SECTIONS 116800-116820 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 116800-116820

116800. Local health officers may maintain programs for the control
of cross-connections by water users, within the users' premises,
where public exposure to drinking water contaminated by backflow may
occur. The programs may include inspections within water users
premises for the purpose of identifying cross-connection hazards and
determining appropriate backflow protection. Water users shall comply
with all orders, instructions, regulations, and notices from the
local health officer with respect to the installation, testing, and
maintenance of backflow prevention devices. The local health officer
may collect fees from those water users subject to inspection to
offset the costs of implementing cross-connection control programs.

116805. (a) Local health officers may maintain programs, in
cooperation with water suppliers, to protect against backflow through
service connections into the public water supply, and, with the
consent of the water supplier, may collect fees from the water
supplier to offset the costs of implementing these programs.
(b) The fees authorized under this section and under Section
116800 shall be limited to the costs of administering these programs.
At the discretion of the water supplier, the fees collected from the
water supplier by the local health officer may be passed through to
water users.
(c) Programs authorized under this section and Section 116800
shall be conducted in accordance with backflow protection regulations
adopted by the department.
(d) Nothing in this article shall prevent a water supplier from
directly charging those water users required to install backflow
prevention devices for the costs of the programs authorized in this
section and Section 116800.

116810. To assure that testing and maintenance of backflow
prevention devices are performed by persons qualified to do testing
and maintenance, local health officers may maintain programs for
certification of backflow prevention device testers. The local health
officer may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the certificate of a
tester, if, after a hearing before the local health officer or his
or her designee, the local health officer or his or her designee
finds that the tester has practiced fraud or deception or has
displayed gross negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or
her duties as a certified backflow prevention device tester. The
local health officer may collect fees from certified testers to
offset the cost of the certification program provided pursuant to
this section. The certification standards shall be consistent with
the backflow protection regulations adopted by the department.

116815. (a) All pipes installed above or below the ground, on and
after June 1, 1993, that are designed to carry recycled water, shall
be colored purple or distinctively wrapped with purple tape.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall apply only in areas served by a water
supplier delivering water for municipal and industrial purposes, and
in no event shall apply to any of the following:
(1) Municipal or industrial facilities that have established a
labeling or marking system for recycled water on their premises, as
otherwise required by a local agency, that clearly distinguishes
recycled water from potable water.
(2) Water delivered for agricultural use.
(c) For purposes of this section, "recycled water" has the same
meaning as defined in subdivision (n) of Section 13050 of the Water
Code.

116820. Any person who violates any provision of this article,
violates any order of the local health officer pursuant to this
article, or knowingly files a false statement or report required by
the local health officer pursuant to this article is guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars
($500) or by imprisonment not exceeding 30 days in the county jail or
by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day of a violation of any
provision of this article or of any order of the local health officer
beyond the time stated for compliance of the order shall be a
separate offense.