PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY — Any water system serving
or intended to service water for human consumption or for domestic
uses or purpose on one lot. The system shall be contained on the lot
and shall include all of the sources, treatment works, and distribution
lines to the point where distribution takes place within the building
on the lot.
SEMIPUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Any water system serving or intended to service water for
human consumption or for domestic purposes and not included under
the definition of "private water supply" above or under the Department
of Environmental Protection "Drinking Water Supply Regulations of
Massachusetts."
WATER SYSTEMS
Includes pipes, valves, fittings, tanks, motors, switches,
controls, and appurtenances installed or used for the purpose of storage,
distribution, filtration, treatment, or purification of water for
any use whether or not inside a building.
WELL
Includes any pit, pipe excavation, spring, casing, drill
hole or other source of water to be used for any purpose of supplying
potable water in the Town of Ashland and shall include dug wells,
driven or tubular wells, drilled wells (artesian or otherwise) and
springs, gravel walled wells, gravel developed and wash borings and
as further described in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Manual
of Individual Water Supply Systems.
Nothing in the Ashland "Minimum Sanitation Standards of Private
and Semi-Private Water Supply Regulations" is intended to, nor shall
it supersede any of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental
Protection "Drinking Water Regulations of Massachusetts" with respect
to noncommunity and public water supply systems as defined therein.