15.08.670 - Customer responsibilities.
A. It shall be the customer's responsibility to furnish and install the necessary piping to make the connection from a standard service connection or a private fire protection service connection to the place of consumption, and the customer shall keep such piping in good repair and in accordance with any requirements imposed by this chapter or by rules and regulations adopted by city. In addition, the customer shall furnish and install a main valve on the piping between such service connection and the point of customer's use.
B. The customer shall not install any quick-closing valve or other equipment or devices upon the customer's premises which will cause excessive pressure surges in the water mains.
C. The customer shall notify the department in writing prior to making any change in the area being serviced or prior to making any material change in the size, character or extent of the equipment or operations for which the water service is utilized.
D. The customer shall be responsible for obtaining information from the city concerning the water pressures to be encountered in the area to be served, and for providing and maintaining any pressure-controlling devices required by the city.
E. If a customer receiving service at the city's main or service connection must elevate or increase the pressure of the water received by means of a pump of any kind, the pump shall not be attached to any pipe directly connected to the city's distribution facilities. Such pumping or boosting of pressure shall be done from a sump, cistern or storage tank which may be served by, but not directly connected to, the city's distribution facilities.
1. For the purpose of private fire protection service only, customers may request an exception from the requirements of this Section 15.08.670E. by submitting a written application to the director and supporting plans which clearly describe the proposed location of the pump to the director for review and approval. The plans shall include but may not be limited to the following:
a. Service point(s);
b. Backflow prevention assembly location, make and model;
c. Pump characteristics;
d. Layout depicting the location of the proposed on-site pump and pipe configuration; and
e. Any additional information that is requested by the director for the purpose of assisting the director in determining whether or not to grant an exception.
2. If the director determines that the plans satisfy the requirements of this Section 15.08.670E., the director may grant an exception enabling the customer to directly connect the customer's pump to the city's distribution facilities if the director finds that granting the exception:
a. Will not reduce water quality or water system reliability; and
b. Will not result in water velocities of greater than five feet per second in any main or service pipe within the municipal water system; and
c. The customer has agreed to install such additional improvements as may be required by the director, including, at a minimum, a reduced pressure principle assembly to provide the necessary backflow prevention; and
d. The customer's direct pump connection to the municipal water system facilities is for private fire protection service only and such connection has been reviewed and approved by the fire department; and
e. The customer's direct pump connection to the municipal water system facilities complies with all applicable local and state laws and regulations.
(Prior code § 7604.6; Ord. 29031.)
