Ontario Municipal Code Art. 1 General Provisions

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to protect the City’s potable water supply against actual or potential cross-connections from private on-site systems by isolating on-premises contamination or pollution that may occur due to undiscovered or unauthorized on-site cross-connections. This chapter is intended to protect the City’s distribution system through premises containment and is not intended to provide regulatory measures for protecting users from the hazards of cross-connections within their own premises. Notwithstanding the provisions in this chapter, the City accepts no responsibility for cross- connections or resulting hazards or contamination.

(b) This chapter is intended to comply with the State Water Board’s Cross-Connection Control Policy Handbook and shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, the controls and requirements of other regulatory agencies, such as local government agencies and local and State Health Departments. To the extent anything in the provisions within this chapter conflict with applicable laws or regulations, as may be amended from time to time, the provisions of such laws or regulations, including the Cross-Connection Control Policy Handbook, shall control.

The requirements imposed by this chapter shall apply to all potable water, irrigation, and fire service connections from the City.

(a) The City has developed an active Cross-Connection Control Program (“Program”) and designated a Cross-Connection Control Coordinator (“Coordinator”) for the Program. The Coordinator shall maintain status as a cross-connection control specialist and be responsible for the development of, and the reporting, tracking, and other administrative duties of the Program. The Coordinator, or his/her designee, and the City Manager, or his/her designee, are authorized to administer and enforce this chapter and the Program.

(b) Any questions or notifications regarding these provisions or the program should be directed to the Coordinator or the City Manager, or his/her designee.

Other guidelines, rules and regulations, ordinances, and specifications that may be applied by the Coordinator and/or the City Manager when administering and enforcing the Program include but are not limited to:

(a) Water Programs (Title 40, Chapter 1, Subchapter D of the Code of Federal Regulations).

(b) Drinking Water (Division 104, Part 12 of the California Health and Safety Code).

(c) Environmental Health (Title 22, Division 4 of the California Code of Regulations).

(d) State Water Board’s Cross-Connection Control Policy Handbook (adopted December 19, 2023).

(e) Manual of Cross-Connection Control, published by the Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research, University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, CA, Current Edition.

(f) EPA-570/9-89-007 Cross-Connection Control Manual, prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

(g) Uniform Plumbing Code, published by IAPMO, Current Edition.

(h) Manual M-14, published by AWWA, Current Edition.

(i) Water conservation provisions as established in Chapter 8A of Title 6 of this code.

(j) Water services and fees provisions as established in Chapter 8B of Title 6 of this code.

(k) Recycled water use provisions as established in Chapter 8C of Title 6 of this code.

(l) Design and construction of water facilities provisions as established in Chapter 8D of Title 6 of this code.

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter establishing rules and regulations for the use of potable water is for any reason found to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this chapter.