HomeMy Public PortalAbout1977_11_23_O021 TOW~ OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE:
77-0m21 PRESENTED November 23, 1977
ADOPTED November 23, 1977
ADDING A NEW ARTICLE TO CHAPTER 19 OF THE TOWN
CODE REGARDING A CROSS-CONNECTION AND BACKFLOW
PREVENTION CONTROL PROGRAM
ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, Virginia,
as follows:
SECTION I. Chapter 19 of the Town Code is hereby amended
by adding a new Article to be numbered Article IV, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE IV. CROSS-CONNECTION AND
BACKFLOW PREVENTION CONTROL
Sec. 19-55 In 'gene'ral.
This Article provides for the protection of the
town's drinking water supply from possible contami-
nation caused by back pressure or back siphonage
conditions, in accordance with the regulations of
the Virginia Department of Health.
Sec. 19-56 Administration.
The Director of Engineering shall administer and
enforce the provisions of this Article under direction
of the Town Manager.
Sec. 19-57. Cross-c'onnecti~ons.
(1) No person shall install or maintain a water
service connection to any premises where cross-connec-
tions to the town's water system or a consumer's water
system may exist unless such cross-connections are
abated or controlled to the satisfaction of the town.
(2) No person shall install or maintain any connec-
tion whereby water from an auxiliary water system may
enter the town's or consumer's water system unless the
auxiliary water system and the method of connection
and use of such system shall have been approved by
the town.
Sec. 19-'58. ~ Wh~ere protection is required.
(1) An approved backflow preVention device shall
be installed on each service line to a consumer's
water system where, in the judgment of the town, a
health, pollutional, or system hazard to the water
system exists.
(2) An approved backflow prevention device shall
be installed on each service line to a consumer's
water system serving premises where the following
conditions exist, except as noted in sub-paragraph
(g) below:
(a) Premises having an auxiliary water system,
unless such auxiliary system is accepted as an
additional source by the town.
(b) Premises on which any substance is handled
in such a manner as to create an actual or potential
hazard to the water system (including premises hav-
ing sources or systems containing process fluids
or waters originating from a waterworks which are
not under the control of the town).
(c) Premises having internal cross-connections
that, in the judgment of the Director of Engineering,
may not be easily correctable or intricate plumbing
arran~ments which make it impractical to determine
whether or not cross-connections exist.
(d) Premises where, beCause of security require-
ments or other prohibitions or restrictions, it is
impossible or impractical to make a complete cross-
connection surveY.
(e) Premises having a repeated history of cross-
connections being established or re-established.
(f) Premises having fire protection systems
utilizing combinations of sprinklers, fire loops,
storage tanks, pumps, antifreeze protection, or
auxiliary water, except that fire loops and sprinkler
systems with openings not subject to flooding, con-
taining no antifreeze or other chemicals and with
no storage or auxiliary sources will not normally
requi~e backflow prevention.
(g) Premises having booster pumps connected to
the waterworks shall be equipped with a low pressure
cut-off device to shut off the booster pump when
the pressure in the waterworks drops to a minimum
of 10 psi gauge.
(h) Other premises specified by the town when
cause can be shown that a potential cross-connection
hazard exists.
(3) An approved backflow prevention device shall be
installed on each service line to a consumer's water sys-
tem serving the following types of facilities:
(a)
(c)
(d)
k)
(n)
(o)
Hospitals, mortuaries, clinics, nursing
homes;
Laboratories;
Piers, docks, waterfront facilities;
Sewage treatment plants, sewage pumping
stations, or storm water pumping stations;
Food and beverage processing plants;
Chemical plants, dyeing plants;
Metal plating industries;
Petroleum processing or storage plants;
Radioactive materials processing plants
nuclear reactors;
Car washes;
Lawn sprinkler systems, irrigation systems;
Fire service systems;
Slaughter houses and ~try processing
plants;
Farms where the water is umed for other than
household purposes;
Others specified by the Director of Engineer-
ing where potential backflow or cross-connec-
tion hazard can be shown.
Sec. 19-59. Type of protection required.
Approval of backflow prevention devices and the type
of protection required shall be in accordance with the re-
quirements and standards provided in Section 6.04 and
Section 6.05 of the Virginia Department of Health Water-
works Regulations for Public Water Supply.
Sec. 19-60. Denial or discontinuance of service.
Water service to a consumer shall be discontinued if
the required backflow device is not installed within a
reasonable period of time, not to exceed 30 days, from
the date any notice and order requiring compliance with
this Article is sent certified mail to the owner's last
known post office address.
SECTION II. An emergency is declared and this ordinance
shall be in effect from the date of its passage.
PASSED this 23rd day of November
, 1977.
ATTEST:
Cle~k of ~n~l~~-~'~''
Mar~ i~ Newman, Ma'~or
Town of Leesburg