New Backflow Administration Fee
The Water Quality section also enforces the California Department of Public Health regulations concerning backflow and cross-connection control. Under section 64764 of the regulations backflow devices shall be tested annually by certified testers. Additionally, the California Health and Safety Code section 116805 allows the water supplier to charge water users with backflow prevention devices a fee to administer the backflow program. Effective July 19, 2010, the City of Santa Rosa Board of Public Utilities authorized a fee of $3 per month to be charged to customers in the Santa Rosa service area with a backflow device covered under our backflow program. The purpose of the fee is to recover costs associated with the backflow program from those who are required to maintain backflow devices as required by State regulations. The Utilities Department policy is to charge fees to customers who use specific services so that those costs are paid by the user and not the general rate payer base.
For those customer's who are required to install a backflow prevention device, here is a brochure on how to install a backflow device and the importance of a thermal protection device:
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