[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 100, 5-12-80]
(a)
Created. There is hereby created a water pollution control authority
for the Town which shall have all of the powers and responsibilities
and shall be subject to all of the duties as set forth in Chapter
103 of the General Statutes.
(b)
Designation of Board of Selectmen. The Board of Selectmen of the
Town is hereby designated the water pollution control authority for
the Town.
[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 88, 11-15-76; Ord. of 7-22-96; Ord.
of 2-23-09(1); amended 3-16-2022]
(a)
No owner, occupant, or other person having an interest in land situated
in the Town shall commence to dig, drill, repair, develop or abandon
a well or geoexchange system unless a registered contractor completes
an application for a permit, acceptable to the Commissioner of Consumer
Protection of the State of Connecticut, and submits it to the director
of health or the director’s authorized agent. The fee for a
permit for a private water supply well or geoexchange system shall
be $50 payable to the Town. The fee for a permit to construct a public
water supply well is $100 payable to the Town.
(b)
No water supply well shall be constructed on a given lot unless a
subsurface sewage disposal system, meeting the requirements of the
of the Connecticut Public Health Code, is installed or is in the process
of being installed on said lot. An exception would be a water supply
well used for farming, but not for human, industrial or commercial
needs.
(c)
Construction of a water supply well or a geoexchange system shall
comply with the Connecticut Well Drilling Code.
