§ 19-279. Cross-connection control program record keeping.

(a)

Public potable water system operators shall keep records of service connection assessments; a record of the latest assessment questionnaire or inspection report for each service connection indefinitely; actual questionnaires or inspection reports may be kept or information may be transferred to tabular summaries.

(b)

Public potable water system operators shall keep an up to date inventory of all backflow preventers installed at service connections and backflow preventers installed at locations where fire protection systems, irrigation systems, and solar hot water systems are connected to the customer's potable water system. For each such backflow preventer, the inventory shall include such information as the location of the backflow prevention device , a description of the hazard being contained or isolated by the device, the type of backflow prevention device , the installation date and date of last repair, and also keep records of backflow prevention device testing for at least five (5) years; the record of each test shall include identification of the backflow prevention device , the name of the tester, and the test results; actual test reports may be kept, or information may be transferred to tabular summaries. Also public potable water system operators shall keep annual cross-connection control program activity reports and backflow incident reports for at least ten (10) years as required by Florida Administrative Code 62-555.

(Ord. No. 12-27, § 9, 12-4-2012)