Township of Whitpain, PA
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2023-11-21
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Appendix
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Chapter A167 Well Construction and Pump Installation
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Article IV Location of Wells
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 7 Board of Supervisors
- Ch 12 Emergency Management Organization
- Ch 13 Public Fire Protection and Related Services
- Ch 16 Fee Schedule Authorization
- Ch 20 Intermunicipal Cooperation
- Ch 23 Local Government Investment Trust
- Ch 27 Manager, Township
- Ch 30 Mutual Aid Plan
- Ch 35 Park and Open Space Board
- Ch 36 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 37 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 38 Planning Commission
- Ch 41 Police Private Detail Service
- Ch 44 Public Contracts
- Ch 45 Reproductive Health
- Ch 46 Retirement Benefits and Pensions
- Ch 50 Sanitary Board
- Ch 53 Shade Tree Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 63 Alternative and Massage Therapy Establishments
- Ch 66 Amusements, Indoor and Outdoor
- Ch 71 Building Construction
- Ch 74 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 78 Curfew
- Ch 83 Disturbing the Peace
- Ch 89 Fire Prevention
- Ch 90 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 93 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 96 Grading, Excavations and Fills
- Ch 101 Hunting and Firearms
- Ch 103 Littering
- Ch 104 Mobile Food Vendors
- Ch 105 Waste Collection and Recycling
- Ch 108 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 110 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 113 Piggeries
- Ch 116 Plumbers, Registration of
- Ch 122 Sewers and Sewage
- Ch 124 Snow Emergencies
- Ch 125 Stormwater Management
- Ch 126 Streets, Driveways, Sidewalks, Curbs and Aprons
- Ch 129 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 136 Taxation
- Ch 142 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 145 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 149 Watercourses
- Ch 151 Water Systems
- Ch 152 Water Wells
- Ch 155 Weeds and Vegetation
- Ch 160 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A165 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A166 Chapters Subject to Fee Schedule
- Ch A167 Well Construction and Pump Installation
- Ch A167 Art IV Location of Wells
- § A167-8 General principles.
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
Every well shall be located in keeping with
the following principles:
A.
At the highest point in the premises consistent with
general layout and surroundings, but in any case protected against
surface wash.
B.
As far removed from any known or probable source of
contamination as the general layout of the premises and the surroundings
permit, but not less than 75 feet.
D.
Relation to buildings. With respect to buildings,
the location of a well shall be made as follows:
(1)
When a well is located adjacent to a building, it
shall be located so that the center line of the well extended vertically
will clear any projection from the building by not less than four
feet.
(2)
Every well shall be located so that it will be reasonably
accessible with proper equipment for cleaning, treatment, repair,
test, inspection and such other attention as may be necessary.
(3)
No well shall be located so that the top thereof will
be within the basement of any building nor under a building having
no basement.
