(A) The minimum level of backflow protection which shall be provided to protect the public water supply system shall be that which is recommended by the Manual of Cross-Connection Control, Eighth Edition, June 1988 (and no future editions), which is incorporated herein by reference and on file in the office of the City Manager.

(B) An approved backflow prevention method shall be utilized or installed at every service connection to a customer’s water system when the Department determines the potable water supplied by the public potable water system may be subject to contamination, pollution or other deterioration in sanitary quality by conditions within the customer’s water system.

(C) The backflow prevention method to be utilized or installed shall be determined by the Department. The method required by the Department shall be sufficient to protect against the potential degree of hazard, as determined by the Department, to the public potable water supply from the customer’s water system. (Ord. 125 § 3, passed 9-11-1995. Code 2012 § 53.03.)