[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Hilton as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 2-5-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996; amended in its entirety 2-1-2011 by L.L. No.
1-2011]
The purpose of this article is:
A.
To protect the public potable water supply served by the Village
of Hilton from the possibility of contamination or pollution by isolation,
within its customers internal distribution system, such contaminants
or pollutants which could backflow or back-siphon into the public
water system.
B.
To promote the elimination or control of existing cross-connections,
actual or potential between its customers in-plant potable water system,
and nonpotable systems.
C.
To provide for the maintenance of a continuing program of cross-connection
control which will effectively prevent the contamination or pollution
of all potable water systems by cross-connection.
The Federal Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, and the statutes
of the State of New York, Department of Health, Bureau of Public Water
Supply, state, "The water purveyor has the primary responsibility
for preventing water from unapproved sources, or any other substances,
from entering the public potable water system."
A.
The Village Board shall be responsible for the protection of the
public potable water distribution system from contamination or pollution
due to the backflow or backsiphonage of contaminants or pollutants
through the water service connection. If, in the judgment of the Village
Board, an approved backflow device is required at the Village's
water service connection to any customer's premises, the Village
Board, or its delegated agent, shall give notice in writing to said
customer to install an approved backflow prevention device at each
service connection to their premises. The customer shall, within 90
days, install such approved device or devices at their own expense,
and failure or refusal, or inability on the part of the customer to
install said device or devices within 90 days, shall constitute a
ground for termination of water service to the premises until such
device or devices have been properly installed.
(1)
On new installations, less than $5,000, the Village Board's
delegated agent will provide on-site evaluations and/or inspection
of plans in order to determine the type of backflow device, if any,
that will be required. For larger projects, the installation must
be designed by a registered professional engineer or an architect
licensed by the State of New York. The Village Code Enforcement Officer
shall issue a permit for new installations. All backflow prevention
devices shall be tested upon initial installation and annually thereafter
by a tester certified by the New York State Department of Health and
the results of the test submitted to the Village of Hilton and the
Monroe County Department of Health.
(2)
For premises existing prior to the start of this program, the Village
Board's delegated agent will perform evaluations and inspections
of plans and/or premises and inform the owner by letter of any corrective
action deemed necessary, the method of achieving the correction, and
the time allowed for the correction to be made. Ordinarily, 90 days
will be allowed; however, this time may be shortened depending upon
the degree of hazard involved and the history of the device(s) in
question.
(3)
The Village Board will not allow any cross-connection to remain unless
it is protected by an approved backflow prevention device for which
a permit has been issued and the device will be annually tested to
insure satisfactory operation.
(4)
If the Village Board or its delegated agent determines at any time
that a serious threat to the public health exists, the water service
will be terminated immediately.
(5)
The Village Board shall have on file, a list of private contractors
who are certified backflow device testers. All charges for these tests
will be paid by the owner of the building or property.
B.
Owner.
(1)
The owner shall be responsible for the elimination or protection
of all cross-connections on their premises.
(2)
The owner, after having been informed by a letter from the Village,
shall at their expense, install, maintain, and test, or have tested,
any and all backflow devices on their premises.
(3)
The owner shall correct any malfunction of the backflow preventer
which is revealed by periodic testing.
(4)
The owner shall inform the Village Board or its delegated agent of
any proposed or modified cross-connections and also any existing cross-connections
of which the owner is aware but has not been found by the Village.
(5)
The owner shall not install a bypass around any backflow preventer
unless there is a backflow preventer of the same type on the bypass.
Owners who cannot shut down operation for testing of the devices must
supply additional devices necessary to allow testing to take place.
(6)
The owner shall install only backflow prevention devices approved
by the New York State Department of Health, and in a manner accepted
by the Village of Hilton.
(7)
The owner shall be responsible for the payment of all fees for permits,
annual testing, retesting in the event the device fails to operate
properly, and second reinspections for noncompliance with Village
or Health Department requirements.
(8)
The owner shall install a fire or domestic service strainer upflow
on any backflow prevention device when "containment" has been deemed
necessary by the Village Board or its delegated agent.
(9)
The owner must be aware that installation of any backflow prevention
device results in a "closed" plumbing system. As such, provisions
should be made by the owner to provide for thermal expansion within
the closed loop system, i.e., the installation of thermal expansion
devices and/or pressure relief valves.
(10)
The owner must provide hose bib vacuum breakers for each outside
faucet adapted for a hose connection. This includes residential.
The Village Board or its delegated agent shall maintain files
on all testing, permits, inspections, and devices, and will submit
records to the Monroe County Department of Health.
Permit fees and charges will be established at the annual meeting
of the Village Board each year.
A.
Any person, firm, or corporation who commits or permits a violation
of any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed to have committed
a violation against this article and will be subject to a fine of
not more than $250 or by imprisonment of not more than 15 days, or
both.[1]
B.
The imposition of all penalties for any violation of this article
shall not excuse the violation nor permit it to continue. The application
of the above penalty or penalties or the prosecution for a violation
of the provisions of this article shall not be held to prevent the
shutoff of water to the premises. Each day the provisions of this
article are violated shall constitute a separate violation.
[Adopted 2-2-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998]
In the event any consumer who is being provided water service
by the Village shall, at any time, fail to make full and timely payment
of any and all rents, charges, fees, costs or any other obligation
associated with the supply of water to the consumer, such water service
may be terminated, disconnected and discontinued, upon 10 days' advance
notice to the consumer, said notice which shall be deemed delivered
in accordance with this provision if made by personal delivery or
by first class mail to the premises affected.
