Res 91-124Resolution No. 91-!24
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA,
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE POWAY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT
AMENDING SECTION 11.13 OF RESOLUTION NO. 907-77 ESTABLISHING
RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING WATER SERVICE
WHEREAS, on June 14, 1977, the Board of Directors of the Poway Municipal
Water District adopted Resolution No. 907-77 establishing rules and regulations
governing water service; and
WHEREAS, the California Administrative Code and the U. S. Department of
Public Health Drinking Water Standards require that public water supply be
protected, from introduction of water from any auxiliary water supply or
contaminated source; and
WHEREAS, in order to prevent the reversal of water flow, commonly known as
"backflow" from occurring, backflow prevention devices are installed in the water
services where reverse flow could occur by a cross-connection with another
source; and
WHEREAS, because of the significant increase in private water well
development in Poway and in order to ensure maximum protection to the City's of
Poway's public water system, it is determined that an RP (reduced pressure)
backflow device be required rather than a DC {double check valve) device.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Poway
that:
The attached Types of Devices Required for Specified Premises or Systems
is hereby adopted. All other sections of Resolution No. 907-77 will
remain in effect.
2. This resolution shall go into effect immediately.
PASSED, ADOPTED, and APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Poway,
California at a regular meeting held this 2gth day of October 1991.
ATTEST:
mMayor
Marjori~. Wahlsten, City Clerk
Resolution No. 91-:[24
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
I, Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby certify
under the penalty of perjury, that the foregoing Resolution, No. 91-124 , was
duly adopted by the City Council at a meeting of said City Council held on the
2gth day of October, 1991 and that it was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
EMERY, HIGGINSON, MCINTYRE, SNESKO, GOLDSMITH
NONE
NONE
NONE
Marjorie ~(. ~ahlsten, City Clerk
City._~f Poway
Resolution No. 91-124
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Attachment 1 to Resolution No. 91424
BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE REQUIRED FOR SPECIFIED PRENISES OR SYSTEMS.
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reduced pressure backflow prevention device shall be installed at each service
connection for the following types of premises or systems:
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Animal husbandry medication and/or vaccination
Auxiliary water systems - interconnected
Auxiliary water systems - not interconnected
Beverage bottling plants
Breweries
Buildings, multi-story with room ceilings 50 feet above ground level
Buildings with house pumps and/or cold water storage tank
Buildings with sewerage ejectors
Canneries, packing houses and reduction plants
Car wash with water reclamation system
Car wash without water reclamation system
Centralized heating and air conditioning plants
Chemically treated potable water systems
Civil works (not subject to County plumbing inspection)
Commercial laundries
Dairies and cold storage plants
Dye works
Film processing laboratories
Fire system with pump and/or storage tank
Fire system with auxiliary supply
Food processing plants
Hospitals - major complexes
Hospitals, mortuaries, medical and dental buildings, and sanitariums
Irrigation systems with auxiliary supply system and/or toxic chemical
fertilizer injection system
Irrigation systems with booster pumps and/or nontoxic chemical injection
systems
Laboratories using toxic materials
Manufacturing, processing and fabricating plants using toxic materials
Manufacturing, processing and fabricating plants using nontoxic materials
Mobile home parks
Plating plants
Radioactive materials processing facilities
Restricted, classified or other closed facilities
Sand and gravel plants with auxiliary supply system
Sand and gravel plants without auxiliary supply system
Schools and colleges
Storm drainage facilities
Where a cross connection is maintained
Where the use of a substance, process water or water supplied by the City is
such as to subject the water to deterioration in sanitary quality and to
permit its entry into the water system.
Where more than one meter serves a premise and is interconnected.