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Glendale City Code § 33-17

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Sec. 33-17. - Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Article shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. Auxiliary water supply: Any water supply on, or available to, premises, other than the potable water supplied by the City of Glendale. These auxiliary waters may include, but shall not be limited to, water from another purveyor's public potable water supply or any natural sources such as a well, spring, river, stream, harbor, or treated effluent, waste waters or industrial fluids. These waters may be polluted or contaminated or may be objectionable and constitute an unacceptable water source over which the department does not have sanitary control. Backflow: The reversal of the normal flow of water caused by either backpressure or back-siphonage. Backpressure: Any elevation of pressure in a Customer's water supply system, above the pressure of the public potable water supply system, which could cause water or other liquids, mixtures or substances to flow from a Customer's water supply system into the distribution system of the public potable water supply system. Back-siphonage: A reversal of the normal flow of water caused by a reduction of pressure in the potable water supply system which causes the flow of water or other liquids, mixtures or substances from a Customer's water supply system into the distribution system of the public potable water supply system. Cross-connection: Any physical connection or other arrangement of piping or fixtures, between a piping system containing potable water and a piping system containing non-potable water, waste fluids, industrial fluids or other fluids of questionable safety for human consumption, through which, or because of which, backflow may occur into the public potable water system. Cross-connections include any temporary connections such as swing connections, removable sections, four-way plug valves, spools, dummy sections of pipe, swivel or change-over devices or sliding multiport tube. Distribution system: The network of conduits used to deliver potable water from the source facilities to the customer's water supply system. Domestic water: Water supplied through the pipes of the water system of the city. Emergency fire sprinkler tap: A water tap maintained by the owner or occupant of a building or other structure to be used in the event of a fire or other emergency, and not used in the normal course of use and occupancy of the building or structure; provided that no water meter is installed on such tap. Flood irrigation system: Irrigation system consisting of pipes, gates, laterals, valves, and berms constructed for the purpose of conveying water to private property or public places. Flood irrigation water: Water supplied to or through a flood irrigation system. Hazard, degree of: Evaluation of the potential risk to the public health and the adverse effect of the hazard upon the public potable water system. House under construction: When water service is available to such house or building and shall end when final building inspection is made at the end of a (3) three-month construction period. Industrial fluid system: Any system containing a fluid or solution which is chemically, biologically or otherwise contaminated or polluted in a form or concentration such as would constitute an actual or potential threat or hazard to human health or welfare, the environment, the City's municipal water system, or a Customer's plumbing system or property if introduced into the public potable water system. This may include, but shall not be limited to, polluted or contaminated waters; all types of process waters, waste waters and used waters originating from the public potable water system which may have deteriorated in sanitary quality; chemicals in fluid form; plating acids and alkalines, circulating cooling waters connected to an open cooling tower and/or cooling towers that are chemically or biologically treated or stabilized with toxic substances; contaminated natural waters such as from wells, springs, streams, rivers, bays, harbors, seas, irrigation canals or systems, or oils, gases, glycerin, paraffins, caustic and acid solutions and other liquid and gaseous fluids used in industrial or other purposes or for fire-fighting purposes. Non-potable water: Water which is not safe for human consumption or which is of questionable quality for human consumption. Potable water: Any water which is safe for human consumption pursuant to the standards set by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. Public potable water supply system: The source facilities and the distribution system under control of the city to the point where a Customer's water supply system commences. A Customer's water supply system commences at the discharge point of the service connection. Service connection: The terminal end of a service line from the public potable water system at its point of delivery to the Customer's water system where the department loses jurisdiction and sanitary control over the water. If a meter is installed between the Customer's water supply system and the public potable water system, the service connection shall be the discharge end of the meter. Service connections shall also include a water connection from a fire hydrant and any other temporary or emergency water connections with the public potable water supply system. Source facilities: All components and facilities utilized in the production, treatment, storage and delivery of potable water to the distribution system. Used water: Any water supplied by the department, from the public potable water system to a Customer's water system, after it has passed through the service connection and is no longer under the sanitary control of the department. Water meter: A City-owned device used for measuring and registering at point of delivery the water that flows from the City's service lines to the Customer's premise. Water service area: All area wherein the City has the right to supply domestic water. (Ord. No. 3003, § 1(Exh. A), 9-27-16)

Source: City of Glendale, Arizona, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/az/glendale/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH33WASESEDI_ARTIIWA_DIV1GE_S33-17DEFetched: 11/1/2026