The Board of Supervisors of West Rockhill Township finds that:
A. 
The groundwater underlying the municipality is a major source of its existing and future water supply, including drinking water.
B. 
The groundwater aquifers are integrally connected with, are recharged by, and flow into the surface waters, lakes and streams which constitute a major source of drinking water for the region.
C. 
Accidental spills and discharges of toxic and hazardous materials may threaten the quality of such groundwater supplies and related water resources in the municipality posing potential public health and safety hazards.
D. 
Unless preventive measures are adopted to control the discharge and storage of toxic and hazardous materials within the municipality, spills and discharges of such materials will predictably occur and with greater frequency and degree of hazard by reason of increasing construction, commercial, and industrial development, population, and vehicular traffic in the municipality.
The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare through the preservation of the municipality's major groundwater resources to ensure a future supply of safe and healthful drinking water for the municipality, local residents, and employees, and the general public. The designation of Wellhead Protection Zones 1, 2, and 3, and careful regulation of land use, physical facilities, and other activities within these areas can reduce the potential for groundwater contamination.
The municipality is empowered to regulate these activities under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Code (MPC), Act of 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as reenacted and amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
A. 
This chapter shall only apply to those areas of the municipality which are located within Wellhead Protection Zones 1, 2, and 3 surrounding a protected public water supply well as delineated on an Official Map available for inspection at the municipal office. A map of the Wellhead Protection Zones is included in Appendix A for general reference.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix A is on file in the Township offices.
B. 
This chapter regulates the following land uses, physical facilities, and activities which have the potential to contaminate groundwater.
(1) 
Light industry.
(2) 
Agricultural operations.
(3) 
Sewage disposal.
(4) 
Manufacturing.
(5) 
Injection wells.
(6) 
Storage tanks - underground and aboveground.
(7) 
Disposal facilities - solid waste, dump sites.
(8) 
Sewage sludge land application.
(9) 
Subdivisions.
(10) 
Land developments.
Should any section or provision of this chapter be declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of any of the remaining provisions of this chapter.