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Cross Connections
September 29-30, 2011
Drinking Water ProgramSustained Compliance Workshop
Lee Johnson, [email protected]
907-451-2179
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ObjectivesWhat is a Cross Connection?How are they regulated?What is a Back Flow Preventer?Types of PreventersExamples of Cross Connections
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What is a Cross Connection? Defined in 18 AAC 80.1990(a)(36)
Basically it is an ACTUAL or POTENTIAL physical connection or arrangement between otherwise separate piping systems containing potable water and any contaminant, whereby water may flow between the two systems.
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Backflow – Two Types
Back Pressure: Pressure of nonpotable fluid is greater than pressure of potable water.
Back Siphonage: Negative pressure in potable water piping causes nonpotable fluid to be siphoned into potable water line.
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High or Low HazardLow Hazard - will not have an immediate
effect on health, but could have an impact on the potable water.
High Hazard - will cause an immediate toxic effect or cause immediate and severe illness.
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Cross Connections Are Prohibited18 AAC 80.025(a) A person may not construct, install, or use a cross connection in a public water system, or allow a water system that contains a cross-connection to connect to a public water system.
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18 AAC 80.025(b) If the department determines that a facility has the potential to contaminate public water system through backflow, the owner or operator of the public water system shall install, maintain, and test on the service line to and at other locations in that facility, a backflow prevention device that conforms to ANSI/AWWA Standards C510-97, Double Check Valve Backflow prevention Assembly, or C511-97, Reduced-Pressure Principle Backflow Prevention Assembly, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 80.010(b).
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18 AAC 80.025(b) continuedThe owner or operator of the public water system may delegate the installation, maintenance, and testing of the backflow prevention device to the owner or operator of the facility that poses the risk. This delegation does not relieve the owner or operator of the public water system of the responsibility to install, maintain, and test the backflow prevention device.
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Statutes & CodesAlaska Statutes:
Article 8 Section 18.60.705 Portions of Uniform Plumbing Code – 2009
adopted by reference, 18 AAC 80.010(c)UPC Chapter 6
Section 603 pertains to Cross Connections
Table 6-2 Backflow Prevention Devices, Assemblies, and Methods
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Service Connections and Premise Plumbing
Drinking water program regulates water systems – Sources , treatment, and distribution systems, not service connections.
There is risk within a building from cross connections even if distribution system is protected. Plumbing Code
What about cross connections within your facility?
Need to protect potable taps from nonpotable use taps within water plant.
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Plan Review & Sanitary SurveyDuring engineering plan reviews we look for
Cross Connections within the public water system, the treatment plant, and the water distribution system.
BUT…….. For existing systems the sanitary survey process is the only other opportunity for staff or inspectors to look for and ask questions about facilities connected to the distribution system?
Also – Systems and plants are often modified through routine maintenance resulting in new cross connections or elimination of backflow prevention.
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Owners, Operators, and Surveyors Should Consider:
Types of facilities connected to drinking waterdistribution system (Actual or Potential Hazards?):
Health ClinicsHospitalsSchoolsWater and Wastewater Treatment plantsMortuariesOther
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Others?What other potential or actual cross
connections can you name?
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Direct vs Indirect
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Devices and AssembliesDevice -- cannot be tested
Assembly -- has two isolation valves and has test cocks for proper testing of the backflow prevention assembly
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Backflow Prevention
Air Gap2 Pipe Diameters or 1 inch minimum
RPZReduced Pressure Zone Assembly
DCDouble Check Valve Assembly
PVBPressure Vacuum Breaker
AVBAtmospheric Vacuum Breaker
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Backflow PreventionPrevents
Backsiphonage LOW & HIGH HAZARDProper Air GapAtmospheric
Vacuum BreakerPressure Vacuum
BreakerReduced Pressure
Zone BFPDouble Check Valve
(low hazard only)
Prevents BackpressureLOW HAZARDProper Air GapDouble Check Valve
HIGH HAZARDProper Air GapReduced Pressure
Zone BFP
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Insert New table 6-2
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Air Gap
Flow condition
Non flow condition
Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker
Protection
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Tank
Air Gap
POTABLESUPPLY
PUMP
FLOAT
NONPOTABLEAPPLICATION
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Hose Bibb Vacuum Breaker
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Pressure Vacuum Breaker
TEST PORTS
NORMAL FLOW
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Double Check Valve
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FLOW DIRECTION
#1 GATE VALVE
#2 CHECK VALVE
Reduced Pressure Zone Backflow Prevention Assembly (RPZ)
TEST PORTS
PRESSUREDIFFERENTIALRELIEF VALVE
#2 CHECK VALVE
#1 CHECK VALVE
#2 GATE VALVE
High hazard condition
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RPZ
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RPZ
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RPZ – Proper Installation?
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RPZ
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Proper Installation?
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Pumping Station Cross-connections
Priming of raw water pumps with finished water.Air relief valves piped directly to a drain.
• Cooling water for an emergency generator submerged in a drain or returned to the potable supply.
GATE VALVE
FLOOR DRAIN
AIR VACUUM RELEASE
SILENT CHECK
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Treatment Bypass Piping
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Emergency Bypass
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Emergency Bypass Installed
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Filter Bypass Piping
Bypass Piping
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Disinfection Bypass Piping
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Water Meter as Cross Connection?
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Submerged Inlet
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Surface Wash Arms
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Surface Wash Arm – Pressure Filter
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Backwash Waste Lines
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Softener Backwash Waste Line
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Air Gap
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UV and Cross Connections?
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Treatment Plant Lab Sink
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Distribution System• Direct connections to sewers for flushing either the
water main or sewer.
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Distribution Issues
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RESOURCES• Alaska Drinking Water Regulations
• 18AAC 80.025• American Water Works Association
• Recommended Practice for Backflow Prevention and Cross Connection Control – M14
• EPA’s Cross Connection Control Manual• Uniform Plumbing Code
•Chapter 6• Kenneth Kerry
• Water Distribution System O&M Manual• USC Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research•Lots of internet resources
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Questions?