Compliance Programs

ACSA promotes and enforces backflow prevention to reduce health risks caused by cross-connections. The goal of our Backflow Prevention Program is to educate the public on the importance of maintaining backflow preventers, eliminating cross connections and preventing backflow incidents through inspections and regulations.

ACSA provides the opportunity for contractors, water-haulers and certain others in the community to use our fire hydrants on a temporary basis upon written authorization. ACSA will designate specific fire hydrants for use and establish conditions under which such use will be permitted. All non-fire related uses of fire hydrants shall be through the use of a fire hydrant meter assembly. All water acquired through a fire hydrant meter is charged at twice the current non-residential and multi-family residential rate.

In order to achieve certification, each car wash facility must meet certain criteria, particularly in regards to the maximum amount of potable water used for each type of wash offered. For the facilities served by ACSA, certification is also a requirement to remain in operation during any future drought restrictions.

The complete detail of the program can be found in Section 18 of our Rules and Regulations.

Food service and other establishments are required to have a Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) collection system. This system reduces the amount of FOG that enters our sewer system, solidifying and causing clogs, backups and other major issues. ACSA’s FOG Program educates the public about the harm FOG causes while also ensuring that collection devices are installed, inspected and maintained regularly. 

It may be surprising that grease accumulations in the sewers of residential neighborhoods can be just as significant as in the commercial regions. Since there are no devices in the homes and apartments to capture FOG, the best prevention is to keep this material from ever entering the drains. You can reduce or eliminate this problem with a few basic changes in your daily activities. If you are an ACSA water customer with a septic system for wastewater disposal, you will also benefit from keeping excessive oil and grease out of your system.

ACSA is responsible for the existing and future public water and sanitary sewer infrastructure and appurtenances located throughout our jurisdictional area. This includes the general maintenance, upgrades and new construction as the need arises. To accomplish new construction on private property, it is necessary to acquire right-of-way easements to allow installation of utilities and to guarantee access for future maintenance. Our goal is to ensure that an easement is obtained in the most fair and economical means without adversely impacting the property.

An easement only grants restricted use of the property as detailed in the deed of easement and plat, and is not a transfer in real estate ownership. For this reason, easements are usually obtained through donations or negotiations. There are two types of easements commonly employed in the construction of public water and sewer utility projects. The first is a permanent easement that grants perpetual rights to access, install, operate, repair, replace and maintain specified utility pipelines or facilities. The second is a temporary easement that conveys temporary access and construction rights that terminate upon the completion of the construction of the project.