{"data":{"id":"us-va/12vac5-590-580","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"12VAC5-590-580","heading":"General requirements for cross-connection control and backflow prevention","body":"A. Every owner shall establish and enforce a cross-connection control program (CCCP) in accordance with 12VAC5-590-360. The goal of the CCCP is to prevent the intrusion of contamination into the distribution system via cross-connections and backflow. The owner shall document the CCCP activities in a cross-connection control plan and submit the written document to the department for review and approval.\n\nB. No owner shall install, maintain, or allow a service connection to any premises where cross-connections to a waterworks or a consumer's water system exist, unless the owner and department ensure the cross-connections are adequately safeguarded.\n\nC. No owner shall install, maintain, or allow any connection whereby water from an auxiliary water system may enter a waterworks or consumer's water system, unless the owner and department approve the auxiliary water system, the method of connection, and use of such system ].\n\nD. The owner, in accordance with 12VAC5-590-510 C, shall maintain acceptable working pressures in the distribution system to reduce the potential for backflow to occur.","path":["Title 12. Health","Agency 5. Department of Health","Chapter 590. Waterworks Regulations","Part II. Operation Regulations for Waterworks","Article 4. Cross Connection Control and Backflow Prevention in Waterworks [Repealed]"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title12/agency5/chapter590/section580/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:42Z","sha256":"90ec43ece495e6ea49e41d2f1b2b5ff9fc230c60822b26a9c80c2898c14cf38a","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/12vac5-590-570","next":"us-va/12vac5-590-600"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}