3.05.590 Termination of service.
The district has the right to immediately terminate domestic water service to a customer if an unprotected or unauthorized cross connection exists on the property or if a cross connection protective device has been removed or bypassed. In addition, the district has the right to terminate domestic water service, in accordance with CVWDC 3.05.310(A), if a customer refuses to allow the district to install or test a required cross connection protective device. Service will not be restored until such conditions or defects are corrected. A charge will be made for the restoration of service as provided for in CVWDC 3.05.210.
Minimum Degree of Protection Required | |
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Description | Minimum Type of Protective Device |
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1. Sewage and Hazardous Substances | |
a) Property where there are wastewater pumping and/or treatment plants and there is no interconnection with the potable water system. | AG |
b) Property where hazardous substances are handled in any manner in which the substance may enter the public water system. | AG |
c) Property where there are irrigation systems into which fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides are, or can be, injected. | RP |
d) Property where there is a separate meter for the landscape irrigation system. | RP |
e) Property where the connection from the public water system supplies water to a swimming pool only. | DC |
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2. Auxiliary Water Supplies | |
a) Property where there is an approved or unapproved auxiliary water supply which is interconnected with the public water system. | RP |
b) Property where there is an unapproved auxiliary reduced pressure water supply and there is no interconnection with the public water system. | DC |
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3. Recycled Water | |
a) Property where recycled water is used, other than in an approved dual plumbed area, and there is no interconnection with the potable water system. | RP |
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4. Fire Protection Systems | |
a) Property where the fire system is directly supplied from the public water system and there is an unapproved auxiliary water supply on or to the property (not interconnected). | DC or DCDA |
b) Property where the fire system is supplied water from the public water system and interconnected with an unapproved auxiliary water supply. | AG |
c) Property where the fire system is supplied from the public water system and where either elevated storage tanks or fire pumps which take suction from a private reservoir or storage tank are used. | DC or DCDA |
d) Property where the fire system is supplied from the public water system and where recycled water is used in a separate piping system within the same building. | DC or DCDA |
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5. Salton Sea Facilities | |
a) Pier hydrants for supplying water to vessels for any purpose. | RP |
b) Property where there are marine facilities. | RP |
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6. Commercial and Industrial Facilities | |
a) Beverage bottling plants | RP |
b) Canneries, packing houses and reduction plants | RP |
c) Dairies and cold storage facilities | RP |
d) Film laboratories | RP |
e) Sand and gravel plants | RP |
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7. Property or Facilities | |
a) Car washes | RP |
b) Campgrounds | RP |
c) Guardhouses, restrooms/comfort stations | DC |
d) Laundries (including self-service), dye works, dry cleaners | RP |
e) Pharmacies | RP |
f) Restaurants | RP |
g) Schools and colleges | RP |
h) Restricted access facilities (government buildings) | RP |
i) Trailer and mobile home parks with a master meter | DC |
j) Premises with a cooling tower | RP |
k) A property with two or more service connections will require the same level of protection. | RP |
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8. Oil and Gas Facilities | |
a) Property used for oil and gas production and transmission | RP |
b) Gas stations | RP |
c) Vehicular service stations | RP |
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9. Health Facilities | |
a) Hospitals and medical buildings and clinics | RP |
b) Sanitariums, nursing and convalescent homes | RP |
c) Morgues and autopsy facilities | RP |
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10. Elevated Facilities | |
a) Property with a building located over 46 feet above the street level | TBD |
(Ord. 1399.16 § 11-4, 2023)