1301.10 System abandonment.
PC § 1301.10
If the owner of an on-site nonpotable water reuse system or rainwater collection and conveyance system elects to cease use of, or fails to properly maintain such system and is so ordered by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the system shall be abandoned and shall comply with the following: 1. The conveyance piping system shall be replaced with an approved potable water supply piping system. Exception: Where an existing conveyance pipe system is already in place, the fixtures may remain connected to the existing piping and supplied by the potable water system, in accordance with all of the following requirements: 1. The piping material, design and size comply with the requirements of Chapter 6.
2.The piping system is disinfected in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 6.
3.All piping connections between the potable and conveyance piping system shall be protected against backflow by an approved method in accordance with Chapter 6.
4.The piping identification required by Section 1301.6.3 shall be maintained to identify the piping as nonpotable.
5.All piping connections to the abandoned components of the collection and treatment system shall be permanently disabled by removing a section of pipe.
