8.30.070 Water services termination.
A. When the city encounters water uses that represent a dear and immediate hazard to the potable water supply that cannot be immediately abated, the procedure for terminating water service shall be instituted. Conditions or water uses that create a basis for water service termination shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Refusal to install or to test a backflow prevention assembly, or to repair or replace a faulty backflow prevention assembly;
2. Direct or indirect connection between the public water system and a sewer line;
3. Unprotected direct or indirect connection between the public water system and a system or equipment containing contaminants;
4. Unprotected direct or indirect connection between the public water system and an auxiliary water system.
B. For subsection (A)(1) of this section, the city will terminate service to a water user’s premises after proper notification has been sent. If no action is taken within the allowed time period, water service shall be terminated.
For subsection (A)(2), (3) or (4) of this section, the city shall take the following steps:
1. Make a reasonable effort to advise the water user of intent to terminate water service;
2. Terminate the water service and lock service valve.
The water service shall remain inactive until the correction of violations has been approved by the city. (Ord. 712 §1, 2020).