[Adopted 4-28-1981 by Ord. No. 474 (Ch. 26, Part 3, of the 1992 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BACKFLOW PREVENTER
A device, approved by the Borough, installed in a customer's water system to prevent any possible flow back into the Borough's water system.
CROSS-CONNECTION
Any physical connection or arrangement between two otherwise separate piping systems, one of which contains Borough water and the other water of unknown or questionable safety, whereby there may be a flow from one system to the other, the directions depending on the pressure differential between the two systems.
WELL
A pit or hole sunk into the earth to reach a supply of water.
A. 
No person or customer shall drill or cause to be drilled a well within the Borough without first obtaining a permit therefor.
B. 
All property owners and persons within the Borough who have a well on their property as of the effective date of this article shall have 90 days to register and record information concerning the existence of the well and the existence of any cross-connection devices.
A. 
Application. Application for a well permit shall be made to the Borough. Each application must be accompanied by plans showing the location of the proposed well and shall indicate the size, depth and quantity of the proposed well.
B. 
Registration.
(1) 
Registration of all existing wells in the Borough of Manheim shall be made with the Borough. Such registration shall include the following information:
(a) 
Location.
(b) 
Size.
(c) 
Depth and quantity of the well.
(d) 
Existence of any cross-connection device.
(2) 
In the event of any change in status of an existing well, notice of change shall be made to the Borough.
[Amended 7-14-1992 by Ord. No. 524]
Any person prior to issuance of a permit shall pay a fee as shall be established from time to time by resolution of Borough Council. There will be no charge for registration of a well which existed prior to the date of enactment of this article.
No permit shall be granted for the drilling of any well where the premises is accessible to receiving water from the Manheim waterworks or if the premises is currently receiving water from the Manheim waterworks.
A. 
The installation of any cross-connections shall be prohibited.
B. 
A cross-connection shall be considered broken if a minimum air gap of two pipe diameters of the water supply pipe or six inches, whichever is greater, is provided between the public water and any other supply.
Any existing property or premises with both a well supply and a supply of water from the Manheim waterworks shall have a backflow preventer device installed on the public water supply system. All such backflow preventer devices shall be approved by the Borough, and the installation of any such device shall be in accordance with specifications of the Borough and shall be inspected and approved by the Borough. The cost of inspection of existing and new backflow preventer devices by the Borough shall be paid by the customer.