California Health and Safety Code 116405 – (a) In counties with a population not exceeding 500,000 persons …
(a) In counties with a population not exceeding 500,000 persons as shown by the 1970 federal decennial census, any public water system supplying both domestic and untreated irrigation water in separate pressurized systems that were in existence prior to January 1, 1990, and that is operated by an incorporated or unincorporated association of users, shall not require protection against backflow into the domestic water system from premises receiving both the water services and having available no other source of water, except where interconnection between the systems has taken place. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to knowingly interconnect the water services on a user‘s premises without installing a backflow protection device approved by the state department.
(b) Regulations of the state department requiring the installation of backflow protection shall not be continued to require the installation of the protection in any public water system described in subdivision (a), except as provided in that subdivision.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 116405
- Department: means the state board. See California Health and Safety Code 116275
- Person: means an individual, corporation, company, association, partnership, limited liability company, municipality, public utility, or other public body or institution, including the United States to the extent authorized by federal law. See California Health and Safety Code 116275
- Public water system: means a system for the provision of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances that has 15 or more service connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days out of the year. See California Health and Safety Code 116275
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
- User: means a person using water for domestic purposes. See California Health and Safety Code 116275
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)