Okaloosa County BOCC — September 6, 2016 — proposed Water & Sewer Ordinance clean version — reading text

limit will be not less than 24 hours or more than six months depending upon the type and severity of the violation. The offender shall within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. The record of the mailing of said notice or order shall be prima facie evidence thereof and failure of said owner or owners to receive same shall in no way affect the validity of any proceedings conducted pursuant to this article. (8) Any user who is found to have violated an order of the Health Officer or Board's authorized employee or who willfully or negligently fails to comply with any provision of this article, and the orders, rules, regulations and permits issued hereunder, shall be punished in accordance with Florida Statutes. Each day on which a violation shall occur or continue, shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense. In addition to the penalties provided herein, the Board may recover reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, court reporters' fees and other expenses of litigation by appropriate suit at law against the person found to have violated this article or the orders, rules, regulations and permits issued hereunder. (9) Any person who knowingly makes any false statements, representation or certification in any application, record, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this article, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any meter or monitoring device or measurement method required under this article, shall, upon conviction, be punished in accordance with Florida Statutes. (10) A person violating any provision of this article authorizing the aforementioned action by the Health Officer or Board's authorized employee shall be charged the normal and usual charges for discontinuance and disconnection of said water and sewer services and the usual charges for re-commencing said water and sewer services as specified in Appendix A. Secs. 24-325. - 24-340. - Reserved. Page 69 of 79  DIVISION 11. - CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL STANDARDS Sec. 24-341. - Generally. Sec. 24-342. - Statutory authority. Sec. 24-343. - Applicability. Sec. 24-344. - Definitions. Sec. 24-345. - Responsibilities of department, customers. Sec. 24-346. - Backflow prevention devices required. Sec. 24-347. - Inspections. Sec. 24-348. - Records. Sec. 24-349. - Maintenance; testing. Sec. 24-341. - Generally. The County Water and Sewer Department, in its operation of a public potable water supply system, is required to ensure protection of the public health through the provision of minimum requirements and standards for design, construction, operation and maintenance of its system. It is essential that physical cross connections, which create or have the potential to create an imminent and substantial danger to public health, be eliminated from the distribution system and plumbing systems of customers. Backflow can result in the potable water system becoming a transmitter of disease, toxic materials and other hazardous liquids. Therefore, it is necessary to establish and maintain a cross connection control to protect the health of water customers by the control of actual and/or potential cross connections through methods of containment and/or isolation. In addition to Division 11, all current and future state and federal ordinances, statues, and codes apply and are enforceable. Sec. 24-342. - Statutory authority. This division is enacted pursuant to the following: (1) Florida Safe Drinking Water Act, Sections 403.850 through 430.864, Florida Statutes. (2) Florida Administrative Code, Chapter 62-22.107, part 4, subpart b: "Community water supply systems are required to establish a routine cross connection control program for the purpose of detecting and preventing cross connections that create or have the potential to create an imminent and substantial danger to public health by and from contamination due to the cross connection. Upon detection of a prohibited cross connection both community and non-community water systems shall either eliminate the cross connection by installation of an appropriate backflow prevention device acceptable to the department (F.D.E.P.) or discontinue service until the contaminant source is eliminated. Such program shall be developed utilizing accepted practices of the American Water Works Association guidelines as set forth in AWWA manuals M14, Backflow Prevention and Cross Connection Control, and Cross Connections and Backflow Prevention, 2nd Edition." Sec. 24-343. - Applicability. All territory within Okaloosa County served by the county water and sewer system shall be embraced by the provisions of this division. Sec. 24-344. - Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. Page 70 of 79 Atmospheric vacuum breaker means a backflow prevention device which is operated by atmospheric pressure in combination with the force of gravity. The unit is designed to work in a vertical plane only. The moving part consists of a poppet valve, which must be carefully sized to slide in a guided chamber and effectively shut off the reverse flow of water when a negative pressure exists. Auxiliary water supply means any water supply on or available to the premises other than the purveyor's approved public potable water supply. These auxiliary water supplies may include water from another purveyor's public potable water supply or any natural source(s) such as a well, spring, river, harbor, etc., or "used waters" or industrial fluids." These waters may be polluted, contaminated, or may be objectionable and constitute an unacceptable water source over which the water purveyor does not have sanitary control. Back pressure means the reversal of normal flow in a system due to an increase in the downstream pressure which is greater than the supply pressure. Back pressure is created whenever the downstream pressure exceeds the supply pressure. This is possible in installations such as heating systems, elevated tanks, pumps which malfunction by pumping backward, etc. An example would be an open valve on a supply line to a boiler operating at 100 pounds of pressure at the same time that the pressure in the county water main was below such pressure. As water tends to flow in the direction of least resistance, a back pressure condition would be created and the contaminated boiler water would flow into the potable water supply. Back siphonage means the reversal of normal flow in a system caused by a negative pressure (vacuum or partial vacuum) in the supply piping. Back siphonage can be created when there is a reduction of pressure in the water supply due to nearby firefighting, repairs or breaks in the county water main, etc. The effect is similar to sipping soda by inhaling through a straw, which induces a flow in the opposite direction. Backflow means the reversal of the normal direction of flow in water service lines. This reversal of flow can result in contamination of the public potable water supply if there is an unprotected cross connection in a customer's internal plumbing system. There are two causes of backflow; back pressure and back siphonage. Backflow prevention device means a device to counteract back pressure or prevent back siphonage. Backflow prevention device approved means the term approved backflow prevention device shall mean a device that has met the requirements of one or more of the following standards: (a) AWWA C-506 Standard for backflow prevention devices, reduced pressure principle and double check valve types (b) ASSE 1001 Atmospheric type vacuum breakers (c) ASSE 1011 Hose connection vacuum breakers (d) ASSE 1020 Pressure type vacuum breakers (e) ASSE 1024 Dual check type backflow preventer. (Residential Use Only) (f) ASSE 1013 Reduced pressure principle back pressure backflow preventers (g) ASSE 1015 Double check valve type back pressure backflow preventers (h) USC FCC University of Southern California Foundation for cross- connection control and hydraulic research Containment means protection of the public potable water supply by installation of an approved backflow prevention device in the customer's water service line which would prevent the reversal of flow from the service line into the public water supply. Contaminant means any foreign substance that degrades the quality of the public potable water supply or may create a health hazard. Page 71 of 79 Cross connection means a direct arrangement of a piping line which allows the potable water supply to be connected to a line which actually contains, or might potentially contain, a contaminant or pollutant. Any physical arrangement whereby a public water supply system is connected, directly, or indirectly, with any other water supply system, sewer, drain, conduit, pool, storage reservoir, plumbing fixture or other device or facility which contains or may contain contaminated or polluted water, industrial fluids, sewage or other waste or liquid of unknown or unsafe quality, which may be capable of imparting contamination or pollution to the public water supply system as a result of backflow. An example would be a common garden hose attached to a hose bib with the end of the hose lying in a sink used for mixing pesticides. Other examples include, but are not limited to; bypass arrangements, jumper connections, removable sections, swivel or change-over devices, or any other temporary or permanent devices or facilities through which or because of which backflow could occur. Double check valve assembly means an assembly composed of two single, independently acting check valves, including tightly closing shutoff valves located at each end of the assembly and suitable connections for testing the water tightness of each check valve. Fire line means any dedicated line which feeds a fire protection sprinkler system. Health hazard means any condition, devices, or practices in any water supply system, or in its operations, which create or may create a danger to the health and well-being of the water customer. Industrial fluids means any fluids or solution that may be chemically, biologically or otherwise contaminated or polluted in a form or concentration that would constitute a health, system, pollution or plumbing hazard if introduced into the public potable water system. These may include but shall not be limited to; polluted or contaminated water; all types of process waters and used water originating from the public potable water system that may have deteriorated in sanitary quality; chemicals in fluid form; plating acids and alkalis; circulating cooling waters connected to an open cooling tower; or cooling towers that are chemically or biologically treated or stabilized with toxic substances; contaminated natural waters, such as wells, springs, streams, etc.; oils, gases, glycerin, paraffins, caustic and acid solutions; and other liquid and gaseous fluids used in industrial or other purposes, including firefighting purposes. Isolation means protection of the customer's internal plumbing system by the installation of devices to prevent backflow from potentially hazardous cross connections. Pollutant means any foreign substance in water that tends to degrade its quality so as to constitute a non-health hazard or impair the usefulness of the water, or any chemical, matter or material that may change the