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(1) It shall be unlawful at any place supplied with water from the Provo City Water Distribution System to do any of the following:

(a) To install or use any physical connection or arrangement of piping or fixtures which may allow any fluid or substance not suitable for human consumption to come in contact with potable water in the Provo City Water Distribution System;

(b) To install any connection, arrangement, or fixtures without using a backflow prevention device or assembly designed to prevent a violation of Subsection (1)(a) of this Section. Any such device or assembly must be approved for installation by the Provo City Division of Water Resources with respect to each application; or

(c) To install any backflow prevention device or assembly described in Subsection (1)(b) of this Section which is not installed as required in the Utah Plumbing Code.

(2) Officers and employees of Provo City shall have the right to enter any place which is supplied with water from the Provo City Water Distribution System and conduct a hazard survey or any other examination or test reasonably necessary to the enforcement of this Section.

(3) Any user of water from the Provo City Water Distribution System, and not Provo City, shall pay all costs of installation and testing of backflow prevention devices or assemblies.

(4) Backflow prevention devices or assemblies required by this Section shall be tested not less than once each year by a technician certified by the Drinking Water Board of the State of Utah. Test results shall be furnished to the Provo City Division of Water Resources.

(5) Water service may be discontinued to any user who is found to be in violation of this Chapter and who fails to take corrective action within ten (10) days after violation notification, except that water service may be discontinued immediately if an immediate threat to the water supply exists.

(6) Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be civilly liable to Provo City, and to third persons other than Provo City, for all damage proximately caused by said violation.

(Enacted 1991-05, Am 2010-13, Am 2019-31)