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Committee advances health‑code update to strengthen cross‑connection and backflow protections
Summary
SFPUC and public‑health staff told Supervisors the ordinance updates Article 12A to place cross‑connection control with SFPUC, add enforcement tools (fines and liens), remove an outdated $100,000 insurance cap for testers, and set stricter siting/testing rules to reduce contamination risks from backflow.
Kenneth Payne, chief water quality inspector for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, told the committee that the 1984 Article 12A health code is outdated and should be modernized so the SFPUC, as the state‑identified lead agency, has clear authority to run an updated cross‑connection control program.
Payne said new rules would address changed plumbing and development patterns — including dual‑plumbed buildings using nonpotable supplies — and give the SFPUC enforcement tools such…
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