Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 64-15-5 - When Protection Is Required5.1. The Commissioner or his or her designee may determine, upon conducting a risk assessment, that any water supply system must be equipped with a backflow prevention assembly to protect the health and sanitation of water, whether publicly or privately owned: Provided, That water supply systems shall not require a backflow prevention assembly unless any of the following are met: 5.1.1. It cross-connects with a sprinkler or fire suppression system;5.1.2. It cross-connects with an auxiliary water source or water well;5.1.3. It cross-connects with any fluid storage tank, tub, pool, or cistern 85 gallons or larger with a public water inlet that can be below the water level;5.1.4. It cross-connects with a boiler system;5.1.5. It cross-connects with any land irrigation system; or5.1.6. The property serviced by the public water supply is a funeral home or mortuary, restaurant, dry cleaner, medical facility, beauty and nail salon, car wash, multi-tenant retail space, commercial building three stories or taller, or commercial space with a dedicated fire service/sprinkler system, industrial facility, salvage and/or wastewater facility, food processing facility, recycling facility where cross-connected to the public water supply, correctional facility, or any other customer using chemicals harmful to human health that are cross-connected to the public water supply.