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A By-law Respecting the Prevention of Backflow into the Water Distribution System of the City of Hamilton
Published by City of Hamilton
This is the City of Hamilton’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- By-law
- Published by
- City of Hamilton
- Date
- September 20, 2021
- Also called
- By-law No. 10-103 - Office Consolidation
- For
- any
- Signed by
- mayor · city clerk
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 21
- Instruments
- Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25 · CAN/CSA B-64 Series
Overview
The office consolidation, as of September 20, 2021, of City of Hamilton By-law No. 10-103, which names itself the Backflow Prevention By-law. Passed in May 2010 under the Municipal Act, 2001, it defines cross connections, premise isolation and degrees of hazard, then covers who may carry out the authorized functions, the CSA B-64 standard, property surveys, and the selection, installation, testing and removal of backflow prevention devices. Two schedules give the authorized functions list and City registration. Hamilton's Sewer and Drain and Water Works by-laws sit beside it.
What it covers
- Definitions
- Application and Interpretation of By-law
- Backflow Prevention
- Persons Permitted to Carry Out Work
- Application of CSA Standard
- Administration, Enforcement and Penalties
- Property Surveys
- Selection of Backflow Prevention Devices
- Installation Etc. of Backflow Prevention Devices
- Testing of Devices
- Removal of Backflow Prevention Device
- Authority of the General Manager
- Short Title
- Effective Date
- Authorized Functions List
- City Registration Requirements for Persons on Authorized Functions List
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