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 Laredo
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 31. UTILITIES
 Article III. WATER
 Division 1. GENERALLY

  § 31-115. Cross connections control and back flow prevention.  

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  • (a)

    Definition. The definition of a cross connection to the city waterworks system supply shall be based upon the U. S. Treasury Department Standards, and such cross connection is defined as follows: A "cross connection" is any physical connection whereby a potable water supply system is connected with any other water supply system, whether public or private.

    (b)

    Prohibited. It shall be unlawful to make a cross connection, as herein defined, between any system of piping supplied by water from the city waterworks system mains and any other source of water supply, either public or private.

    (c)

    Maintenance prohibited. It shall be unlawful to maintain any cross connection between the city waterworks system and any secondary water supply.

    (d)

    Storage tanks. It shall be unlawful to maintain water storage tanks supplied only with water from the city waterworks system unless such tanks are constructed on standards prescribed by the public health authorities and are covered.

    (e)

    Elimination. It is intended that no private water supply, including well systems, be interconnected with the city waterworks system supply and those connected as of July 7, 1953, be eliminated by the owner thereof as provided in this section.

    (f)

    Violation. Should any water system supplied by the city waterworks system water be operated in violation of any provision of this section, it shall be the duty of the manager of the city waterworks system to completely disconnect all system service lines serving such cross connected system and to keep same disconnected until all provisions of this section are complied with, and such manager is hereby specially authorized and empowered to so disconnect such system. The cost of such disconnection and the estimated cost of reconnection shall be paid by the consumer before service will be restored.

    (g)

    Enforcement. All authorized employees and representatives of the city waterworks system, the city health officer and the Laredo-Webb County Health Unit shall, at all reasonable hours have free access to all premises having a water system or supply other than the supply from the city waterworks system main to ascertain whether or not the provisions of this section have been and are being complied with; provided that, if the owner or person in charge of such premises shall refuse permission to enter the premises for such inspection purposes, the manager of the city waterworks is hereby specially authorized and empowered to disconnect the water service to such premises and to keep same disconnected until such time as such inspection is permitted and the premises found to be in compliance with the provisions of this section.

    (h)

    Nuisance. The violation of any provision of this section is declared to be a nuisance which may be abated and enjoined by the city.

(Ord. of 7-7-53, §§ 1—8; Ord. No. 2018-O-069 , § 1, 5-21-18)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2018-O-069 , § 1, adopted May 21, 2018, repealed §§ 31-115, 31-116 and renumbered § 31-117 as § 31-115. Former §§ 31-115—31-116 pertained to failure of waterworks to connect deemed misdemeanor and failure of owner to connect deemed misdemeanor and derived an ordinance adopted August 1, 1922.