Council adopts cross-connection control program and advances ordinance updates to align code
Council adopted a cross-connection control program intended to protect the public water supply from backflow and approved first-reading ordinance revisions to bring the town code into alignment. Mayor Pro Tem Todd Carnes said the program is necessary to comply with federal and state drinking-water regulations and referenced state environmental requirements cited in the packet.
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Mayor Pro Tem Todd Carnes presented a cross-connection control program that, according to the agenda packet, establishes procedures and requirements to prevent contaminants from entering the town's drinking-water system via backflow. Carnes said adoption was necessary to comply with federal and state drinking-water rules and the state environmental agency's requirements as well as applicable plumbing codes; council adopted the program unanimously.
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