Willcox |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 13. PUBLIC SERVICES |
Chapter 13.13. BACKFLOW PREVENTION AND CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL |
§ 13.13.110. Test, maintenance, records.
A.
The customer shall test and service backflow prevention assemblies at least once a year. If the testing reveals the assembly to be defective or in unsatisfactory operating condition, the customer shall perform any necessary repairs, including replacement or overhaul of the assembly, if necessary, which will return the assembly to satisfactory operating condition.
B.
If Willcox Water or a customer learns or discovers, during the interim period between tests, that an assembly is defective or in unsatisfactory operating condition, the customer shall perform any necessary repairs, including replacement or overhaul of the assembly, if necessary, which will return the assembly to satisfactory operating condition.
C.
The annual testing shall be performed by an individual certified to conduct such testing by an agency approved by Willcox Water. A list of certified, approved and recognized individuals will be maintained by Willcox Water and will be available upon request to all persons required to install or maintain a backflow prevention assembly. A certification issued to a backflow prevention assembly tester may be revoked or suspended for improper testing, maintenance, reporting or other improper practices.
D.
The customer shall maintain records, on forms approved by Willcox Water, of the results of all tests and all servicing, repairs, overhauls or replacements of the backflow prevention assembly. A copy of the records shall be promptly submitted to Willcox Water after completion of the activity for which the record is made.
E.
Fire systems shall not be out of service for more than eight consecutive hours due to testing, maintenance, or repairs. The Willcox Department of Public Safety Fire Division shall be notified immediately of any testing, maintenance, or repairs that place a fire system out of service.
(Ord. NS149, § 1, 1993)