HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 4669 09/06/1994 ORDINANCE NO. .46.69
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22
OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT
PASSED AND APPROVED BY
THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OP TRUSTEES
THE 6th DAY OF September , 1994
Published in pamphlet form by
authority of the corporate
authorities of the Village of
Mount Prospect, Illinois, the
6th day of September , 1994.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4669
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22
OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
WHEREAS, the Illinois Plumbing Code and Illinois Adminstrative Code require protection
of the potable water system from contamination due to backflow or backsiphonage of
contaminants through the water service connection; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Pollution Control Board Regulations of Illinois Administrative Code
require an active program of cross-connection control which will prevent the contamination
of all potable water supply systems; and
WHEREAS, in order to accomplish these goals, it is necessary to introduce restrictions
that describe in detail specific procedures and requirements for cross-connection control.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION ONE: That Section 22.402.2 entitled "Cross Connections" of Article IV of
Chapter 22 of the Village Code of Mount Prospect, as amended, is hereby further
amended by deleting said Section 22.402.2 in its entirety.
SECTION TVVO: That Chapter 22 entitled "Water, Sewer and Flood Plain Regulations"
of the Village Code of Mount Prospect, as amended, is hereby further amended by
creating Article IX entitled "Cross Connections"; so that hereinafter said Article IX of
Chapter 22 shall be and read as follows:
"ARTICLE IX
CROSS CONNECTIONS
Sec. 22.901. General Policy
Sec. 22.902. Purpose and Application
Sec. 22.903. Definitions
Sec. 22.904. Water System
Sec. 22.905. Cross Connections Prohibited
Sec. 22.906. Surveys and Investigations
Sec. 22.907. Where and When Protection is Required
Sec. 22.908. Type of Protection Required
Sec. 22.909. Backflow Prevention Devices
Se'c. 22.910. Booster Pumps
Sec. 22.911. Violations
Sec. 22.901. General Policy
A. The Director of Public Works and the Director of Inspection Services shall be
responsible for protection of the public water supply system from contamination
due to backflow or back siphonage of contaminants through the customer's water
service connection. If, in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, hereinafter
referred to as the "Code", or in the judgment of the Director of Inspection Services
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or the Director of Public Works, an approved backflow prevention device is
necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, notice will be given to
the water customer to install such an approved device immediately. The water
customer shall, at his/her own expense, install such an approved device at a
location and in a manner in accordance with the Code and all applicable local
regulations and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved device
upon installation and as required by the Code and this Article.
B. No person, firm or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or
maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby a private auxiliary or
emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the Village
of Mount Prospect or distribution system of said municipality, unless such private,
auxiliary or emergency water supply and use of such supply shall have been
approved by the Director of Inspection Services and the Director of Public Works.
The method of connection shall conform to the rules and regulations of the Code
and shall be approved by the Director of Inspection Services or authorized
representative(s).
C. It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works or authorized representative(s)
to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial, commercial, and
other properties served by the public water supply to determine whether or not
actual or potential hazards to the publicwater supply may exist. Such surveys and
investigations shall be made a matter of record and shall be repeated at least
every two (2) years or as often as the Director of Public Works shall deem
necessary. Completion of these surveys is mandatory. Failure to submit a
completed survey will be considered a violation of this ordinance and will subject
the offending consumer to a discontinuation of water service. Records of such
surveys shall be maintained by the Village and available for review for a period of
at least five years.
D. If ordered by the Director of Inspection Services, any owner of property served by
a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the Village of
Mount Prospect shall procure the services of a licensed crcss-connection control
device inspector for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross
connections, and that the Director of Inspection Services or authorized agent shall
have the right to request entry at any reasonable time any property served by a
connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the Village of Mount
Prospect for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the customer
regarding the required cross-connection control inspection. Upon request, the
owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Director
of Inspection Services any information regarding the piping system or systems or
water use on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded,
shall, within the discretion of the Director of Inspection Services, be deemed
evidence of the presence of cross connections, as provided in this Article.
E. The Director of Inspection Services of the Village of Mount Prospect is hereby
authorized to direct and request the Director of Public Works to discontinue, and
the Director of Public Works is authorized to discontinue, after reasonable notice
to the occupant and/or owner thereof, the water service to any property wherein
any connection in violation of the provisions of this Article is known to exist, and
to take such other precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate any
danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water
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service to such property shall not be restored until such conditions have been
eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this Article. Immediate
disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the Director of Inspection
Services or the Director of Public Works is assured that imminent danger of
harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists. Such action shall
be followed by written notification of the cause of disconnection. Immediate
disconnection without notice to any party can be effected to prevent actual or
anticipated contamination or pollution of the public water supply, provided that, in
the reasonable opinion of the Director of Inspection Services, or the Director of
Public Works or authorized agent(s), such action is required to prevent actual or
potential contamination or pollution of the public water supply. Neither the Village,
its Director of Inspection Services, Director of Public Works, nor its agents or
assigns shall be liable to any customer for any injury, damages or lost revenues
which may result from termination of said customer's water supply in accordance
with the terms of this Article, whether or not said termination was with or without
notice.
F. A backflow prevention device approved by the Director of Inspection Services, or
authorized representative(s), shall be installed on all service connections to the
Village water supply at a location and in a manner in accordance with the Code
and all applicable local regulations and shall have inspections and tests made of
such approved device upon installation and as required by the Code and this
Article.
Sec, 22,902. Purpose and Application
A. Purpose. The purpose of this Article and cross-connection control program is:
1. To protect the public water supply system from contamination or pollution
by isolating, within the customer's water system, contaminants or pollutants
which could backflow through the service connection into the public water
supply system.
2. To promote the elimination or control of existing cross connections, actual
or potential, between the public or consumer's potable water system and
non-potable water systems, plumbing fixtures and sources or systems
containing substances of unknown or questionable safety.
3. To provide for the maintenance of a continuing program of cross-connection
control which will prevent the contamination or pollution of the public and
consumer's potable water systems.
B. Application. Provisions of this Article shall apply to all premises served by the
public potable water supply system of the Village of Mount Prospect.
Sec. 22.903. Definitions.
A. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this
Article:
AGENCY: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
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APPROVED: Backflow prevention devices or methods approved
by the Research Foundation for Cross-Connection
Control of the University of Southern California,
Association of State Sanitary Engineers, American
Water Works Association, American National
Standards Institute or certified by the National
Sanitation Foundation.
AUXILIARY WATER SYSTEM: Any water source or system on or available to the
premises other than the public water supply system
and includes the water supplied by the system.
These auxiliary waters may include water from
another purveyor's public water supply system; or
water from a source such as wells, lakes, or
streams, or process fluids; or used water. These
waters may be polluted or contaminated or objec-
tionable or constitute a water source or system over
which the water purveyor does not have control.
BACKFLOW: The flow of water or other liquids, mixtures, or
substances into the distribution pipes of a potable
water system from any source other than the
intended source of the potable water supply.
BACKFLOW PREVENTION Any device, method, or type of construction intended
DEVICE: to prevent backflow into a potable water system. All
devices used for backflow prevention in Illinois must
meet the standards of the Illinois Plumbing Code and
the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
BACK PRESSURE: Any elevation of pressure in the downstream piping
system above the supply pressure of potable water
at the point of consideration which would cause, or
tend to cause, a reversal of the normal direction of
flow.
BACK SIPHONAGE: A form a backflow that results from a reduction in
system pressure which causes a sub-atmospheric
pressure to exist at a site in the potable water
system.
CONSUMER or CUSTOMER: The owner, official custodian or person in control of
any premises supplied by or in any manner
connected to a public water system.
CONSUMER'S WATER Any water system located on the customer's
SYSTEM: premises. A building plumbing system is considered
to be a customer's water system.
CONTAMINATION: An impairment of the quality of the water by entrance
of any substance to a degree which could create a
health hazard.
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CROSS CONNECTION: Any physical connection or arrangement between
two otherwise separate piping systems, one of which
contains potable water and the other a substance of
unknown or questionable safety or quality, whereby
there may be a flow from one system into the other.
Direct Cross Connection: A cross connection formed
when a water system is physically joined to a source
of unknown or unsafe substance.
Indirect cross connection: A cross connection
through which an unknown substance can be forced,
drawn by vacuum or otherwise introduced into a safe
potable water system.
CROSS CONNECTION Any person certified by the Agency who is
CONTROL DEVICE responsible for inspecting cross-connection control
INSPECTOR: devices.
DOUBLE CHECK VALVE An assembly composed of single, independently
ASSEMBLY: acting check valves approved under ASSE Standard
1015. A double check valve assembly must include
tight shutoff valves located at each end of the
assembly and suitable connections for testing the
water tightness of each check valve.
FIXED PROPER AIR GAP: The unobstructed vertical distance through the free
atmosphere between the water discharge point and
the flood level rim of the receptacle.
HEALTH HAZARD: Any condition, device or practice in a water system
or its operation resulting from a real or potential
danger to the health and well being of consumers.
The word "severe" as used to qualify "health hazard"
means a hazard to the health of the user that could
be expected to result in death or significant reduction
in the quality of life.
INSPECTION: A plumbing inspection to examine carefully and
critically all materials, fixtures, piping and
appurtenances, appliances and installations of a
plumbing system for compliance with requirements of
the Illinois Plumbing Code, and 77 III. Adm. Code
890.
NON-POTABLE WATER: Water not safe for drinking, personal or culinary use,
as determined by the requirements of 35 III. Adm.
Code 604.
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PLUMBING: The actual installation, repair, maintenance,
alteration or extension of a plumbing system by any
person. Plumbing includes all piping, fixtures,
appurtenances and appliances for a supply of water
for all purposes, including, without limitation, lawn
sprinkler systems, from the source of a private water
supply on the premises or from the main in the
street, alley or at the curb to, within and about any
building or buildings where people live, work or
assemble. Plumbing includes all piping, from
discharge of pumping units to and including pressure
tanks in water supply systems. Plumbing includes all
piping, fixtures, appurtenances, and appliances for a
building drain and a sanitary drainage and related
ventilation system of any building or buildings where
people live, work or assemble, from the point of
connection of such building drain to the building
sewer or private sewage disposal system, five feet
beyond the foundation walls.
POLLUTION: The presence of any foreign substance (organic,
inorganic, radiological, or biological) in water that
tends to degrade its quality so as to constitute a
hazard or impair the usefulness of the water.
POTABLE WATER: Water which meets the requirements of 35 III. Adm.
Code 604 for drinking, culinary and domestic
purposes.
POTENTIAL CROSS A fixture or appurtenance with threaded hose
CONNECTION: connection, tapered spout, or other connection which
would facilitate extension of the water supply line
beyond its legal termination point.
PROCESS FLUID(S): Any fluid or solution which may be chemically,
biologically or otherwise contaminated or polluted in
a form or concentration such as would constitute a
health, pollutional, or system hazard if introduced
into the public or a consumer's potable water system.
This includes, but is not limited to:
a) polluted or contaminated waters
b) process waters
c) used waters originating from the public water
supply system which may have deteriorated in
sanitary quality
d) cooling waters
e) questionable or contaminated natural water
taken from wells, lakes, streams, or irrigation
systems
f) chemicals in solution or suspension
g) oils, gases, acids, alkalis, and other liquid and
gaseous fluids used in industrial or other pro-
cesses, or fire-fighting purposes.
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PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY: All mains, pipes and structures through which water
is obtained and distributed to the public, including
wells and well structures, intakes and cribs, pumping
stations, treatment plants, reservoirs, storage tanks
and appurtenances, collectively or severally, actually
used or intended for use for the purpose of
furnishing water for drinking or general domestic use
and which serve at least 15 service connections or
which regularly serve at least 25 persons at least 60
days per year. A public water supply is either a
"community water supply" or a "noncommunity water
supply."
REDUCED-PRESSURE A device containing a minimum of two independently
PRINCIPLE BACKFLOW acting check valves together with an automatically
PREVENTION DEVICE: operating pressure differential relief valve located
between the two check valves and approved under
ASSE Standard 1013. During normal flow and at the
cessation of normal flow, the pressure between
these two checks shall be less than the supply pres-
sure. In case of leakage of either check valve, the
differential relief valve, by discharging to the atmo-
sphere, shall operate to maintain the pressure
between the check valves at less than the supply
pressure. The unit must include tightly closing shutoff
valves located at each end of the device, and each
device shall be fitted with properly located test cocks.
SERVICE CONNECTION: The opening, including all fittings and appurtenances,
at the water main through which water is supplied to
the user including, but not limited to, all domestic
and fire services.
SURVEY: The collection of information pertaining to a
customer's piping system regarding the location of all
connections to the public water supply system and
must include the location, type and most recent
inspection and testing date of all cross-connection
control devices and methods located within that
customer's piping system. The survey must be in
written form and should not be an actual plumbing
inspection.
SYSTEM HAZARD: A condition through which an aesthetically
objectionable or degrading material not dangerous to
health may enter the public water supply system or a
consumer's potable water system.
USED WATER: Any water supplied by a public water supply system
to a consumer's water system after it has passed
through the service connection and is no longer
under the control of the water supply official
custodian.
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WATER PURVEYOR: The owner or official custodian of a public water
system.
Sec. 22.904. Water System.
A. The water system shall be considered as made up of two parts; the public water
supply system and the consumer's water system.
B. The public water supply system shall consist of the source facilities and the
distribution system and shall include all those facilities of the potable water system
under the control of the Village of Mount Prospect up to the point where the
consumer's water system begins.
C. The source shall include all components of the facilities utilized in the production,
treatment, storage, and delivery of water to the public water distribution system.
D. The public water supply distribution system shall include the network of conduits
used to deliver water from the source to the consumer's water system.
E. The consumer's water system shall include all parts of the facilities beyond the
service connection used to convey water from the public water supply distribution
system to points of use, including all water supply structures on the consumer's
side of the B-box or shut-off valve. This includes the consumer's water supply
structures which may be situated in the public right-of-way or designated
easement.
Sec, 22,905, Cross Connections Prohibited,
A. Connections between potable water systems and other systems or equipment
containing water or substances of unknown or questionable quality are prohibited
except when and where approved cross-connection control devices or methods are
installed, tested and maintained to insure proper operation on a continuing basis.
B. No physical connection shall be permitted between the potable portion of a supply
and any other water supply not of equal or better bacteriological and chemical
quality, as determined by inspection and analysis by the Director of Inspection
Services.
C. There shall be no arrangement or connection by which an unsafe substance may
enter a supply.
Sec. 22.906. Surveys and Investigations,
A. The Director of Public Works shall circulate a cross-connection control device
survey to all consumers with a potential risk of backflow or back pressure to the
Village potable water supply. This survey shall be completed by the property
owner or consumer at the premises served and returned to the Public Works
Department within 30 days of the date of issue. Failure to submit a completed
survey will subject the property owner or consumer to the penalties outlined in
Section 22.911.
B. The consumer, if ordered by the Director of Inspection Services or authorized
representative, shall procure the services of an approved cross-connection control
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device inspector for the inspection of the presence or absence of cross
connections within the consumer's premises and for testing, repair and
maintenance of cross-connection control devices within the consumer's premises,
and the consumer shall be responsible for all costs related thereto.
C. On request by the Director of Inspection Services or authorized representative, the
consumer shall furnish information regarding the piping system or systems or water
use within the customer's premises. The consumer's premises shall be open at
all reasonable times to the Director of Inspection Services or authorized
representative for the verification of information submitted by the inspection
consumer to the public water supply custodian regarding cross-connection
inspection results.
D. It shall be the responsibility of the water consumer to arrange periodic surveys of
water use practices on his/her premises to determine whether or not there are
actual or potential cross connections to his/her water system through which
contaminants or pollutants could backflow into his/her or the public potable water
system. All cross-connection control or other plumbing inspections must be
conducted in accordance with 225 ILCS 320~3.
E. It is the responsibility of the water consumer to prevent backflow into the public
water system by ensuring that:
1. All cross connections are removed, or approved cross-connection control
devices are installed for control of backflow and back siphonage.
2. Cross-connection control devices shall be installed in accordance with the
manufacturer's instructions.
3. Cross-connection control devices shall be inspected at the time of
installation and at least annually by a person certified by the Agency as a
cross-connection control device inspector (CCCDI). The inspection of
mechanical devices shall include physical testing in accordance with the
manufacturer's instructions.
4. Testing and Records
a) It shall be the duty of the consumer, at any premises on which
backflow prevention devices required by these regulations are
installed, to have inspections, tests, maintenance, and repairs made
in accordance with the schedules noted in these regulations. Each
device shall be tested at the time of installation and annually or more
frequently if recommended by the manufacturer.
b) A copy of all testing reports must be submitted to the Director of
Inspection Services within ten (10) working days of the installation.
The test results for recertification must be submitted to the Director
of Inspection Services within ten (10) working days of the required
renewal date. The date and time of the test, name and license
number of cross-connection control device inspector, and test
results must be listed on each report.
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c) Double check valve assemblies shall be inspected and tested at time
of installation and annually thereafter, and required service
performed within fifteen (15) days.
d) Reduced-pressure principle backflow prevention assemblies shall be
tested at the time of installation and annually or more frequently if
recommended by the manufacturer, and required service shall be
performed within five (5) days.
e) Testing shall be performed by a person who has been certified by
the Agency as competent to service the device. Proof of approval
shall be in writing.
f) Records submitted to the Village water supply shall be available for
inspection by Agency personnel in accordance with 415 ILCS 5~4.
g) Each device shall have a tag attached listing the date of most recent
test, name of CCCDI, and type and date of repairs.
h) Whenever backflow prevention devices required by these regulations
are found to be defective, they shall be repaired or replaced at the
expense of the consumer without delay.
i) Backflow prevention devices shall not be bypassed, made
inoperative, removed, or otherwise made ineffective without specific
authorization by the Director of Inspection Services.
j) A maintenance log shall be maintained and include:
date of each test
name and CCCDI license number of person(s) performing the
test
test results
repairs or servicing required
repairs and date completed
service performed and date completed
Sec. 22.907. Where and When Protection is Required.
A. An approved backflow device shall be installed on all connections to the public
water supply, as described in the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890
and the Agency's regulations 35 Ill. Adm. Code 680. In addition, an approved
backfiow prevention device shall be installed on each service line to a consumer's
water system serving premises, where, in the judgment of the Director of
Inspection Services, or the Director of Public Works, or their authorized
representative(s), actual or potential hazards to the public water supply system
exist~
B. If ordered by the Director of Inspection Services, the water customer at subject
premises shall install, test, and submit a copy of said test results to the Director
of Inspection services within sixty (60) days of being so ordered unless the Director
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of Inspection Services or the Director of Public Works or their authorized
representatives determine that the nature of the threat to the public potable water
supply requires more timely compliance.
C. An approved backflow prevention device shall be installed on each service line to
a consumer's water system including, but not limited to, situations where the
following conditions exist:
1. Premises having an auxiliary water supply, unless such auxiliary supply is
accepted as an additional source by the Director of Inspection Services.
2. Premises on which any substance is handled which can create an actual
or potential hazard to the public water supply system. This shall include
premises having sources or systems containing process fluids or waters
originating from the public water supply system which are no longer under
the sanitary control of the Director of Public Works.
3. Premises having internal cross connections that, in the judgment of the
Director of Inspection Services or a cross-connection control device
inspector, are not correctable or that have intricate plumbing arrangements
which make it impractical to determine whether or not cross connections
exist.
4. Premises where, because of security requirements or other prohibitions or
restrictions, it is impossible or impractical to make a complete cross-
connection survey.
5. Premises having a repeated history of cross connections being established
or reestablished.
D. An approved backflow device shall be installed on all connections to the public.
water supply as described in the Plumbing Code, 77 III. Adm. Code 890 and the
Agency's regulations 35 III. Adm. Code 653. In addition, an approved backflow
prevention device shall be installed on each service line to a consumer's water
system serving, but not necessarily limited to, the following types of facilities,
unless the Director of Inspection Services determines that no actual potential
hazard to the public water supply system exists:
1. Hospitals, mortuaries, clinics, nursing homes.
2. Laboratories.
3. Piers, docks, waterfront facilities.
4. Sewage treatment plants, sewage pumping stations or storm water
pumping stations.
5. Food or beverage processing plants.
6. Chemical plants.
7. Metal plating industries.
8. Petroleum processing or storage plants.
9. Radioactive material processing plants or nuclear reactors.
10. Car washes.
11. Pesticide, or herbicide, or extermination plants and trucks.
12. Farm service and fertilizer plants and trucks.
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Sec. 22.908. Type of Protection Required.
A. The type of protection required under Sections 22.907.6.C.1, 22.907.6.C.2, and
and 22.907.6.C.3 of these regulations shall depend on the degree of hazard which
exists as follows:
1. An approved, fixed, proper air gap separation shall be installed where the
public water supply system may be contaminated with substances that
could cause a severe health hazard.
2. An approved, fixed, proper air gap separation, or an approved, reduced-
pressure principle, backflow prevention assembly shall be installed where
the public water supply system may be contaminated with a substance that
. could cause a system or health hazard.
3. An approved, fixed, proper air gap separation, or an approved, reduced-
pressure principle, backflow prevention assembly or double check valve
assembly shall be installed where public water supply system may be
polluted with substances that could cause a pollution hazard not dangerous
to health.
B. The type of protection required under Sections 22.907.6.C.4 and 22.907.6.C.5 of
these regulations shall be an approved, fixed, proper air-separation or an
approved, reduced-pressure principle, backflow prevention device.
C. VVhere a public water supply or an auxiliary water supply is used for a fire
protection system, reduced-pressure principle backflow preventers shall be
installed on fire safety systems connected to the public water supply under the
following conditions:
1. When the fire safety system contains antifreeze, fire retardant, or other
chemicals.
2. When water is pumped into the system from another source.
3. When water flows by gravity from a non-potable source; or when water can
be pumped into the fire safety system from another source.
4. When there is a connection whereby another source can be connected to
the fire safety system.
D. Any addition or alteration to an automatic sprinkler system shall be in accordance
with the appropriate design standard for the system. If the addition of a backflow
prevention device decreases the water pressure below the required pressure for
the fire safety system, additional measures shall be taken in each such case to
restore the pressure to the operating level required by mechanical means (i.e., a
fire pump).
E. Before a backfiow prevention device is installed retroactively on a fire sprinkler
system, a thorough hydraulic analysis shall be performed including:
1. Revised hydraulic calculations for hydraulically calculated systems in
accordance with NFPA 13, 13R, or 13D. Submitted calculations should
include the pressure loss anticipated through the backflow prevention
device.
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2. Revised sprinkler system demand for pipe schedule systems.
3. Current water supply data based on a water supply test, including a
comparison assuring that any additional pipe lengths or fittings necessary
to accommodate the proper installation of the backflow prevention device
will not increase the sprinkler system demand beyond the available water
supply and,
4. All necessary modifications contributing to the additional friction loss.
These items, including a manufacturer's data sheet indicating the expected
pressure loss, must be submitted to the Fire Department Fire Prevention Bureau
prior to the installation of the backfiow prevention assembly.
Sec. 22.909. Backflow Prevention Devices,
A. All backflow prevention devices or methods required by these rules and regulations
shall be approved by the Research Foundation for Cross-Connection Control of the
University of Southern California, American Water Works Association, Amedcan
Society of Sanitary Engineering, or American National Standards Institute, or
certified by the National Sanitation Foundation to be in compliance with applicable
industry specifications.
B. Installation of approved devices shall be made in accordance with 35 II1. Adm.
Code 653.802, and only as specified by the Research Foundation for Cross-
Connection Control of the University of Southern California, or applicable industry
specifications. Maintenance, as recommended by the manufacturer ofthe device,
shall be performed. Manufacturer's maintenance manual shall be available on site.
Sec. 22.910. Booster Pumps
A. VVhere a booster pump has been installed on the service line to or within any
premises, such pump shall be equipped with a Iow-pressure cut-off device
designed to shut off the booster pump when the pressure in the service line on the
suction side of the pump drops to 20 psi or less.
B. It shall be the duty of the water consumer to maintain the Iow-pressure cut.off
device in proper working order and to certify to the Director of Inspection Services,
at least once a year, that the device is operable.
Sec. 22.911. Violations.
A. The Director of Inspection Services shall request or direct the Director of Public
Works to deny or discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupants and owners
thereof, the water service to any premises wherein any backflow prevention device
required by these regulations is not installed, tested, maintained, and repaired in
a manner acceptable to the Director of Inspection Services, or if it is found that the
backflow prevention device has been removed or bypassed, or if an unprotected
cross connection exists on the premises, or if a Iow pressure cut off required by
this Article is not installed and maintained in working order.
B. Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the consumer has
corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects in conformance with this Article
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and to the satisfaction of the Director of Inspection Services and until a
reconnection fee of ten dollars ($10.00), for expenses incurred disconnecting and
reconnecting the water service, is paid to the Village of Mount Prospect. This fee
must be paid in addition to any other fines described in Section 22.911.D of this
Article.
C. The consumer responsible for back siphoned or back pressured material or
contamination through back flow must bear the cost of clean up of the potable
water supply system and shall be totally liable for all claims that may result from
such inddents if contamination of the potable water supply system occurs through
an illegal cross connection or an improperly installed, maintained or repaired
device, or a device which has been bypassed.
D. Any person, firm or corporation who/which violates, disobeys, omits, neglects, or
resists enforcement of any of the provisions of this Article shall be fined not less
than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00)
for each offense, and each day upon which such a violation continues shall
constitute a separate offense."
SECTION TWO: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form in the manner provided by law.
AYES: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
PASSED and APPROVED this 6th day of September , 1994.
Village President
ATTEST:
Deputy Village Clerk