[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of East Brunswick on 12-27-88 as Ord. 88-981]
Any person drilling a well shall be required to obtain a permit
from the Department of Health for which a fee of one hundred dollars
($100) shall be charged.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this
chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the
promotion of the public health, safety and welfare. To protect the
public, among other purposes, such provisions are intended to provide
for an adequate water supply which is free from deleterious substances
and fit for human consumption, and to protect both private and public
property owners from false statements as to the depth wells are sunk
and from excessive charges based thereon.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal, abrogate, annul
or in any way impair or interfere with existing provisions of the
Revised Statutes of New Jersey or the Uniform Construction Code dealing
with wells, except that where this chapter imposes a greater restriction
or duty than is imposed or required by such existing provisions of
law, the provisions of this chapter shall control.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
An excavation, whether drilled, bored or cored, for water
or in the exploration for water. Drive point wells or hand dug wells
are included within this definition.
A state licensed person, firm association or corporation
who engages in the drilling, digging, driving, boring coring, construction
or altering of any well.
If a well to be constructed on a lot of thirty thousand (30,000)
square feet or less, such well shall be a driven-type well, to be
drilled a minimum depth of fifty (50) feet. In the event the lot size
is larger than thirty thousand (30,000) square feet, then dug wells
of a minimum depth of twenty (20) feet shall be permitted.
The casing for all wells shall be steel pipe, plastic pipe or
steel pipe with a plastic liner, as approved by the Health Officer,
the thickness and weight of which, for the diameter required, shall
conform to the minimum standards for such pipe contained in the Plumbing
Code of the Township of East Brunswick and statutes of State of New
Jersey.
Pumps for all wells drilled to a depth of fifty (50) feet or
greater shall be the kind and type commonly designated as "deep well
pumps" and shall be capable of delivering a sustained flow of at least
five (5) gallons per minute for a test period of four (4) hours. All
wells shall be sealed with a patented well seal of an approved type.
Installation of the pump and seal shall be the responsibility of a
well driller licensed in the State of New Jersey.
Upon the completion of any well, the well driller shall arrange
to plumb or sound the well to ascertain the correct depth of such
well in the presence of a municipal representative designated by the
Township Health Officer or his agent.
Within sixty (60) days of the completion of the drilling of
any well, a report shall be filed by the well driller with the Township
Health Officer, giving the log (i.e., description of materials penetrated),
the size and depth of the well, the diameters and lengths of the casing
and screen installed therein, the static and pumping levels and yield
of the well, and such other information pertaining to the construction
or operation of the well as may be required by the Township Health
Officer. The well driller shall also deliver or mail a copy of this
report to the owner of the well. This report shall be identical in
all respects to the report submitted to the Division of Water Policy
and Supply of the State Department as required by N.J.R.S. 58:A-14
and amendments thereto, and may be submitted to the Township Health
Officer or his agent on the forms prescribed by the Division of Water
Policy and Supply.
A.
Water analysis.
(1)
Within ten (10) days of the completion of any well, the well driller
or owner shall file a report of the analysis of the water from the
well with the Township Health Officer or his agent, which shall include
the following tests as a minimum.
(2)
The costs for the above analysis shall be borne by the well driller
or owner. The report to be filed shall be a confirmed copy of the
original report made by the person, firm association, corporation,
or state agency who analyzed the water.
New wells installed within East Brunswick Township are required
to be certified by the Township Health Officer or his agent, prior
to use. Certification is based on compliance with all provisions contained
in the previous sections of this ordinance.
Any well driller violating or failing to comply with any of
the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be fined not
more than five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned for a term
of not more than ninety (90) days, or both, for each offense, as the
court may direct. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on
each day during which a violation occurs or continues.
