14.04.240 Service connections, meters and customers’ facilities—Installation.
A. Service Connections.
1. Only contractors duly authorized by the city will be permitted to install a service connection from the city’s main to the customer’s premises.
B. Meters.
1. Meters, where authorized, will be installed by the city at the customer’s expense, unless otherwise provided in the rules and schedule of rates.
2. Where a meter and other facilities, including housings and connections, are located on a customer’s premises, no rent or other charge will be paid by the city therefor.
3. All meters will be sealed by the city at the time of installation, and no seal shall be altered or broken except by one of its authorized employees or agents.
C. Dual Water Supply—Protective Devices. Whenever there is present upon any customer’s premises a water supply which has not been approved by the Department of Public Health of the state as safe and potable for human use, or the customer is engaged upon the premises in industrial processes using or producing process water or liquid industrial waste or in the handling of sewage or any other dangerous substance, the city may refuse or discontinue service until there has been installed at the expense of the customer upon the customer’s premises a suitable protective device approved by the Department of Public Health to protect against backflow of water from the customer’s premises into the city’s system. Such protective device shall be installed in a manner approved by the city and in a location in which it is readily available to the city for periodic inspection. It shall be the customer’s responsibility at his or her own expense to maintain such protective device in a reliable and safe operating condition at all times.
D. Pumps and Boosters. When a customer receiving service at the city’s main or service connection must by means of a pump of any kind elevate or increase the pressure of the water received, the pump shall not be attached to any pipe directly connected to the city’s main or service pipe. A customer, whose operation requires the use of a quick-opening or quick-closing valve must operate such device from a tank, cistern, sump or other facility which may be served by but not directly connected with the city’s distribution mains or service pipes.
E. Automatic Valves. Quick-closing or quick-opening valves shall not be installed on customer’s pipes which are directly attached to the city’s mains or service pipes. A customer whose operation requires the use of a quick-opening or quick-closing valve must operate such device from a tank, cistern, sump or other facility which may be served by but not directly connected with the city’s distribution mains or service pipes. (Ord. 5104 § 12, 2022; Ord. 4750 § 3, 2013; Ord. 4632 § 1, 2010; Ord. 2660 § 4, 1981; prior code § 1.46.150(a))