This chapter shall be known, cited and referred to as the "Wellhead
Protection Ordinance" (hereinafter referred to as "WHP Ordinance").
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AQUIFER
A saturated, permeable, geologic formation that contains,
and will yield, significant quantities of water.
EXISTING FACILITIES
Current facilities, practices and activities which may cause
or threaten to cause environmental pollution within that portion of
the Village's wellhead protection area that lies within the corporate
limits of the Village. Existing facilities include but are not limited
to the type listed in the Department of Natural Resources' Form
3300-215, Public Water Supply Potential Contaminant Use Inventory
Form, which is incorporated herein as if fully set forth.
GROUNDWATER PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT
That portion of the recharge area for the Village wells that
lies within the Village limits as shown in the map attached hereto
as Exhibit A and described as the "wellhead protection area" in the
Village's wellhead protection plan which is incorporated herein
as if fully set forth.
RECHARGE AREA
The land area which contributes water to a well by infiltration
of water into the subsurface and movement with groundwater toward
the well. This area may extend beyond the corporate limits of the
Village.
WELLHEAD PROTECTION AREA
The area described in the Village's wellhead protection
plan as the wellhead protection area, which is derived from hydrologic
studies and is based on the area surrounding a well where groundwater
takes five years or less to travel from the land surface to the pumping
well and normalized to convenient natural and political boundaries.