This chapter shall be known, cited and referred to as the "Wellhead
Protection (WHP) Ordinance."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY
United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources (WIDNR), Wisconsin Department of Safety
and Professional Services, City of Prescott, State Public Service
Commission and any federal, state, county, township, city, village
and/or any other governmental jurisdictions that apply concerning
the issues of this chapter, presently and in the future.
AQUIFER
A saturated, permeable geologic formation that contains and
will yield significant quantities of water.
CONE OF DEPRESSION
The area around a well in which the water level has been
lowered to at least 1/10 of a foot by pumping of the well.
RECHARGE AREA
Area in which water reaches the zone of saturation by surface
infiltration and encompasses all areas or features that supply groundwater
recharge to a well.
WELLHEAD PROTECTION AREA (WHPA)
The recharge area upgradient of a pumping well, the outer
boundary of which is determined or estimated that groundwater and
potential contaminants will take 20 years to reach a pumping well
and/or those areas inside a twelve-hundred-foot radius of a municipal
well. The official WHPA map identifies the five-year time of travel
zones (TOT) and twelve-hundred-foot and fifteen-hundred-foot radii.
WELL
An encased hole to an aquifer used primarily for the purpose
of supplying safe drinking water to private or municipal water supply
systems.