibited,
unless such resale has been approved and authorized in writing by
the Richmond Town Board.
H.
Each subscriber shall fully comply with and obey any
and all orders and determinations made by the Richmond Town Board
in the event of any emergency resulting from the mechanical breakdown
or damage to Water District facilities or a general water shortage.
The Richmond Town Board assumes no liability for any temporary disruption
in the water service as a result of the repair or replacement of any
Water District facility.
A.
The Richmond Town Board shall establish from time
to time, as the Board deems necessary, the water rates and fees to
be charged for water service in the Water District.
B.
All billings for water charges for the Honeoye Water
District will be on a quarterly basis, excluding tapping fees and
meter deposits. There will be no seasonal billing.
C.
Water charges for the Honeoye Water District are payable
without penalty if payment is received on or before the 30th day after
the billing date.
D.
Unpaid water charges in arrears past 30 days from
the billing date shall be subject to a ten-percent penalty.
E.
Each water service subscriber shall, within 60 days
of the billing date of the water bill from the Water District, pay
the full amount of the water service charge. Failure to pay the water
service charges within 60 days after rendering of water service charges
shall be cause for immediate disconnection and discontinuance of water
service. In the event of disconnection and discontinuance of water
service for nonpayment of water services charges, water service shall
not be restored until the subscriber has paid the standard disconnection
and connection charges, including any penalty in effect at the time
of such disconnection or connection.
F.
The Richmond Town Board shall establish from time
to time, as the Board deems necessary, charges to be made for connection
of original water service, disconnection of water service and reconnection
of water service. Fees and charges shall be established, altered or
amended by duly adopted resolutions of the Town of Richmond.
G.
Water service charges shall be billed, in all cases,
in the name of the owner of the premises to which the water service
is furnished as the same appears on the Water District records. Any
unpaid water charge shall be a lien on the premises. In the event
of a property transfer, it shall be the duty of the present owner
and prospective buyer to notify the Water District of change of ownership.
The Water District shall, upon application,
remove water meters under seasonal contract and store the meters for
the winter. A charge as established by the Town Board shall be made
for the disconnection and removal of the water meter. Meter removal
and installation will be made by appointment only, and a representative
of the homeowner must be present while work is being done.
The Water Superintendent shall have the right
to enter upon the property and lands of any water consumer at all
reasonable times and hours for the purpose of making all necessary
inspections, repairs, connections and disconnections of water mains,
curb boxes, corporation stops, water meters and auxiliary waterlines.
A.
The Water District shall not be liable to any water
consumer for any disruption in water service by reason of any leak
or break in any water main or auxiliary waterline or by reason of
any lack of or failure of the water supply.
B.
The Water District shall not be liable or responsible
for making any repair to any auxiliary water service line. The liability
and responsibility for making of such repairs shall be that of the
water consumers connected on such line.
A.
All waterlines to be laid from the curb box to service
water consumers shall be constructed of such materials and in such
manner as shall be approved by the Water Superintendent in advance
of such construction, and no waterline shall be placed into service
until it has been inspected and approved by the Water Superintendent.
B.
The Richmond Town Board reserves the right to condemn
all private waterlines.
[Amended 12-11-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2001]
In lieu of frost-free protection, the existing
meter must be removed. Meter removal will be done by appointment,
and a representative of the homeowner must be present while work is
being done. No one other than the Water District shall remove meters.
New services shall be by written request only.
The homeowner is responsible for pressure controller
in high-pressure areas.
Any extension to the district must comply with
standards of water main and be placed at the most distant point of
the last property involved.
New water customers must install frost protection
for the meter.
No fire or irrigation or similar system shall
be connected to the domestic water supply without the use of an approved
backflow prevention device.
[Added 9-5-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989]
A.
There shall be a separate water service and separate
water meter for each owned residence in the Honeoye Water District.
B.
Multiple dwellings, apartment complexes, commercial
properties and the like, under one ownership, shall have a master
water service and one separate water meter servicing the property.
C.
Insofar as the provisions of this section are inconsistent
with the provisions of any other local law or act, the provisions
of this section shall be controlling.
These rules and regulations may be amended,
altered or modified by the Richmond Town Board.
[Amended 12-11-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2001; 3-10-2009 by L.L. No.
3-2009]
Any person who violates this article shall be
guilty of a violation, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject
to a fine of not less than $100, and not more than $500, or imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both. Any subsequent offense
committed by the same person within five years shall be deemed misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less
than $500 or greater than $1,000, or imprisonment not exceeding one
year, or both.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced
by the Town Water Superintendent or Town Constable. The Town Water
Superintendent and Town Constable are hereby empowered to issue appearance
tickets for violations of any provisions of this article.
