[Ord. 1977-1, 5/2/1977, § 1]
It is and shall henceforth be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to drill and install a private well for the supplying
of water for human consumption to any private residence, or commercial,
or industrial building or complex in the Borough of Watsontown if
water from the waterlines and mains of Keystone Water Company, or
its successors and assigns, is accessible to such private residence,
or commercial or industrial building or complex in the normal and
usual manner by connecting therewith.
[Ord. 1977-1, 5/2/1977, § 2]
If water is not available to any private residence or commercial
or industrial building or complex by connecting in the normal and
usual manner to the waterlines and mains of Keystone Water Company,
or its successors and assigns, a well for the supplying of water for
human consumption thereto and therein may be drilled only after application
for and the issuance of a permit so to do by the Administrative Officer
of the Borough of Watsontown after full compliance by the applicant
with all requirements, regulations and guidelines of the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection promulgated from time to time
relative to Construction Standards Individual Water Supplies and with
any requirements established by the Council of the Borough of Watsontown.
[Ord. 1977-1, 5/2/1977, § 3]
Upon the drilling of any well for the supplying of water for
human consumption by any property owner, individual or corporate,
under the provision of this Part 1, periodic tests for purity, to
be made every three months during usage, shall be made in a manner
and degree to be determined and announced from time to time by the
Administrative Officer of the Borough of Watsontown and reports of
such tests shall be filed with him promptly upon being made.
[Ord. 1977-1, 5/2/1977, § 4]
Any well for the supplying of water, drilled and operated under
the provisions of this Part 1, shall be maintained and operated in
a manner to be prescribed by Rules and Regulations to be adopted from
time to time by the Council of the Borough of Watsontown so as not
to endanger the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of said
Borough. Likewise, no well, so operated, shall be abandoned in such
manner as to endanger the health, safety and welfare of the citizens
of said Borough, but only in a manner prescribed by the aforementioned
Rules and Regulations.
[Ord. 1977-1, 5/2/1977, § 5; as amended by Ord.
1988-1, 8/1/1988; and by Ord. 1996-4, 10/7/1996]
Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations
who shall violate the provisions of this Part 1 shall be guilty upon
conviction thereof before a Magisterial District Judge and subject
to the payment of a fine not to exceed $600, together with costs of
prosecution, and, in default of the payment of same, shall be imprisoned
in the Northumberland County Prison for a term not exceeding 30 days,
and any corporation or corporations which shall permit or allow any
provision of this Part 1 to be violated shall be subject to a penalty
not to exceed $600, to be recovered the same as debts of like amount
are now recovered by law.
[Ord. 1953-2, 6/4/1953, § 1]
No new water mains shall be laid and installed within the limits
of the Borough of Watsontown unless the pipe used therefor shall be
of that type, material, and construction usually used for such purposes
and shall be not less than six inches in diameter.
[Ord. 1953-2, 6/4/1953, § 2; as amended by Ord.
1988-1, 8/1/1988]
All replacements of existing water mains within the Borough
of Watsontown shall, under no circumstances, be less than six inches
in diameter, and shall be of pipe of that type, material, and construction
usually used for such purposes.
[Ord. 1953-2, 6/4/1953, § 3; as amended by Ord.
1988-1, 8/1/1988; and by Ord. 1996-4, 10/7/1996]
Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations
violating the provisions of this Part 2 shall for each offense, upon
conviction, be subject to a fine not to exceed $600 and costs of prosecution
and in default of the payment of said fine and costs shall be sentenced
to imprisonment in the Northumberland County Prison for a period not
to exceed 30 days; and any corporation or corporations which shall
permit or allow the provisions of this Part 2 to be violated shall
be subject to a penalty of $600 to be recoverable the same as debts
in like amount are now recoverable at law.
