It shall be the duty of all persons desirous of selling water
from whatever source, in the City of Perth Amboy, intended for human
consumption, to file, under oath, with the Division of Health, the
name of such water and the exact location from which it is obtained,
the chemical and bacteriological examination thereof.
All persons desiring to sell in the City of Perth Amboy soda
water, carbonated, manufactured water of all kinds intended for human
consumption must, in addition to the foregoing section, submit the
name of every substance or element entering into its composition.
No person shall throw, place or deposit, or cause or suffer
to be thrown, placed or deposited or to flow into any spring, well
or reservoir in this city, the water from which is used for domestic
purposes, or into any drainpipe communicating therewith, any substance
whereby the water in such spring, well or reservoir is or may become
polluted.
Whenever the Division of Health shall have satisfactory evidence
that any spring or well, the water of which is used for domestic purposes,
has become polluted or rendered unsafe for potable use, notice to
discontinue the use of said spring or well shall be sent to the agent,
owner, lessee or party in charge of said spring or well and, at the
discretion of the Division, the owner, lessee or party in charge of
said spring or well shall be ordered in writing to close or fill up
said spring or well or withdraw from the ground the well tube. If
the said order is not complied with within the time therein specified,
this section shall be deemed violated and the Division of Health may
proceed to cause the said spring or well to be closed, filled up or
the well tube withdrawn from the ground.
No well shall hereafter be dug or driven anywhere within the
City of Perth Amboy within fifty (50) feet of any privy vault or cesspool.
