[Added 12-1-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998]
The purpose of this article is to safeguard
the potable water supply from potential contamination by preventing
backflow from a water user's system into the public water user's system
and to comply with the requirements of the New York State Sanitary
Code Part 5, Section 5-1.31. This is accomplished by:
A.
Requiring an approved air gap, reduced pressure zone
device, double-check valve assembly or equivalent protective device
consistent with the degree of hazard posed by any service connection.
B.
Requiring the users of such connection to submit plans
for the installation of protective devices to the Building Inspector
and/or Department of Public Works Superintendent and the Orange County
Department of Health and/or New York State Department of Health for
approval.
[Amended 6-21-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
C.
Assuring that all protective devices be tested at
least annually. Records of such shall be made available to and maintained
by the Building Inspector and/or Department of Public Works Superintendent.
[Amended 6-21-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
A.
Any installation, service, maintenance, testing, repair
or modification of a backflow prevention device shall be performed
in accordance with the provision of the Village of Monroe and the
New York State Plumbing Code. For this section, a backflow prevention
device is an approved air gap, reduced pressure zone device, double-check
valve assembly or equivalent protection device designed to prevent
potential contamination of a public water system.
B.
Check valves or backflow prevention devices conforming
to the most current requirements of the New York State Department
of Health and the Orange County Department of Health shall be installed
by the owner of those systems pursuant to the rules of those Departments
in force at the time of the installation.
C.
A certificate of occupancy shall not be issued by
the Building Inspector for new or modified/renovated/rehabilitated
structures with hazardous systems without a letter from the Building
Inspector and/or his/her designee stating that the check valves or
backflow prevention devices have been installed.
D.
The cost to install the check valves or backflow prevention
devices shall be borne by the owner of the property.
E.
The Department of Public Works Superintendent shall
make a determination as to whether or not a property owner requires
a check valve or backflow prevention device and to the type of device
(i.e., double-check valve, reduced pressure zone device, backflow
preventer, etc.) in accordance with these regulations, New York State
Department of Health and Orange County Department of Health regulation.
[Amended 6-21-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
Any preexisting systems that do not embody cross-connection
control devices shall be upgraded so as to comply with the current
requirements of the New York State Department of Health and the Orange
County Department of Health within 180 days following the service
of notice by certified mail to install check valves or backflow prevention
devices.
A.
Type of facility. The following partial listing gives
examples of the types of facilities which would require an acceptable
reduced pressure zone (RPZ) or air gap to be installed in the service
connection to the public water distribution system.
(1)
Sewage and industrial wastewater treatment plants
and pumping station, sewer flushers, etc.
(2)
Paper manufacturing or processing dye plants, petroleum
processing, printing plant, chemical manufacturing or processing,
industrial fluid systems, steam generation, rubber processing, tanneries.
(3)
Canneries, breweries, food processing, milk processing,
ice manufacturing, meat packers, poultry processing, rendering companies,
etc.
(4)
Hospitals, clinics, laboratories, veterinary hospitals,
mortuaries, embalmers, etc.
(5)
Shipyards, marinas, etc.
(6)
Metal-plating, photo-processing, laundries, commercial
car washes, commercial refrigeration systems, dry-cleaning establishments,
etc.
(7)
Commercial greenhouses, spraying and irrigation systems
using weedicides, herbicides, exterminators, etc.
(8)
Boiler systems, cooling towers or internal fire-fighting
systems using conditioners, inhibitors, corrosion control chemicals,
etc. (typically: apartment buildings, cooling tower, warehouses).
(9)
Residential units with lawn and irrigation system
with chemical injection.
B.
Aesthetically objectionable facilities. The following
partial listing gives examples of the types of facilities which would
require an acceptable double-check valve to be installed in the service
connection to the public water distribution system.
(1)
Customer fire-protection loops, fire storage tanks
with no chemical additives.
(2)
High temperature potable water.
(3)
Utilization of food grade dyes.
(4)
Complex plumbing systems in commercial buildings (typically:
barbershops, beauty salons, churches, apartment buildings, gas stations,
supermarkets, nursing homes, construction sites, carnivals).
(5)
Residential units with lawn and irrigation system.
C.
Nonhazardous facilities.
(2)
Unfortunately, it is not possible to list every circumstance
and facility type that may be encountered by a water customer. Therefore,
the Department of Public Works Superintendent and the Local Health
Department Engineer shall evaluate any facility which is not listed
and make a determination as to the requirements for installation of
cross-connection protection devices.
[Amended 6-21-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
The testing of cross-connection control devices
shall be performed on an annual basis by the owner of any system requiring
the same, and the cost of such testing shall be borne by the owner
of the system. The testing procedures shall conform to the requirements
of the New York State Department of Health and the Orange County Department
of Health. Test results are to be submitted to the Building Inspector.
[Amended 6-21-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
The Building Inspector and/or Department of
Public Works Superintendent shall distribute specifications which
shall provide the cross-connection program requirements for the Village
of Monroe. The Building Inspector and/or Department of Public Works
Superintendent shall enforce the requirements of the New York State
Department of Health and the Orange County Department of Health.
[Amended 7-6-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999; 6-21-2011 by L.L. No.
2-2011]
Violation of the provisions of this article shall be deemed a violation subjecting the violator to fines and penalties as set forth in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, § 1-14, in connection with each day the violation continues after notice by the Village Building Inspector and/or Department of Public Works Superintendent. In addition, the service of water to any premises may be discontinued by the Village if check valves or backflow prevention devices required by this article and regulations adopted pursuant thereto are not installed, tested and maintained; if any defect is found in an installed check valve or backflow prevention device; if it is found that the check valve or backflow prevention device has been removed or bypassed; or if unprotected cross-connection exists on the premises; and services shall not be restored until such condition or defects are collected.
