[Adopted 2-4-2013 by Ord.
No. 02-04-13]
This article applies to all water extraction wells that are
installed or altered in the Borough of Riverside after the effective
date of the article. This article requires licensed well drillers
to submit information to the Borough of Riverside both prior to and
after drilling or altering a water extraction well.
Water extraction wells must be installed or altered by a water
well driller that is licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
At least 15 days prior to commencing a well drilling or alteration
activity, the water well driller must submit a notification letter
to the Borough of Riverside, which includes the following information:
A. Name of the person or firm who will perform the work on the well,
and their Commonwealth of Pennsylvania water well driller license
number;
B. Name and address of the property owner;
C. The location of the new or altered well within the Borough of Riverside,
including a written description or a map;
D. Proposed use of the well water (drinking water, heating/cooling,
irrigation, public water supply, etc.); and
E. Number of households using the well (single-family home, duplex,
apartment building, etc.).
The water well driller must provide a report to the Borough
within 30 days of the completion of any well construction or alteration.
This report must be either:
A. A copy of the information the well driller is required to submit
to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey; or
B. A copy of the owner's report that the well driller is required
to provide to the owner of the well; or
C. A report that includes at a minimum the following information: date
well drilled or altered, well location, well depth, well open or screened
interval, and well yield.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CLOSED-LOOP GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM
A type of geothermal heating and/or cooling system that utilizes
a pressurized heat exchanger consisting of pipe, a circulating pump,
and a water-source heat pump in which the heat transfer fluid is not
exposed to the atmosphere. The heat transfer fluid is potable or beneficial
reuse water and may have approved antifreeze added.
OPEN-LOOP GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM
A type of geothermal heating and/or cooling system that utilizes
a water-supply well and a water pump to deliver groundwater to a water-source
heat pump. The discharge water from the water-source heat pump may
be returned to the subsurface through a recharge well or infiltration
bed, or may be discharged into a pond, lake, or stream. A spring may
also be the source of the groundwater supply.
WATER EXTRACTION WELL
A.
A well constructed by any method for the purpose of extracting
water from the ground for any purpose, including, but not limited
to:
(2)
Wells used to provide water for irrigation;
(3)
Open loop geothermal heat exchange wells which extract groundwater
from one location and discharge it to another; and/or
(4)
Pumping wells used for groundwater remediation purposes.
B.
For the purposes of this article, water extraction wells do
not include the following:
(1)
Closed loop geothermal heat exchange wells; and/or
(2)
Groundwater monitoring wells.
WATER EXTRACTION WELL ALTERATION
Any action which necessitates entering a well with drilling
tools, treating a well to increase yield, altering the physical structure
or depth of a well, blasting a well, or removing or replacing a well
casing.
This article will be superior to all other ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict herewith; the same are hereby repealed.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
article is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this article.
The Borough of Riverside hereby declares that it would have passed
this article, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional.
Nothing in this article hereby adopted shall be construed to
affect any suit or proceeding pending in any court, or any rights
acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action
acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed,
nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost,
impaired or affected by this article.
This article and the rules, regulations, provisions, requirements,
orders and matters established and adopted hereby shall take effect
and be in full force and effect on February 4, 2013, from and after
the date of its final passage and adoption.