8356-93 Amending Article 9 Establishing a water cross connection control program

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• ORDINANCE NO. "33-4- 92 AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL, AMENDING ARTICLE 9 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING A WATER CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL PROGRAM TO SAFEGUARD THE SOUTH BEND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY IN SUPPORT OF EXISTING STATE LAW Statement of Purpose and Intent On November 1, 1987, the Water Pollution Control Board, pursuant to its statutory authority, promulgated regulations for the implementation of a Cross Connection Control Program, 327 IAC 8-10-1 et seq. These regulations authorize municipalities to regulate users of the public water supply and to require such users of the public water supply to take precautions against cross connections between the public water supply and the private utilization of that water where there is a hazard of contaminating the public water supply by backflow. The Water Works of the City of South Bend, the supplier of public water, wishes to take primary responsibility for enforcement of the regulations promulgated by the Water Pollution Control Board. The Board of Water Works Commissioners have reviewed the regulations set forth in the proposed amendments to Article 9 of the South Bend Municipal Code and have approved a resolution expressing their support for the adoption of these regulations and have further requested that the Director of the Water works file this ordinance amending Article 9 of Chapter 17 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows : Section I . Chapter 17 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall be, and hereby is amended to add a new Article, Article 9, comprising Section 17-66 to 17-78, inclusive, which Article shall read in its entirety as follows : ARTICLE 9 . CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL PROGRAM1 Sec. 17-66 . Definitions. (a) Air-Gap means an unobstructed vertical distance through atmosphere between the discharge end of a pipeline supplied from a public water supply, and the overflow rim of the receiving portion of the customer water system. (b) Commissioner means the executive and chief administrative officer of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management . 1 State law reference : Cross Connections; Control; Operation; 327 IAC 8-10-1 et seq.