§ 13.13.130. Discontinuance of water service.

A.

If Willcox Water discovers that a customer's required backflow prevention method has been improperly tested or maintained, the water service to that service connection shall be disconnected if the situation is not remedied within the time specified in the notice sent to the customer as required by this section. The service shall not be restored until the condition is remedied.

B.

Water service to a fire sprinkler system shall be subject to disconnection under this section. If a situation, which will result in discontinuance of water service in subsection (A) above, is not remedied within the time provided in the notice sent to the customer, multiple violations will accrue.

C.

Prior to disconnecting any water service because a condition set forth in subsection (A) above exists, Willcox Water shall issue a notice to the customer describing the condition and notifying the customer that the condition must be remedied within 15 days form the initial inspection date. If there is no immediate action on the part of the customer, a second notice by certified mail shall be sent ten days after the initial inspection date stating that water service will be disconnected within five days of the second notice. If there is still no action, a turn off notice shall be sent to the customer stating that service will be disconnected on a date certain (approximately two days from the date of the turn off notice) (For retrofit notification procedures, see section 13.13.160.)

D.

Willcox Water may disconnect, without notice, water service to any customer when Willcox Water discovers that a direct, contaminated cross connection exists in the customer's water system or that a backflow prevention method has been bypassed or removed.

(Ord. NS149, § 1, 1993)