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 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:
WELL
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.
WELL DRILLER
A person, firm, association or corporation who engages in
the drilling, digging, driving, boring, coring, construction or altering
of any well.
No well shall be drilled until a permit therefor has been obtained
from the Township Health Officer. Application for each such permit
shall be made upon forms prescribed and supplied by the Township Health
Officer, and the applicant for such permit shall give such information
pertaining to the proposed well as the Township Health Officer shall
require. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of $12. No
well shall be drilled unless a copy of this permit and a copy of the
permit required by the State of New Jersey are posted at the site
of the well.
If a well is to be constructed on a lot of 30,000 square feet
or less, such well shall be a driven-type well, to be drilled a minimum
depth of 50 feet. In the event the lot size is larger than 30,000
square feet, then dug wells of a minimum depth of 20 feet shall be
permitted.
The casing for all wells shall be steel pipe, 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 Monroe and statutes of State of New Jersey.
Pumps for all wells drilled to a depth of 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
gallons per minute for a test period of four 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 person licensed
or authorized to do plumbing in the Township of Monroe.
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.
Within 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 of Conservation and Economic Development
as required by N.J.S.A. 58:4A-14 and amendments thereto, and may be
submitted to the Township Health Officer on the forms prescribed by
the Division of Water Policy and Supply.
[Amended 1-7-85 by Ord. No. 3-85]
A. Within 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, which analysis shall include the
following tests as a minimum:
B. 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.
[Amended 10-6-75 by Ord. No. 276]
Any well driller violating or failing to comply with any of
the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be fined not
more than $500 or be imprisoned for a term of not more than 90 days,
or both, for each offense, as the court may direct. A separate offense
shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation
occurs or continues.