13.06.080 Backflow prevention device – Installation required when.
Backflow prevention devices shall be installed at the service connection or within any premises even though a cross-connection may not exist at the time the backflow device is required to be installed. This shall include, but is not to be limited to, the following situations:
A. Industrial, commercial and warehouse buildings;
B. Premises having an auxiliary water supply;
C. Premises having internal cross-connections that are not correctable, or intricate plumbing arrangements which make it impractical to ascertain whether or not a cross-connection exists;
D. Premises where entry is restricted so that inspections for cross-connections cannot be made with sufficient frequency, or at sufficiently short notice, to assure that cross-connections do not exist;
E. Premises having a repeated history of cross-connections being established, or reestablished;
F. Premises on which any substance is handled under pressure so as to permit entry into the public water supply or where a cross-connection could reasonably be expected to occur. This shall include the handling of process water and cooling waters;
G. Premises where material of toxic or hazardous nature is handled such that if backsiphonage should occur, a serious health hazard may result;
H. The following types of facilities will fall into one of the above categories where an approved backflow preventer shall be installed at these facilities as set forth in this section:
1. Hospitals, mortuaries, and clinics.
2. Laboratories.
3. Sewage treatment plants.
4. Food and beverage processing plants.
5. Manufacturing plants.
6. Chemical plants using a water process.
7. Petroleum processing or storage plants.
8. Multi-unit buildings.
9. Strip malls.
10. Fairgrounds.
11. Others specified by Washington State Department of Health. (Ord. 016/2021 § 2; Ord. 002/2012 § 1; Ord. 784, 1985)