Sec. 37-141. Declaration of policy; authorization.
Danger to the public health, safety, and welfare resulting from contamination or pollution of the public potable water supply system requires that measures be adopted to protect that system by authorizing City officials to do all of the following:
A. Protect the public potable water supply from the possibility of contamination or pollution by preventing the backflow of contaminants or pollutants into the public potable water supply system.
B. Promote the awareness and elimination of cross connections, actual or potential, of a customer’s internal potable water system with the public potable water supply system.
C. Provide for a continuing program of backflow prevention control that will prevent the contamination or pollution of the public potable water supply system.
D. Provide for the monitoring and enforcement of a continuing program of backflow prevention that will prevent the contamination or pollution of the public potable water supply.
E. Comply with Section R18-4-215, Arizona Administrative Code, "Backflow Prevention," effective August 30, 2008. One copy of Section R18-4-215 will be on file with the City Clerk and the Planning and Development Department. (Ord. No. G-6741, § 2 (Exh. A), 2020)