Wiggins Metering Final Report

• Project Type: Ag/Muni Grant
• Applicant: Town of Wiggins
• Project Name: Metering Project
• Title: Final Report Town of Wiggins Water Meter Project
• County: Morgan
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Final Report

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Interested persons are notified that the purpose of the Rules
and Regulations Concerning Cross-Connection and Backflow Control is
to eliminate or control existing cross-connections in order to
prevent the contamination or pollution of the Town's water system.
Such Rules and Regulations also require the installation, testing
and maintenance of backflow prevention devices by water customers
of the Town. Failure to comply with said Rules and Regulations
shall result in discontinuation of service. Specific requirements
are included for outdoor irrigation systems and fire systems.

4. As required by C.R.S. S3l-l6-204, the penalty clause
which appears in the Rules and Regulations of the Wiggins Water and
Sanitation District concerning Cross-Connection and Backflow
Control is set forth in full below and ordered published as part of
this adopting Ordinance:

UNLAWFUL ACT - PENALTY. C.R.S. S25-l-ll4(1) makes it
unlawful for any person, association or corporation, and the
officers thereof:

"(h) To make, install, maintain, or permit any cross-
connection between any water system supplying drinking
water to the public and any pipe, plumbing fixture, or
water system which contains water of a quality below the
minimum general sanitary standards as to the quality of
drinking water supplied to the public or to fail to
remove such connection within ten days after being
ordered in writing by the department to remove the same.
For the purposes of this paragraph (h), cross-connection
means any connection which would allow water to flow from
any pipe, plumbing fixture, or water system into a water
system supplying drinking water to the public."

C.R.S. S25-l-114(4) provides that any person who violates
this provision is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for
not more than one year, or by both such fine nd imprisonment
and, in addition to such fine and imprisonment, shall be
liable for any expense by health authorities in removing any
nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness.

INTRODUCED, READ AND APPROVED this 9th day of May, 1990.
Pursuant to C.R.S. S31-16-107, the entire text of the Rules and
Regulations of the Wiggins Water and Sanitation District to be

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