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Oxnard City staff seek committee recommendation to adopt new cross-connection, backflow ordinance
Summary
Water division staff asked the Public Works and Transportation Committee to recommend that the City Council introduce and waive first reading of an ordinance aligning Oxnard City’s cross-connection and backflow rules with the California Cross Connection Control Policy Handbook; staff said the changes add hazard-assessment requirements, require digital test uploads, and include compliance fees with no direct fiscal impact to the city.
Chris Peyton, water division manager, asked the Public Works and Transportation Committee to recommend that the City Council introduce and waive first reading of a proposed ordinance that would amend Article 4 of Chapter 22 to regulate cross connections and backflow prevention in Oxnard City.
Peyton said the ordinance is intended to bring the city into compliance with the California Cross Connection Control Policy Handbook (CCCPH), which the state adopted on Dec. 19, 2023. "Effective on 07/01/2024, the CCCPH is the primary enforcement and regulatory authority for cross connection control and backflow prevention of public water systems," Peyton said.
According to Peyton, a cross connection is…
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