Int 0219-1998
Backflow Preventive Devices Testing
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 1998-02-26
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 1998-02-26Passed: 2001-12-31
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
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Sponsors (2)
Archie W. Spigner(prime)
Jerome X. O'Donovan
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
1998-02-26 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
1998-02-26 · City Council
ActionPrinted Item Laid on Desk
1998-03-19 · Legislative Documents Unit
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2001-12-31 · City Council
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section one. Section P107.18 of reference standard RS 16 is amended to read as follows:
P107.18 Protection Against Backflow And Back-Siphonage. Unless otherwise provided in this code, protection of the potable water system against backflow and back-siphonage shall be by providing installing [and], maintaining and annually testing at each outlet one of the following:
(1) Air Gap: In accordance with ANSI A 112.1.2-1942 (R1973).
(2) [Vacuum Breaker: In accordance with ANSI A 112.1.1 1971 (ASSE No. 1001-1970)]
[(3)] Reduced pressure principle Back Pressure Backflow Preventer: In accordance with ASSE No 1013-[1974] 1988.
[(4)](3) Double Check Valve-Type Back Pressure Backflow Preventer: In accordance with ASSE No. 1015-[1972] 1988.
[(5)](4) Backflow Preventer With Intermediate Atmospheric Vent: In accordance with ASSE No 1012-[1072] 1988.
Vacuum breaking and backflow preventing devices shall be accessibly located, preferably in the same room with the fixture they serve. Installation of vacuum breaking devices in utility or service spaces is also permitted, provided the devices are readily accessible. A person licensed under the plumbing code of the city of New York and any of his employees who perform testing of backflow prevention devices shall satisfactorily complete a course in backflow prevention device testing that has been approved by the department of environmental protection.
�2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Building.