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From: Ruth DeLaMater Bundy or Ralph Charles Whitley, Sr.

Date: 12/31/2009 8:59:40 PM
To: investigations@abcactionnews.com
Subject: FW: WARNING TO ALL LIVING PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ---- DANGER
LURKS IN ALL FAUCETS, SHOWERS, FACILITIES, SHIPS, SUBS AND VEHICLES
OR AIRCRAFT WORLDWIDE !!!!

FYI

-------Original Message-------

From: Ralph C. Whitley Sr.

Date: 12/31/2009 5:03:19 PM
To: WeissT@HillsboroughCounty.ORG; harry.smith@tampagov.net;
diceccor@hillsboroughcounty.org; les42@cox.net
Cc: bill@billnelson.senate.gov; Governor Charley Christ; Administrator Patricia Bean;
Commissioner Rose Ferlita; Commissioner Kevin White; news@wfla.com; news@wtvt.com;
Reginald Roundtree; miked@10connects.com; 10news@10connects.com
Subject: FW: WARNING TO ALL LIVING PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ---- DANGER LURKS IN ALL
FAUCETS, SHOWERS, FACILITIES, SHIPS, SUBS AND VEHICLES OR AIRCRAFT
WORLDWIDE !!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen:
Happy NEW YEAR after midnight tonight.  Celebrating over 6 MONTHS that Hillsborough County, Florida 
has not called for ANNUAL MANDATORY BACKFLOW ASSEMBLY TESTING within Hillsborough County 
Florida in Violation of Federal, Florida and even County Ordinances‐Laws‐Mandates‐Administrative 
Codes.  Soon many CHILDREN will be returning to schools and classrooms where the water has been 
allowed to remove all chlorine thus the normal 2‐4 Parts Per Million have simply evaporated and left 
bacteria and fungi to grow making the first cups of water if not gallons dangerous.
News Media advised of Legionnaires Disease found in the faucets at Shands Cancer Center which claimed 
the life of one patient recently….not a joke and serious as a heart attack.
News Media covered a similar DEATH in Miami from a faucet in a Hotel.  Ever wonder HOW such bacteria 
are formed…..think of Alamosa Colorado WELL WATER fed to some 10,000 residents using only perhaps 
50 Miles of potable water pipelines WITHOUT ANY CHLORINE but the catch to this overdue TRAIN WRECK 
was the Weber Reservoir water was brought into the system allowing Salmonella which required some 25 
PPM for four days throughout the potable water system which meant no drinking, washing nor cooking 
with the high PPM Chlorine County for four days.  Thankfully there were Commercial businesses like 
Motels or Hotels which used their own WELLS and people could get some relief.  Governor of Colorado 
made Alamosa DISCONNECT immediately from the Weber Reservoir and no doubt ordered continued 
Chlorination levels of perhaps 2‐5 PPM in the future.   My concern with FLAWARN and Communications 
with Les O’Brien the senior instructor for Backflow Prevention Testers and Repair Personnel, was that the 
homes vacated for days by residents seeking to get away from the high Chlorine water HAD warnings to 
turn on their water at different areas using a few drops of BETADINE SCRUB IN A SMALL PLATIC CUP to see 
when the Chlorine arrived then shut off the water faucets trapping chlorine water inside until they could 
return several days later and repeat the process with the new cleaned water as the cups would turn 
IODINE COLOR if heavy chlorine was out of the water.
Someone obviously attended a meeting somewhere where DEP perhaps mentioned that a specific Florida 
Administrative Code was being re‐written which might allow a rewriting of codes for backflow assemblies 

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on HOMES with a secondary source of water. Estimated rewrite date early 2010.  Such was NOT AN 
ORDER TO STOP MANDATORY TESTING OF ALL BACKFLOW ASSEMBLIES IN FLORIDA OR ESPECIALLY IN 
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY since June.  Sadly the County has not sent out letters since JUNE 2009 telling 
those Commercial and Residential plus Fire Protection and Well Water locations to test the assemblies AS 
IS MANDATORY.  Instead someone apparently caused a member of the County Legal Staff to ALLOW A 
MORATORIUM OR NO TESTING COUNTY WIDE WHICH IS NOT ONLY DANGEROUS BUT AGAINST THE LAWS 
KNOWN TO EXIST !  No protection for schools, hospitals, day care centers, hotels, motels, business entity 
backflow assemblies since JUNE when County Ordinance 03‐6 mandates ANNUAL TESTING along with 
known Florida Administrative Codes and Laws written to protect the public.
As a professional specializing in Backflow Assembly Installation, Testing and Repair I can tell you that 
seeing children released from schools and knowing the schools water systems are not being flushed daily 
IS SCARY let alone facilities where COUNTY EMPLOYEES will work shut down over one day without anyone 
running water through those lines to prevent bacteria growth is another FEAR that people will get sick or 
die once they come back to work or go back to school….killed by salmonella or cryptosporidium let alone 
legionnaires disease GROWTHS in the lines without adequate chlorination as once it sits stagnant the 
chlorine is gone in perhaps one days time.   Now be out of school for two or three weeks and think of 
what is growing in the hot water heaters or cold water lines, water fountain lines.     We have a real hard 
time wondering WHY it is up to me a 70 year old PROFESSIONAL to tell you or my 80 year old Professional 
Partner Ruth [Birthday January 6 factored in on age] has to tell the COUNTY, STATE OR FEDERAL EXPERTS 
you are flirting with DEATH ON A GRAND SCALE LIKE NEVER BEFORE BY NOT FLUSHING LINES WHEN 
AREAS ARE ABANDONED !
One cannot build a residence in this County without having a BACTERIA TEST before issuance of a 
Certificate of Occupancy.   No one pays any attention to the fact that those water lines may not be used 
again for six months or a year with all sorts of critters inside the hot water heater or lines when an 
unsuspecting family buys the property and moves in or buys that abandoned building and starts working 
in same.  NO NEW BACTERIA TESTS FOLKS !   At what cost ?   The LAWS ARE THERE but the Inspectors and 
officials are too busy perhaps to demand protection for the new homeowners or new business owners 
like they fail to protect even their own CHILDREN attending closed schools with water lines full of bacteria 
which could KILL !   Any answers as to WHY AND HOW THIS IS OVERLOOKED when it only takes a few 
minutes for the water lines to be flushed keeping chlorinated water in same using one HELL OF A LOT OF 1 
OUNCE PLATIC PARTY CUPS to place 4 drops of BETADINE SCRUB in then fill it with water…..IF THE 
BETADINE IS GONE AND WATER CLEAR YOU HAVE CHLORINE……IF IT STAYS LIKE IODINE WATER you have 
NO CHLORINE but you may be surprised how many SUPER BACTERIA NOW ARE LIVING IN THE AERATORS 
AND SHOWER HEADS as those are ignored and never replaced nor decontaminated.  NO AERATORS 
SHOULD BE ON ANY FAUCET PERSONAL OR PUBLIC as they trap bacteria not killed by 2 PPM chlorine 
levels of water and CONSTANTLY THEY GROW BIG COLLONIES OF WATER BACTERIA EVEN SCARIER THAN 
SURGICAL CONTAMINATION FROM A HOSPITAL BED, WHEELCHAIR OR COMING THROUGH THE A/C 
SYTEM.
CHALLENGE TO ALL PERSONNEL WHO ARE REPORTEDLY PROFESSIONALS RESPONSIBLE TO THE OFFICIALS ‐
‐‐‐ TAKE ONE AERATOR FROM MENS ROOM AND ONE AERATOR FROM LADIES ROOM, ONE AREATOR 
FROM KITCHEN SINK FAUCET AND ONE SHOWER HEAD FROM A JAIL WASH AREA OR HOSPITAL 
BATHROOM SHOWER AREA……Take ALL over to a lab and do a petri dish culture test of what is really in 
those items then GO HOME AND REMOVE ALL AERATORS DUMPING OUT THE CONTENTS INTO A PLASTIC 
SANDWICH BAG SO YOU CAN PUT IN SUNLIGHT AND WATCH CRITTERS GROW DAILY. 
Take OFF SHOWER HEADS and wash sink SHOWER UNITS then put them to soak WEEKLY in a solution of 
3% Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide for 20‐30 minutes which is made by one ounce of 35% food grade 
hydrogen peroxide to 11 OUNCES of distilled water……..repeat   DISTILLED WATER.  Shake it up and put 
into a spray bottle then spray all areas like showers, tubs, commodes, walls, wheelchairs, beds, surgical 
beds,….anything that can be contaminated.  The 3% solution kills ALL fungi/Bacteria and especially kills 
the dangerous CRYPTOSPORIDIUM and Leggionaires disease bacteria on contact. Soak that Shower Head 

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in the solution and it really works wonders sprayed around faucets in cleaning.  Too bad the Doctors do 
not realize when they SCRUB for surgery with BETADINE SURGICAL SCRUB then rinse their paws they are 
getting worse germs to transfer to clothing or their body if not that of another when they SHAKE HANDS 
with a patient !
SUGGESTION TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS ‐‐‐‐  CONTACT THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE 
AND FIND IF FLORIDA NO LONGER HAS TO TEST BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLIES !
IF THE ANSWER IS   YES FLORIDA HAS TO TEST ALL BACKFLOW ASSEMBLIES ON POTABLE WATER, WELL 
WATER AND FIRE PROTECTION LINES THEN SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL BOB DICECCO NOW !
IF THE ANSWER IS  YES AND THAT IS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ORDINANCE 03‐6 AND SHOULD HAVE 
BEEN DONE ALL YEAR EVERY YEAR THEN FIND OUT WHO PUT A MORATORIUM ON RESIDENTIAL, 
COMMERCIAL, GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY BACKFLOW ASSEMBLY TESTING, INSPECTIONS OR 
INSTALLATIONS ON NEW BUILDINGS OR PROPERTIES !    
We sent this before but it is time to do so again folks:
ARTICLE X. CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL
AND BACKFLOW PREVENTION ORDINANCE*

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*Editor's note: Section 20 of Ord. No. 03-6, adopted May 14, 2003, repealed Ord. No.
02-7, from which §§ 38-471--38-487 derived. Sections 1--17 of Ord. No. 03-6 enacted
similar provisions which have been codified to read as herein set out.

__________

Sec. 38-471. Short title.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Hillsborough County Cross-
Connection Control and BackflowPrevention Ordinance."
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 1, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-472. Purpose and intent.

The purpose of this article is to establish minimum requirements for the control of
cross-connections with and theprevention of backflow into certain public potable water
supply systems within the unincorporated area of Hillsborough County, Florida. It is the
intent of the board of county commissioners that no connection to any of those systems be
made or retained which would impair or threaten the quality and/or potability of the water
supplies delivered by such systems.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 2, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-473. Authority.

This article has been enacted by the board of county commissioners pursuant to the
authority granted under Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and chapter
125, Florida Statutes, and in furtherance of the policy and intent declared by the State of
Florida in the "Florida Safe Drinking Water Act" (sections 403.850 through 403.864, Florida
Statutes).
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 3, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-474. Administration.

This article shall be administered by the county administrator or his/her designee.
until such authority is revoked or amended by the county administrator, the director of the
county's water department and the county building official are authorized to act in all
matters related to the administration and enforcement of this article. It is the intent of BOCC

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that there be no conflicting requirements between the director of the county water
department or the county building official in their interpretation and enforcement. If conflict
should occur the more restrictive shall apply. If agreement still can not be achieved the
conflict shall be resolved by the cross connection backflow and backflow-siphonage control
board.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 4, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-475. Jurisdiction.

This article shall apply to all public potable water systems within the unincorporated
area of Hillsborough County, Florida.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 5, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-476. Definitions.

This section identifies words, terms, and phrases which have been assigned
definitions unique to this article. When cited throughout the article in their capitalized form
such words, terms, and phrases shall be construed as having the meaning assigned in this
section.
Air Gap: A Backflow Prevention Device characterized by a physical separation
between the free flowing discharge end of a Potable Water supply pipeline and an open or
nonpressure receiving vessel. The physical separation shall be at least twice the diameter
of the supply pipe measured vertically above the overflow rim of the vessel but in no case
less than one (1) inch. This configuration can be used to eliminate a Cross-connection.
Applicant: The Property Owner, the duly authorized representative of the Property
Owner, or the lessee or occupant of said property who applies for water service to and for
said property and who can be bound to all legal obligations related to water service for the
property.
Auxiliary Water Supply System: A pressurized or pumping-ready water supply
system other than a Public Potable Water System which is located on or available to the
Customer's property whether or not connected to a distribution system within the property.
Such auxiliary systems include but are not limited to Reclaimed Water systems and private
wells. As further defined in AWWA M-14 Second Edition (Chapter 5) 5.2.
Backflow: The undesirable reversal of flow of water or mixtures of waters and other
liquids, gases or other substances into the distribution pipes of the potable supply of water
from any source(s).
Backflow Prevention Assembly: A mechanical Backflow Prevention Assembly which
is supplied with properly located resilient-seated shut-off valves at each end of
the Assembly and properly located test cocks, and meets the standards of the University of
Southern California's Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research
(U.S.C.) and complies with the standard listed in the State Building as adopted By
Hillsborough County.
Backflow Prevention Device: A mechanical device or plumbing configuration which
is designed for use to preventBackflow.
Board of County Commissioners: The governing body of the County.
Commercial Customer: A Customer other than a Residential Customer.
Construction Services Section: (CSS) Section in The Development Services
Division Charged with the enforcement of the Hillsborough County Cross Connection
Control Ordinance and the State Building Codes as adopted by Hillsborough County.
County: Hillsborough County a political subdivision of the State of Florida.
Cross-connection: Any physical arrangement whereby a Public Potable Water
System is connected directly or indirectly with any other water supply system, sewer, drain,

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conduit, pool, storage reservoir (other than for storage of Potable Water by a Utility),
plumbing fixture, or other device which contains or may contain contaminated water,
wastewater or other waste, or liquid of unknown or unsafe quality which may be capable of
imparting contamination to the Public Potable Water System as the result of Backflow. By-
pass arrangements, jumper connections, removable sections, swivel or changeable
devices, and other temporary or permanent devices through which or because of
which Backflow could occur are considered to be Cross-connections.
Customer: An Applicant which has contracted to receive Potable Water services
from a Utility for a particular service address and which is financially responsible for the
payment of all charges legally assessed by the Utility with respect to each Water Service
Connection applicable to that address.
Development Services Division (DSD): A Division of Planning and Growth
Management.
Double Check Valve Assembly: A Backflow Prevention Assembly which includes
two (2) internally spring loaded check valves, which are installed as a unit between two (2)
tightly closing resilient-seated shutoff valves and fittings with properly located test cocks.
Hazard: A Cross-connection or Potential Cross-connection which involves an actual
or potential threat to the quality and/or potability of the water supplied by a Public Potable
Water System. The degree of Hazard associated with any Private Water System shall be
determined from an evaluation of the conditions existing within that system.
Health Hazard: A Hazard involving any substance that could, if introduced into the
Public Potable Water System, cause death or illness, spread disease, or has a high
probability of causing such effects.
Nonhealth Hazard: A Hazard involving any substance that generally would not be a
Health Hazard but would, if introduced into the Public Potable Water System, constitute a
nuisance, be aesthetically objectionable and/or cause minor damage to the system.
Inspection Personnel: Utility, Plumbing, and Health Department Staff involved in the
implementation of the article.
Nonpotable Water: Water which is unsuitable for human consumption or which is of
questionable potability.
Plumbing Inspection Personnel: (PIP) Construction Services Section Personnel that
serve at the direction of the Building Official.
Potable Water: Water that is suitable for human consumption.
Potable Water System: All facilities utilized for the production, treatment, storage,
transmission, distribution, and delivery of potable water within the unincorporated area of
Hillsborough County.
Potential: Conditions, which through possible error, accident, omission, or neglect
pose an increased probability for a health hazard to occur due to a cross-connection
between a potable water supply and a nonpotable source or substance. There is an
increased probability of a cross-connection occurring when a pressurized or pumping-ready
Auxiliary Water Supply System, as defined in this article, is on the same premises as the
potable water supply system, even when there is no actual connection between the
auxiliary water source and the potable water system.
Pressure Vacuum Breaker Assembly: A Backflow Prevention Assembly which
includes an independently operating, internally loaded check valve; an independently
operating, loaded air inlet valve located on the discharge side of the check valve; and
properly located test cocks and tightly closing resilient-seated shut-off valves attached at
each end of the Assembly. ThisAssembly shall not be used if back pressure could develop
in the downstream piping.
Private Water System: All piping and appurtenances downstream from the Water

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Service Connection.
Prohibited Connection: Any connection of a safe system to an unsafe system as
deem by Inspection Personnel.
Property Owner: The title holder of record for a parcel of land.
Public Potable Water System: Each Potable Water System which is owned and/or
controlled either by the County or pursuant to a water utility franchise granted by the board
of county commissioners.
Reclaimed Water: Nonpotable Water derived from wastewater which has received
at least secondary treatment pursuant to State regulations followed by high level
disinfection.
Reduced-Pressure Principle Assembly: A Backflow Prevention Assembly which
includes two (2) independently acting check valves; a hydraulically operating, mechanically
independent pressure differential relief valve located both between the check valves and
below the first check valve; and properly located test cocks and tightly closing resilient-
seated shut-off valves attached at each end of the Assembly.
Residential Customer: The Customer for a Residential Service Address.
Residential Dual Check: A compact, mechanical Backflow Prevention Device
manufactured with two (2) independently acting, spring actuated check valves.
Residential Service Address: A Service Address whose private water systems serve
only residential dwellings the total of which is designed to house no more than four (4)
families.
Service Address: The property which is served by one (1) or more water service
connections pursuant to a Customer contract.
Utility: The individuals and/or legal entities which own and are responsible for the
operation and maintenance of a Public Potable Water System.
Water Service Connection: The point of connection to the Public Potable Water
System (metered or nonmetered) where the Utility loses jurisdiction and sanitary control
over the Potable Water delivered to that point. Included within this definition are
connections for fire hydrants and other temporary or emergency water service. For metered
connections, the point of connection is the downstream end of the water meter.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 6, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-477. Cross-connection control and backflow prevention manual.

(1) All rules, regulations, and procedures developed pursuant to section 38-474 hereof
shall be embodied in a Manual of Cross Connection Control and Backflow Prevention (the
Manual), a copy of which shall be maintained on file with the Clerk to the Board of County
Commissioners. Said manual is incorporated herein by this reference and made a part
hereof. Amendments to the manual shall require public notice and the Board of County
Commissioners' approval in the same manner as an amendment of this article.
(2) The County Administrator shall periodically review and recommend revisions to the
manual to assure compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations of the State of
Florida including, but not limited to, chapters 62-555 and 62-610, Florida Administrative
Code, and of all other regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the matters concerned
therein. It is the intent of the Board of County Commissioners that the manual complies with
the applicable provisions of Recommended Practice for Backflow Prevention and Cross-
Connection Control, AWWA Manual M14, American Water Works Association (2d ed.,
1990) including addendum M14a-92 July 30, 1992 Cross Connections
and BackflowPrevention, American Water Works Association (2d ed., 2nd Ed 1974), and
the state building codes as adopted by Hillsborough County.
(3) If any conflict should exist between a provision of the manual and the provisions of this

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article, the county's building codes, the state building codes as adopted by the Hillsborough
County, the Florida Safe Drinking Water Act, or any other state or county statute,
ordinance, rule, or regulation applicable to public water systems, the more restrictive
provision shall apply.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 7, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-478. Responsibility for compliance.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (a) below, each Customer shall be responsible for
complying with the provisions of this article which are applicable to that Customer's Service
Address. Each Utility shall be similarly responsible with respect to its Public Potable Water
System.
(a) Nothing contained herein shall preclude a Customer who is not the Property Owner for
that Customer's Service Address from recovering from such Property Owner all amounts
incurred by the Customer in meeting the requirements of this article which are applicable to
that Service Address.
(2) Except as otherwise provided herein, all expenses incurred by Utility or by a Customer
of the Utility to achieve compliance herewith shall be the responsibility of the party whose
facilities were the cause of such expenditures.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 8, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-479. Prohibited acts.

(1) No individual or entity shall complete or maintain any Cross-connection to a Public
Potable Water System or cause such a Cross-connection to be completed or maintained.
(2) No connection to a Public Potable Water System shall be performed or maintained by,
for, or on behalf of the Utility unless the applicable on-site facilities of the Customer or of
the Applicant for such connection are in compliance with the provisions of this article.
(3) There shall be no direct or indirect prohibited cross connections, either existing or
Potential, between a safe potable water supply and an unsafe, nonpotable supply, on the
customers side of the service connection.
(4) Modification of any Backflow Prevention Assembly shall be prohibited.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 9, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-480. Inspections.

(1) Inspection Personnel may, with the Customer's permission, inspect the Private Water
System(s) of each Customer's Service Address to determine the degree of hazard, if any,
which exists at that service address and to ascertain compliance with the provisions of this
article and of related codes and regulations.
(2) If the Customer denies Inspection Personnel reasonable access for such inspections,
the Utility may cause the installation at the Customer's expense,
the Backflow Prevention Assembly or Device(s) commensurate with the degree of Hazard
anticipated by Inspection Personnel for the Water Service Connection. If the Customer
denies reasonable access to perform such installations, the Utility may interrupt Potable
Water service to any Private Water System connected to its Public Potable Water System
until such time that access for either the aforesaid installation or inspection is provided by
the Customer.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 10, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-481. Backflow prevention device installation.

(1) An appropriate Backflow Prevention Assembly shall be installed by the Customer
immediately adjacent to and on the Customer's side of each Water Service Connection

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where in the opinion of Inspection Personnel a hazard (including an Auxiliary Water supply)
would otherwise exist. The type of Backflow Prevention Assembly(s) to be installed and the
manner of installation shall be as specified in the manual. All costs associated with each
such installation shall be borne by the Customer.
(2) Unless a greater level of Backflow prevention is required, a Residential Dual Check
shall be installed by the Utility at each Water Service Connection of every Residential
Service Address which receives Reclaimed Water service. The charge which the Utility may
assess the Customer for the installation performed by the Utility pursuant to this paragraph
shall be established in accordance with section 38-484 herein. The costs associated with
each installation which the Customer is required to perform shall be borne by that
Customer.
(3) Each Utility, the Health Department, and the CSS shall develop and implement an
appropriate on-going program to educate and inform Customers with respect to the control
of Cross-connections and the prevention of Backflow. Implementation of such programs
shall be effected in accordance with the manual and shall include providing written notice to
the Utility's Customers of the applicable requirements of this article for which its Customers
are responsible. Each Utility, the Health Department, and the CSS shall also develop and
implement procedures to promote identification of changes in the known or approved uses
of Service Addresses which may constitute a hazard or other violation of this article.
(4) The installations required pursuant to this section shall be completed within the period
of time prescribed by the manual. Each Customer who is responsible for completing the
installation for its property is also responsible for providing written notice of such completion
to the CSS as prescribed by the manual.
(5) If any Customer fails to install the Backflow Prevention Assembly(s) required
hereunder for a Water Service Connection, the Utility may cause the installation of, at the
Customer's expense, the Backflow Prevention Assembly(s) commensurate with the degree
of hazard anticipated by Inspection Personnel for that Water Service Connection. If the
Customer denies reasonable access to perform such installations, the Utility may interrupt
Potable Water service to the Private Water System(s) at the Service Address until such
time that either access for or evidence of the installations is provided by the Customer.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 11, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-482. Backflow prevention assembly testing.

(1) Each mandatory Backflow Prevention Assembly or Device which is in place shall
be professionally tested at least annually or as frequently as deemed necessary
(high hazard) by Inspection Personnel in accordance with the manual. The Customer
is responsible for having the appropriate test conducted and for submitting the
results thereof to the CSS all costs associated with such testing shall be borne by
the Customer. The CSS is responsible for providing written notice to the Utilities,
their Customers, and Franchises of the requirement for the test and the date that the
test results are due. Such notice shall be provided in accordance with the manual.
All testing shall be performed in accordance with the manual.
(2) If any Customer fails to provide the CSS with the documentation prescribed by
the manual to evidence performance of each test required hereunder for a Water
Service Connection, the Utilities may cause these test to be performed, such testing
to be at the Customer's expense. If the Customer denies reasonable access to
perform such testing, the Utilities may interrupt Potable Water service to the Private
Water System(s) at the Service Address until such time that either Access for or
evidence of the testing is provided by the Customer.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 12, 5-14-03)

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Sec. 38-483. Backflow prevention assembly repair/replacement.

(1) Each mandatory Backflow Prevention Assembly found to be functioning improperly
shall be repaired or replaced by the Customer in accordance with the manual.
(2) The Utilities are responsible for causing the repairing or replacement of
each Backflow Prevention Assembly(s) or Device(s) that the Utility cause to be installed or
any components thereof when necessary to assure the prevention ofBackflow. Each such
repair or replacement shall be performed in accordance with the manual. The charge which
the Utilities may assess the Customer for any such repair or replacement shall be
established in accordance with section 38-484.
(3) If any Customer fails to provide the CSS with the documentation prescribed by the
manual to evidence the performance of the repair or replacement of
a Backflow Prevention Assembly where such repairs or replacement was identified as
necessary for that Backflow Prevention Assembly to comply with this article, the Utilities
may cause the performance of such repairs or replacement at the Customer's expense. If
the Customer denies reasonable access to perform such repairs or replacement, the
Utilities may interrupt Potable Water service to the Private Water System(s) at the Service
Address until such time that either access for or evidence of such repairs or replacement is
provided by the Customer.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 13, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-484. Fees and charges.

(1) The fees and charges which the County shall assess its Customers to carry out the
provisions of this article shall be established at properly advertised public hearings
conducted by the Board of County Commissioners and shall be set by a resolution of the
Board of County Commissioners.
(2) In carrying out the provisions of this article each Utility other than the County shall
assess its Customers in accordance with one (1) of the following methods:
(a) The actual cost to the Utility of the services provided;
(b) The appropriate fees and charges established pursuant to subsection (1) above; or
(c) The appropriate fees and charges established by the Board of County Commissioners
for the Utility pursuant to local ordinance.
The assessment method utilized by the Utilities shall be at each Utility's election but shall
not be implemented by any particular Utility until such Utility has provided at least thirty (30)
days prior written notice to its Customers and to the County of the method selected and any
fees and charges to be implemented.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 14, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-485. Emergency acts.

(1) Each Utility may interrupt Potable Water service to any Private Water System
connected to its Public Potable Water System when necessary to prevent the continued
violation of this article, until such time that a resumption of service to the Private Water
System is deemed appropriate by the Utility.
(2) The County Administrator may take whatever emergency action that he/she deems
necessary and appropriate to protect persons or property from any injury, loss, or damage
which may reasonably be expected to result from a specific violation of this article or of any
related regulation. The County Administrator shall not authorize any entry into a building or
structure under such emergency powers without first obtaining the authorization of either
(a) the owner or lawful occupant of the structure or (b) a court of competent jurisdiction. The
County Administrator may interrupt Potable Water service to any Private Water System

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connected to the County's Public Potable Water System or demand the immediate
interruption of service to any Private Water System connected to a Public Potable Water
System owned by a Utility other than the County, until such time that a resumption of
service to the Private Water System is deemed appropriate by the County Administrator.
The Utility shall comply with each such demand for interruption.
(3) Advance notice of each interruption of service which is exercised pursuant to this
section shall to the extent practicable be provided to the affected Customers by their
respective Utilities.
(4) In the event of known pollution or contamination of a Public Potable Water System or a
Customer's Private Water System due to Backflow on or from the Customer's Service
Address, the Customer shall promptly take reasonable steps to confine further pollution or
contamination of the Public Potable Water System and shall immediately notify the Utility.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 15, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-486. Enforcement.

(1) The party or parties responsible for a violation of this article shall be liable for all
expenses, losses, or damage, including attorneys' fees and legal costs, incurred by the
County and/or by a Utility by reason of such violation, including all costs and expenses
associated with the interruption and restoration of Potable Water service for the Service
Address where the violation occurred.
(2) If the County Administrator determines that a violation of this article has occurred, the
County Administrator may (a) determine the actions necessary and appropriate to correct
such violation; (b) determine the party or parties responsible either in whole or in part for
such violation and require correction thereof; (c) determine the amount of any expense,
loss, or damage incurred by the County as a result of such violation; (d) assess the
responsible parties for such amounts and (e) receive payment thereof for deposit in
appropriate County accounts. In order to require any such correction or payment and prior
to pursuing any other remedy or enforcement action on behalf of the County, the County
Administrator shall provide each responsible party with written notice of (a) the aforesaid
determinations, (b) the specific corrections and/or payment required from that party, and (c)
any other liability or penalty which may be applicable to such a violation hereunder.
(3) In addition to any penalty or remedy provided by law for a violation of the provisions of
this article, the County may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin, restrain, or
otherwise prevent any such violation or to recover expenses, losses, or damages pursuant
to subsection (1) above.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 16, 5-14-03)

Sec. 38-487. Penalties.

Pursuant to section 125.69, Florida Statutes, a person who violates any provision of
this article shall be subject to prosecution in the name of the State of Florida in the same
manner as misdemeanors are prosecuted; and, upon conviction, such person shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the
County Jail not to exceed sixty (60) days or by both such fine or imprisonment.
(Ord. No. 03-6, § 17, 5-14-03)
Secs. 38-488--38-500. Reserved.
 
Professionally submitted for IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY REVIEW,

Ralph Charles Whitley, Sr. CFC032631

Backflow Prevention, Inc.

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4532 W. Kennedy Blvd. PMB-276

Tampa, Florida 33609-2042 USA

Phone: 813-286-2333
123109 @ 5:00 PM Eastern
 
 
 
 
From: Ruth DeLaMater Bundy or Ralph Charles Whitley, Sr. [mailto:backflow.prevention@verizon.net]
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 11:45 AM
To: backflow2@verizon.net
Subject: Fw: WARNING TO ALL LIVING PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ---- DANGER LURKS IN ALL FAUCETS,
SHOWERS, FACILITIES, SHIPS, SUBS AND VEHICLES OR AIRCRAFT WORLDWIDE !!!!

-------Original Message-------

From: Ruth DeLaMater Bundy or Ralph Charles Whitley, Sr.

Date: 6/28/2009 6:50:57 AM
To: backflow.prevention@verizon.net; APFN; mcac@extremezone.com;
jacklancaster@sbcglobal.net; jazzycatwanda@gmail.com
Cc: Charlie.Crist@MyFlorida.com; Mel_Martinez@martinez.senate.gov;
sf.nancy@mail.house.gov; AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov; Senator John McCain;
rep.paul@mail.house.gov; beanp@hillsboroughcounty.org; mailtothechief@cnn.com;
askdoj@usdoj.gov; HCSO; Instructor Les O'Brien UF/TREEO
Subject: WARNING TO ALL LIVING PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ---- DANGER LURKS IN ALL
FAUCETS, SHOWERS, FACILITIES, SHIPS, SUBS AND VEHICLES OR AIRCRAFT
WORLDWIDE !!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen: DANGER LURKS IN ALL FAUCETS, SHOWERS,

FACILITIES, SHIPS, SUBS AND VEHICLES OR AIRCRAFT WORLDWIDE !!!!

Once upon a time a house is built in any State requiring building permits. The
residence is completed and a Bacteria Trace or BACT test involves placing chlorine
in the water lines, pressurizing same to X pounds per square inch, then having a
test done with results from County or City building departments issuing a
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. Well water in Hillsborough County, Florida is
perhaps tested for E-COLI annually by home owners who pay a fee then deliver the
sample to the State Lab near USF for a water test. NOTHING ELSE IS TESTED FOR
SO PESTICIDES, BACTERIA, FUNGI, CHEMICALS, TRACE MATERIALS, DRUG
LEVELS remain hidden until people start DYING then the source is tested and steps
taken to seal or cap wells while bottled water or County/City mains are brought into

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the area if only well water was available ! People may never move in or start using
anything with a CO for months or years.

Take a GALLON JUG, fill it with any water, TAP OR WELL, wait several weeks and
see what grows ? Multiply that bacteria or fungi growth by one year SITTING
STAGNANT IN LINES OR ON AN AERATOR WITH AN AIR GAP BETWEEN WATER
AND EXTERIOR then you might get the picture of what is inside your own lines,
storage tanks, well tanks, piping and especially on the AERATORS once you move
in and unsuspectingly feel the home or other items purchased, used or rented, is
safe to use IMMEDIATELY. It is not safe nor will it be safe until things are done.
Keep in mind there are no EXISTING RULES, CODES OR ORDIANCES YET to
indicate what MUST BE DONE to make that facility, item or home safe for humans
yet we trust Government and facilities to protect us at any cost when in fact they
IGNORE the obvious ! I thank a deceased GENIUS doctor Mason Trupp from Tampa
General Hospital who proved what is in those AERATORS and lines with a PETRI
DISH test of the contents of surgical AERATORS. The Hillsborough County Hospital
Authority and NASA lost a great genius medical professional when Dr. Trupp
passed away !

Now comes the neat DANGEROUS section. Builder has the home sitting perhaps as
a Model or VACANT for months and perhaps years, much like a foreclosed home
UNDER FEMA OR A BANK sits for months or years, with no chlorine in any water
lines, washing any AERATOR or shower head thus unbelievable bacteria and fungi
form on surfaces and especially in the AERATOR or SHOWER HEAD without the
NEW purchaser being advised of the dangers. Such borders on CRIMINAL
NEGLIGENCE as the water may be responsible for many illnesses and even deaths
of those who occupy the foreclosed homes or FEMA TRAILERS which are never
properly decontaminated with FUNGI OR BACTERIA in A/C Ducts, ON SURFACES,
IN THE WATER LINES, AERATORS, hot water heaters or other interior or exterior
surfaces let alone contents people use. Much like the FLOODED HOMES/VEHICLES.

Along comes Mr. & Mrs. X with three children and an infant to buy the home/vehicle,
rent a room, place child in day care or even purchase or be issued a residence
called a trailer and move in. Sadly no BACT test is completed nor are the
AERATORS or SHOWER HEAD properly decontaminated so the family uses the
water thinking the WELL, TAP or City if not County water is safe when in fact the
opposite is true for the basic reason NO NEW BACT TEST is conducted, no
AERATOR cleaned and decontaminated, no Shower head cleaned and
decontaminated plus bacteria or fungi grow rampant and are not removed from Air
Conditioning Duct Work let alone surfaces elsewhere.

A solution DILUTED SPECIFICALLY WITH DISTILLED WATER OF 35% FOOD GRADE

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE can be sprayed on any surface or object if not having the
object placed in solution to decontaminate and kill all FUNGI AND BACTERIA.
Internal Piping should perhaps be cleaned with a specific amount of CHLORINE
before allowing anyone to live in same. Believe Alamosa Colorado flushed their
miles and miles of water lines with 25 PPM Chlorine for days until it killed
Salmonella because of the well water and reservoir water contaminating the drinking
water. IMAGINE those on vacation who could not properly clean their water lines,
could take no baths and had to drink bottled water to survive or MOVED to stay

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away until the ALL CLEAR WAS SOUNDED. Those homes vacant were not properly
flushed nor treated. Wonder WHY ? Believe the Governor of Colorado forbid using
the Weber Reservoir for additional water supplies because of the
CRYPTOSPORIDIUM contaminating water which is 240,000 times resistant to
Chlorine than Salmonella. My PERSONAL SOLUTION was drinking and cooking
ONLY WITH DISTILLED WATER ! No tap, well or bottled water ! But this requires
a good multi vitamin with mineral taken daily to replace some of the minerals and
vitamins in the TAP OR BOTTLED WATER OR WELL WATER ---- Well water is a real
killer as one has no idea how to remove what is in it nor can they afford to have it
properly checked by a LAB because of costs.

Mr. X has the residence for the past 10 years and has a plumbing specialist come in
to fix leaks but everyone forgets the deadly bacteria and fungi in the AERATOR or
on the surface of the shower, tub, commode, sink, walls, floors and washroom
areas. The ALGEA BLOOM or 'rotten egg' smell of the water should signal a
problem worthy of instant correction, especially after 5 years use the ANODE ROD
or sacrificial ROD inside the hot water heater perhaps is GONE so the water starts
an ALGEA BLOOM which makes the rotten egg smelly water which is dangerous but
everyone overlooks same until people start getting SICK.

Once upon a time the sick person is taken to a local hospital with the very same
problems the AERATORS are not removed, nor cleaned nor disinfected so the
problem multiplies with people catching many diseases simply lying in the hospital
with the air conditioning ductwork not properly decontaminated plus all items used
not decontaminated and simply wiped for sleeping surfaces with a cloth of a
mysterious solution then bed made and another patient brought in for that room and
bed. Being transported to the room on a stretcher or sitting in that public
wheelchair where any number of fungi or bacteria are present, sleeping on the beds
or surgical facilities where no one decontaminates the items while undergoing even
massive surgery where doctors and nurses do not wear the protective BOOTIES as
they bring bacteria and fungi into the operating suites on the wheels of wheelchairs
or stretchers to deposit same on the floor inside the surgical suite which is not
properly decontaminated should be something addressed instantly. Ceilings having
hot water piping with FRIABLE ASBESTOS particles falling down into wounds or
being breathed by the patient who is not wearing the cute doctor or nurse MASKS
makes me wonder what has happened to hospitals, motels, hotels, cruise ships,
airlines, bus, rental vehicles, day care facilities, prisons, jails, hospitals, emergency
clinics, doctor facilities and especially public or corporation buildings let alone
military bases and tent cities where people worldwide turn on the faucet anticipating
the water is free of bacteria or fungi when in fact the aerator spreads fungi and
bacteria onto their hands, into their mouths at water fountains and other items.

As a professional Plumbing Contractor and State of Florida Certified Backflow

Assembly Tester and Repair person who went through UF/TREEO training and
certification since about 1986 we can tell you that THE CITY AND COUNTY WATER
IS DANGEROUS ENOUGH with the high levels of drugs and chemicals inside it
which contaminate black plastic inside backflow assemblies making them slimy,
smelly and white or greasy. Finding one facility owned by the County making
SEWER WATER flow back into the potable water from a treatment plant CONFIRMED
by a Chief Plumbing Inspector Carl Conte and Cross Connection Control Inspector

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Robert Dicecco affecting the NORTHWEST section of Hillsborough County, Florida

was a wake up call for me and them as the director of the TREATMENT PLANT AT
WATERS AVENUE AND SHELDON ROAD ordered me to leave the property declaring
the facility was EXEMPT from any backflow assembly testing OR inspections. I was
THROWN OFF THE PROPERTY and left with the two COUNTY INSPECTORS, ONE
OF WHICH INDICATED TO THE DIRECTOR THAT HE KNEW THIS TESTER AND NO
DOUBT TOMORROW ALL TV STATIONS WOULD BE ON SHELDON ROAD FILMING
THIS ASSEMBLY WITH 80 PSI WATER FORCING THE SEWER WATER BACK INTO
THE DOMESTIC MAIN !

Over FEAR of having TV CREWS BROUGHT TO THE SITE PROTECTING THE

PUBLIC IN THIS CONTAMINATION SCENARIO the assembly 3 inch or 4 inch was
removed that very evening thus my concern confirmed and corrected. NO NEWS
OR WARNINGS TO THE PUBLIC but many gallons of chemicals were later forced
into the water lines and the BROWN V formation where the Treatment Plant violated
EPA guidelines and DUMPED SEWAGE INTO A CREEK remained until EPA took a
TOUR with a State Certified Plumbing Contractor from the OUTSIDE OF THE
TREATMENT PLANT confirming violations as reported by this Whistleblower. State
REPORTING of dangerous BACKFLOW of contaminated water ONLY surfaces if it is
the PUBLIC doing the contaminating by a cross connection...that specific instant as
well as other CROSS CONNECTIONS on county property never get reported.

Like any STORY --- ONCE UPON A TIME YOU WERE INFORMED OF THE DANGERS
INVOLVING WATER LINES PLUS STAGNANT WATER IN UNOCCUPIED HOMES AND
TRAILERS, VEHICLES, SHIPS, AIRCRAFT, SUBMARINES AND AERATORS OR HOT
WATER HEATERS --- What will you personally DO with that information to protect
the PUBLIC OR YOURSELF ? ALL MILITARY FAMILIES AND PERSONNEL SHOULD
PAY ATTENTION TO THIS INFORMATION AS WELL AS ALL REALTOR'S,
TRAVELERS, HOMEOWNERS AND OTHERS WORLDWIDE !

If you need to see what FUNGI or BACTERIA can do please visit

www.cancerfungus.com or www.curenaturalicancro.com then see the power of food
grade hydrogen peroxide used to decontaminate anything visiting
www.1minutecure.com IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE !

DANGER LURKS IN ALL FAUCETS, SHOWERS, FACILITIES, SHIPS, SUBS AND

VEHICLES OR AIRCRAFT WORLDWIDE !!!!

Professionally,

Ralph Charles Whitley, Sr. CFC 032631

Backflow Assembly UF/TREEO Tester T-01-09-0626
Backflow Assembly UF/TREEO Repair R-0291
State of Florida Whistleblower
062809 0650 HRS Eastern

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Ralph Charles Whitley, Sr.

a Decorated American Veteran
4532 W. Kennedy Blvd. PMB-276
Tampa, FL 33609-2042 USA
062809
Phone: 813-286-2333
backflow.prevention@verizon.net

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