Indiana Administrative Code
Title 327 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION
Article 8 - PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Rule 10 - Cross Connections; Control; Operation
Section 10-5 - Secondary sources of supply; installation of air gaps or other devices

Universal Citation: 327 IN Admin Code 10-5

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-14-9; IC 13-15-1-2; IC 13-15-2-1; IC 13-18-3-1; IC 13-18-4-1

Affected: IC 13-11-2; IC 13-13-5-1; IC 13-18-2

Sec. 5.

(a) Customers shall construct an air gap or install a reduced pressure principle backflow preventer or a double check valve assembly in accordance with section 7 of this rule on the customer service line to:

(1) tanks used only to store water from the public water supply for fire suppression that are constructed to maintain the bacteriological quality of the water, in compliance with 327 IAC 8-2; or

(2) secondary sources of supply that:
(A) use well water as the only private source of supply;

(B) are constructed to maintain the bacteriological quality of the water, in compliance with 327 IAC 8-2; and

(C) produce, without treatment, water meeting the drinking water quality standards enumerated in 327 IAC 8-2.

(b) Customers shall construct an air gap, or install a double check valve assembly or reduced pressure principle backflow preventer in accordance with section 7 of this rule for a fire sprinkler system, to prevent stagnant water from backflowing into the drinking water supply. For a fire sprinkler system with a chemical additive, customers shall install a reduced pressure principle backflow preventer to prevent the chemical additive backflowing into the drinking water supply.

(c) No secondary source of supply of a type other than those enumerated in subsections (a) and (b) shall be physically connected on the customer service line to or into the facility.

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