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Ordinance No. 2296 Page 4 of 12 "Approved" means accepted by the public works director or designee, as meeting an applicable specification stated or cited in this chapter, or as suitable for the proposed use. "Auxiliary water supply" means any water supply on or available to the premises other than the purveyor's approved public potable water supply, that is either used or equipped, or can be equipped, to be used as a water supply. These auxiliary waters may include water from another purveyor's public potable water supply or any natural source(s)such as a well,spring,river, stream, harbor, etc., or "used waters" or "industrial fluids." "Backflow" means an undesired or unintended reversal of flow of water and/or other liquids,gases, or other substances into the public water system distribution system or approved water supply. "Backflow prevention assembly" or "BPA" means a mechanical assembly designed and constructed to prevent backflow, such that while in-line it can be maintained and its ability to prevent backflow, as designed, can be field tested, inspected and evaluated.- "Back-siphonage" means the flow of water or other liquids, mixtures or substances into the distributing pipes of a potable water supply system from any source other than its intended source caused by the sudden reduction of pressure in the potable water supply system. "Contamination" means an impairment of the quality of the potable water by sewage, industrial fluids or waste liquids, compounds or other materials to a degree which creates an actual hazard to the public health through poisoning or through the spread of disease. "Cross-connection" means any actual or potential connection or structural arrangement between the public water system, including a piping system connected to the public water system and located on the premises of a water user or available to the water user,and any source or distribution system containing liquid, gas, or other substances not from the approved water supply. Other types of cross-connections include connectors such as swing connections,removable sections, four-way plug valves, spools, dummy sections of pipe, swivel or changeover devices, sliding multiport tube, solid connections, etc. "Cross-connection controlled" means a connection between a potable water system and a nonpotable water system with an approved BPA properly installed that will continuously afford the protection commensurate with the degree of hazard. "Cross-connection control by containment" means the installation of an approved backflow prevention device at the water service connection to any customer's premises where it is physically and economically infeasible to find and permanently eliminate or control all actual or potential cross-connections within the customer's water system; or, it shall mean the installation of an approved backflow prevention device on the service line leading to and supplying a portion of a customer's water system where there are actual or potential cross-connections which cannot be effectively eliminated or controlled at the point of cross-connection. "Cross-connection control specialist-means a person who is certified as a cross-connection control specialist. "Customer" or "water user" means a person or entity who is authorized by the City to receive water.