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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS FOR POTABLE WATER CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL; DESIGNATING CITY WATER & LIGHT PLANT AS AGENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY PLUMBING INSPECTOR FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THESE REQUIREMENTS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. (NOTE: THIS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED BY ORD-99:1277 ON APRIL 5, 1999)
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
That Title 10, Chapter 10.04 of the Jonesboro Municipal Code is hereby amended by the addition of Sections 11 through 18 thereof as follows:
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10.04.11 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
In compliance with Rules and Regulations of the Arkansas Department of Health pertaining to public Water Systems, the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas finds it necessary for the health, safety and welfare of the people served within this city by City Water & Light Plant of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas (hereinafter referred to as CWL), to adopt cross-connection control standards which establish the requirements for the design, construction and maintenance of connections to the public water supply. To protect said system from the possibility of contamination or pollution by containment at the customer service line or internal isolation at the source of potential contamination, which could back-flow or back-siphon into the public water system. These standards are supplemental and do not supersede or modify the State Plumbing code and its latest revisions which have previously been adopted by the city. CWL is hereby designated in conjunction with the City Plumbing Inspector as the agency with the responsibility and duty of investigating and enforcing these provisions.
10.04.12 OPERATIONAL CRITERIA
It is the primary responsibility of CWL to evaluate the hazards inherent in supplying a consumer’s water system, i.e, determine whether solid, liquid or gaseous pollutant...
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