[Adopted 6-7-2012 by Ord. No. 1-2012]
A.
Any and all domestic and commercial water users served by a municipal
authority shall procure and purchase any and all potable water service
from the municipal authority.
B.
The drilling, installation or use of wells for domestic and commercial
potable water service is and shall be prohibited within any area served
by the municipal authority unless the use of a well is approved in
writing by the municipal authority. Any such approved well shall be
constructed in accordance with the terms of Chapter 501, Water Well
Construction, Monitoring Wells, and Individual, Semipublic and Public
Water Supplies, and Geothermal Boreholes, of the Chester County Health
Department Rules and Regulations.
C.
Nothing contained herein is intended to or shall be construed to
prohibit the use of a groundwater well to provide a source of water
for a geothermal heating system. No geothermal heating system using
well water shall be connected to any other water system.
D.
Any water user within the area served by a municipal water authority
may apply to the Township for an exemption permitting such user to
install and use a well for potable water or other purposes.
E.
Nothing contained herein is intended to or shall be construed to
require the abandonment of existing groundwater wells. However, should
an existing groundwater well cease to function or provide potable
water due to structural failure of the well itself, such that the
well must be redrilled, the property owner shall be required to connect
to the available public water system and shall not be permitted to
drill a replacement well.
F.
The design and installation of any connections, system additions,
service lines, pumps, valves or other facilities connected to the
municipal authority water system shall be subject to the approval
of the municipal authority, and all standards and materials utilized
for such installations shall be in conformity with the rules and regulations
of the municipal authority in effect at the time an application to
connect is filed with the municipal authority.
G.
Any and all applications for permits or approval for any and all
construction, improvement, or development submitted to the Township
of East Brandywine within any area served by a municipal authority
shall likewise be concurrently submitted to a municipal authority
via an application for water system connection and approval, and no
permit or final approval shall be granted by the Township without
an approval of the water system connection and water service from
the municipal authority.
A.
Any person or entity violating the provisions of this article shall
be subject to a suit or summary proceeding as provided by law and,
upon a determination of guilt or responsibility, shall be subject
to a fine not to exceed $600 or, upon default in the payment of such
fine, to confinement not to exceed 30 days. Each day on which the
violation continues shall be considered a separate and distinct violation
and subject to separate proceedings as provided herein.
B.
In addition to any penalties provided herein, the Township may enforce
the provisions of this article by appropriate actions in law or equity.
