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• (f) Procedure and eq It is unlawful for a certified tester to change the g design, material, or operational characteristics of a backflow prevention assembly during repair or maintenance without prior approval of the director. All work performed by a certified tester's assistants must be performed in the tester's presence, and the tester is responsible for all such work. Sec. 86.575. Responsibilities of customers. (a) Each customer has the primary responsibility of preventing contaminants from entering the customer's system or the city water system. This responsibility starts at the point of delivery, and includes the customer's complete internal water system. (b) Each customer, as a condition of providing water service, must allow city water and wastewater department personnel access to the customer's property to inspect and survey the customer's system for potential contamination and backflow hazards. (c) The customer, at the customer's expense, must install, operate, test and maintain approved assemblies as required by this article. After any repair or overhaul of an assembly, the customer must have it tested by a certified tester to ensure it is in proper operating condition. A customer must apply for and obtain a permit from the director or the building official for the repiping or relocation of a backflow prevention assembly. • Upon completion of any such work, the customer must have the assembly retested by a certified tester. The customer must maintain accurate T - N RCC TCEO annroved test and maintenance report forms for all tests and repairs made to backflow prevention assemblies, and must provide the director with copies of these reports on request. Secs. 86.576 -- 86.589 Reserved. DIVISION 3. STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS Sec. 86.590. General requirements. (a) The -r,.r� TCEO Rules and Regulations for Public Water Systems, as amended from time to time, will govern the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the city water system with respect to cross connection control and backflow prevention. Each customer must comply with all applicable provisions of these rules and regulations. (b) It is unlawful for a customer to cause or allow water from an auxiliary water supply to enter the city water system. (c) It is unlawful for a person to make a connection from the city water system to a customer's system where an actual or potential contamination hazard to the city water system exists and there is no air gap separation between the drinking water supply and the source of potential contamination. Where a containment air gap is 7