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PRESENTED April 13, 199__3
ADOPTED April 13, 199_3
ORDINANCE NO. 93-0-13
AN ORDINANCE: AMENDING CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE IV OF THE TOWN CODE REGARDING
CROSS CONNECTION AND BACKFLOW PREVENTION CONTROL
WHEREAS, the Loudoun County Cross Connection Control Committee recently updated the
Cross Connection Control Manual, used by all political jurisdictions within Loudoun County, to comply
with the August 1, 1991 revised Virginia Department of Health Waterworks Regulations; and
WHEREAS, amendment of Chapter 19, Article IV of the Leesburg Town Code is required to
enact provisions of the Loudoun County Cross Connection Control Manual;
THEREFORE, ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. Chapter 19, Article IV of the Town Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 19-55. In general. This article provides for the protection of the town's drinking water
supply from possible contamination caused by back-pressure or back-siphonage conditions, in accordance
with the regulations of the Virginia Department of Health,Loudoun County Cross Connection Control
Manual as adopted by the Loudoun County. Cross Connection Control Committee and Virginia Uniform
Statewide Building Code (BOCA Plumbing Code).
Sec. 19-56. Administration. The Director of Utilities shall administer and enforce the
provisions of this article under direction of the Town Manager.
Sec. 19-57. Cross-connections.
(a) No person shall install or maintain a water service connection to any premises where cross-
connections 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.
(b) No person shall install or maintain any connection whereby water from an amdliary water
system may enter the town's or consumer's water system unless the auxiliary water system and the
method of connection anti use of such system shall have been approved by the town.
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Sec. 19-58. Where protection is required.
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At a minimum, all service connections including fire connections shall be protected with
an approved baekflow prevention device consisting of a double cheek valve or dual c]heck valve as
referenced in Section VR 1t1515-18-006.04 of the Virginia Department of Health Waterworks Regulations
and as approved by Loudoun CounBr Cross Connection Control Committee.
b-. The following facilities shall install a reduced pressure zone (RPg) device ~s an approved
backflow preventer at the service connection as referenced in Section VR 8§§-18-006.04 of the Virginia
Department of Health Waterworks Regulations and approved by Loudoun County Cross Connection
Control Committee:
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Hospitals, mortuaries, medical and veterinary buildings, and nursing homes
Laboratories
Piers, docks, waterfront facilities
Sewage treatment plants, sewage pumping stations or storm water pumping stations
Water treatment plants
Food and beverage processing plants
Metal plating industries
Chemical plants, dyeing plants and pharmaceutical plants
Petroleum or natural gas processing plants
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~10__~. Radioactive materials processing plants or nuclear reactors
~11__~. Carwashes
~12__~. Slaughter houses and poultry processing plants
~13_~. In-ground lawn sprinkler systems
~14__~. Separate service line for cooling tower without proper air gap
~15_~. Greenhouses and nurseries using chemicals
~16__. Paper and paper product plants
~17_~. Pesticide or exterminating companies with chemical storage or mixing tanks
~18__~. Others specified by the purveyor and/or the Division when reasonable ~muse can be
shown for a potential backflow or cross connection hazard as outlined in 'the Loudoun
County Cross Connection Manual.
Sec. 19-59. Installation and maintenance of devices.
(a) Approval of backflow prevention devices and the type of protection required shall be in
accordance with the requirements and standards provided in Sc~..".cn ~.9~ c.n~ a~.95 Article 3, VR355-18-
006 of the Virginia Department of health Waterworks Regulations.
Where backflow prevention and low-pressure cutoff devices are required, they shall be
installed, tested upon installation and maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by
the consumer, at his expense.
Sec. 19-60. Annual testing and inspection of devices. The consumer shall have annual
inspections and operational tests performed at consumer's sole expense on all backflow prevention devices
or low-pressure cutoff devices, depending on their pollutional hazard potential as determined by the
Director of Utilities, by a '2ccn~c~ plum~.cr cc~d. fic.~ :.r. orca; ccnncc~cn ~c'd. cc tc~r.g an individual
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certified in cross-connection control device testing. A written certification of approval and test results
shall be furnished to the town, by the testing individual, upon completion of the work.
Sec. 19-61. Right of entry to enforce article. The Town Manager and duly authorized
employees of the town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter upon all
properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, sampling and testing, in accordance with the
provisions of this article.
Sec. 19-62. Notice of violation of article. Any consumer found to be violating or in violation
of any provision of this article shall be served a written notice and order sent certified mail to the
consumer's last-known post office address, stating the nature of the violation, corrective a~ion required
and providing a reasonable time limit, not to exceed 30 days, from the date of receipt of notice and order,
to bring the devices into compliance with this article.
Sec. 19-63. Denial or discontinuance of service. Water service to a consumer shall be
denied or discontinued upon continuation of any violation beyond the time limit provided in the notice
given pursuant to Section 19-62. When service is so discontinued, a fee for this resumption of service,
after correction of said violation, in the amount of $20.00, shall be charged.
SECTION II. This ordinance shall be in effect upon its passage.
PASSED this 13th day of April, 1993.
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Town of Leesburg