Sec. 19a-37a. Regulations establishing standards to prevent contamination of public water supplies. Civil penalties.
Sec. 19a-37a. Regulations establishing standards to prevent contamination of
public water supplies. Civil penalties. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall
adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 establishing standards
to prevent contamination of public water supplies which may result from the installation
of automatic fire extinguishing systems, irrigation systems or other physical connections
between the distribution system of a public water system and any other water system
in any building served by a public water system as defined in subsection (a) of section
25-33d. Regulations concerning automatic fire extinguishing systems shall: (1) Delete
the requirement for a reduced pressure principle backflow preventer (RPD) on fire sprinkler systems with siamese connections unless chemicals are added to such systems; (2)
require owners to install a double check valve assembly (DCVA) on fire sprinkler systems with siamese connections unless chemicals are added to such systems; (3) allow
owners to install an RPD instead of a DCVA on fire sprinkler systems with siamese
connections; and (4) provide that any person engaged in the installation of an automatic
fire extinguishing system shall notify the water company servicing the building of such
installation, and shall be subject to all applicable rules and regulations of such water
company.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 54 concerning automatic fire extinguishing systems that provide for a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars if a required device is not installed on existing
systems by July 1, 1999, or if the required device is not installed on new systems after
June 23, 1999.
(P.A. 87-193; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 99-188, S. 5, 6; P.A. 08-137, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction
services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction
Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-188 designated existing
provisions as Subsec. (a), adding Subdivs. (1) to (3), inclusive, requiring that the regulations provide for reduced pressure
principle backflow preventers and double check valve assemblies and added new Subsec. (b) re civil penalties, effective
June 23, 1999; P.A. 08-137 amended Subsec. (a) by adding "irrigation systems or other physical connections between the
distribution system of a public water system and any other water system" and making corresponding technical changes
and amended Subsec. (b) by specifying that subsection pertains to regulations "concerning automatic fire extinguishing
systems".
See Sec. 19a-37c for effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to this section.