Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources
Article II - Water Resources
Chapter 109 - SAFE DRINKING WATER
Subchapter G - SYSTEM MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Section 109.709 - Cross-connection control program
Universal Citation: 25 PA Code § 109.709
Current through Register Vol. 55, No. 13, March 29, 2025
(a) No person may introduce contaminants into a public water supply through a service connection of a public water system.
(1) It
shall be the responsibility of the customer to eliminate cross-connections or
provide backflow devices to prevent contamination of the distribution system
from both backsiphonage and backpressure. Individual backflow preventors shall
be acceptable to the public water supplier.
(2) If the customer fails to comply with
paragraph (1) within a reasonable period of time, the water supplier shall
discontinue service after reasonable notice has been made to the
customer.
(b) At the direction of the Department, the public water supplier shall develop and implement a comprehensive control program for the elimination of existing cross-connections or the effective containment of sources of contaminations, and prevention of future cross-connections. A description of the program, including the following information, shall be submitted to the Department for approval:
(1) A description of the methods and
procedures to be used.
(2) An
implementation schedule for the program.
(3) Legal authority for implementation of the
program, such as, by ordinance or rules.
(4) A time schedule for inspection of
nonresidential customers' premises for cross-connections with appropriate
recordkeeping.
(5) A public
education program for residential customers.
(6) A description of the methods and devices
which will be used to protect the water system.
(7) A program for the review of plans for new
users to assure that no new cross-connections are developed.
(8) Provisions for discontinuance of water
service, after reasonable notice, to premises where cross-connections exist.
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