(a)   There shall be paid the following schedule for all users for water purchased from the City of Riley, Kansas, commencing on June 1, 2021, as follows, to-wit:

(1)   0-1,000 gallons of water: $16.00;

(2)   Each additional 1,000 gallons or part thereof remains at $5.00 per 1,000 gallons.

(b)   All users residing outside the city limits of Riley, Kansas, using the water system of Riley, Kansas, shall pay an additional $75.00 per year in addition to the above established rates.

(Ord. 1011; Ord. 1054; Ord. 1163; Ord. 1279; Ord. 1356; Ord. 1544; Code 2021; Ord. 1701)

No person shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained, any cross connection whereby a private, auxiliary, or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the city may enter the supply and distributing system of the city unless specifically approved by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the governing body.

(Ord. 1070; Code 2021)

Approved devices to protect against backflow or backsiphonage shall be installed at all fixtures and equipment where backflow and/or backsiphonage may occur and where there is a hazard to the potable water supply in that polluted water or other contaminating materials may enter into the public water supply. Any situation in which a heavy withdrawal of water, such as a sudden break in the main or water being used from a fire hydrant, may cause a negative pressure to develop which could lead to backsiphonage of polluted water into the system shall be improper and must be protected by approved backflow preventive valves and systems as determined by the superintendent.

(Ord. 1070; Code 2021)

The city utility superintendent or other designee of the governing body shall have the right of entry into any building or premises in the city as frequently as necessary in his or her judgment in order to ensure that plumbing has been installed in accordance with the laws of the city so as to prevent the possibility of pollution of the water supply of the city.

(Ord. 1070; Code 2021)

Pursuant to the city’s constitutional home rule authority and K.S.A. 65-163a, the city by its utility superintendent may refuse to deliver water through pipes and mains to any premises where a condition exists which might lead to the contamination of the public water supply system and it may continue to refuse the delivery of water to the premises until that condition is remedied. In addition, the city utility superintendent may terminate water service to any property where the cross connections or backsiphonage condition creates, in the judgment of the superintendent, an emergency danger of contamination to the public water supply.

(Ord. 1070; Code 2021)

There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of regulating cross connections between the public water supply and any sources of contamination that certain manual adopted by the Governing Body of the City of Riley known as the “Manual of Regulations Regulating Backflow and Siphonage of Contaminants due to Cross Connections for the City of Riley Public Water Supply.” No fewer than three copies of said manual shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as adopted by Ordinance No. 1070,” and to which shall be attached a copy of this section or said ordinance, and filed with eh City Clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours.

(Ord. 1070; Code 2021)