This section establishes minimum standards for the city to protect the public potable water supply from possible contamination or pollution due to backflow or backsiphonage from a customer’s private internal system into the public potable water system.

This program is applicable to the city of Lynnwood water system. Other water purveyors within the city are required to develop and administer their individual cross-connection control programs per WAC 246-290-490.

This section and the city of Lynnwood cross-connection control operating policies together establish the cross-connection control program, provide guidelines and requirements for installation, testing, and maintenance of approved backflow assemblies and establish permitting and inspection requirements for existing and new backflow assemblies. All pertinent departments within the city of Lynnwood shall coordinate efforts in administering this policy.

The purpose of this program is not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this code. (Ord. 2727 § 2, 2008)