The mayor and city council deem it necessary to protect the public potable water supply
served by the city from the possibility of contamination or pollution by isolating,
within its customers' internal distribution system, such contaminants or pollutants
which could backflow or back-siphon into the public water system; to promote the elimination
or control of existing cross-connection, actual or potential, between its customers'
in-plant potable water system, and nonpotable systems; and to provide for the maintenance
of a continuing program of cross-connection control which will effectively prevent
the contamination or pollution of all potable water systems by cross-connection.
The department, as hereinafter defined, will operate a cross-connection control program,
to include the keeping of necessary records, which fulfills the requirements of the
Mississippi Department of Health's Cross-Connection Regulations and is approved by
the department of health. Such records to be maintained by the department shall include
records of the type, size and location of each backflow preventer installed in the
system, when each backflow preventer is due to be tested, and the results of each
test. Records shall be maintained for five years from date of test and inspection.
The owner shall allow his property to be inspected for possible cross-connections
and shall follow the provisions of the department's program and the Mississippi Department
of Health's regulations if a cross-connection is permitted. If the department requires
that the public supply be protected by containment, the owner shall be responsible
for water quality beyond the outlet end of the containment device and should utilize
fixture outlet protection for that purpose.
