Newport News |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 42. WATER SUPPLY |
Article IV. CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL AND BACKFLOW PREVENTION |
§ 42-51. Purpose.
The purpose of this article is:
(1)
To protect the public potable water supply of the waterworks system from the possibility of contamination or pollution by isolating within a customer's internal distribution system, such contaminants and pollutants that could backflow into the waterworks system;
(2)
To promote the elimination or control of cross connections, actual or potential, between a customer's in-plant potable water system and non-potable systems; and
(3)
To provide for a program of cross connection control which will effectively prevent the contamination or pollution of all potable water systems by cross connections.
(Ord. No. 6233-06, § 1)
(Ord. No. 6233-06, § 1)