§ 46-13-22. Cross-connection control.
(a) The director is hereby authorized to adopt consistent statewide regulations governing
the content of cross-connection control plans and to require that all community public
water systems and all non-transient, non-community public water systems prepare a
cross-connection control plan. The purpose of these plans shall be to protect the
public water system distribution and transmission infrastructure from contamination
through cross-connections. All community public water systems and all non-transient,
non-community public water systems shall certify to the director that said plan complies
with the regulations in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) Community and non-transient, non-community public water systems serving more than
five hundred (500) people shall submit certification of compliance no later than June
30, 2011, and implement said plan immediately thereafter.
(2) Community and non-transient, non-community public water systems serving five hundred
(500) people or fewer shall submit certification of compliance no later than June
30, 2012, and implement said plan immediately thereafter.
(b) The regulations governing cross-connection control plans adopted by the director shall
at a minimum include: the installation of cross-connection control valves at all newly
constructed service connections prior to the provision of water service; the installation
of cross connection control valves at all commercial and industrial service connections.
The installation of cross-connection control devices shall not be made a mandatory
condition of a transfer of a residential property that exists as of the effective
date of this act [June 27, 2007].
(c) Public water supply systems shall be authorized to terminate water service to any
customer who fails to install the appropriate cross-connection control device upon
due notice.
(d) The cross-connection control devices required to be installed shall be models approved
by the Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research of the University
of Southern California (FCCCHR, USC), the American Water Works Association (AWWA),
and/or the American Society of Sanitary Engineers (ASSE).
(e) The director may also adopt and enforce standards including the establishment of fees
for certification of persons engaged in cross-connection surveying or backflow prevention,
assembly training, repair and maintenance testing.
(f) Any regulations and/or standards promulgated, amended and/or administered pursuant
to the provisions of this section shall conform to the requirements of chapter 35 of title 42 ("The Administrative Procedures Act.�)