Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of
this division shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and each and every day
said violation exists shall constitute a new and separate offense.
The city may enforce this division by civil suit.
(Ordinance 196, sec. 5, adopted 12/28/81; Ordinance 246 adopted 1/28/88)
No person, firm or corporation shall, in the city, drill any
water well into and remove water from the Paluxy or Trinity Sands
save and except as provided for herein.
(Ordinance 196, sec. 1, adopted 12/28/81)
Any person desiring to drill any water well and remove water
from the Paluxy or Trinity Sands in the city may make application
to the city council for such permission and the city council shall
hold a hearing on said application. At said hearing the city council
shall hear evidence concerning the proximity of the proposed well
to other wells which produce public water for the citizens and residents
of the city, and such application shall be denied if the evidence
shows that any city well will be impaired or production curtailed
by the drilling of the proposed well.
(Ordinance 196, sec. 2, adopted 12/28/81)
If said application is granted by the city council, the permit
granted by the city will:
(1) Specify that the well shall be located so that there will be no danger
of pollution from flooding or from unsanitary surroundings such as
privies, livestock pens or other abandoned or improperly sealed wells.
(2) Specify that the well cannot be within fifty feet of a tile or concrete
sanitary sewer line, septic tank or storm sewer.
(3) Specify that the well is not within 300 feet of a sewage wet well
or sewage pump station.
(4) Specify that the well will not be located within 50 feet of livestock
pens or pastures nor within 500 feet of an animal feedlot.
(5) Specify that any abandoned well on the property of the applicant
shall be plugged and sealed to prevent contamination of the fresh
water aquifer.
(6) Specify that the premises, materials, tools and drilling equipment
shall be maintained so as to minimize contamination of the underground
water during the drilling operation.
(A) The water used in the drilling operation must be of safe, sanitary
quality.
(B) The slush pit shall be constructed and maintained to minimize contamination
of drilling mud.
(Ordinance 196, sec. 3, adopted 12/28/81)
If a permit is granted, the following rules must be followed:
(1) The casing shall extend 18 inches of the finished floor or natural
ground surface and a minimum of 1 inch above the sealing block. The
casing shall at least extend to the depth of the shallowest water
formation to be developed, and deeper, if necessary, in order to cut
off all water bearing [sic]
(2) The space between the casing and drill hole shall be sealed by using
sufficient cement under pressure to completely fill and seal the annular
space between the casing and drill hole from the top of the shallowest
formation to be developed to the earth surface.
(3) When a gravel pack well is constructed all gravel shall be treated
with a 50 mg/l chlorine solution to insure disinfection as it is added
to the well cavity.
(4) In all cases, a concrete sealing block extending at least 2 feet
in every direction from the well casing with a minimum thickness of
6 inches and sloped to drain away shall be provided around the well
head.
(5) Well heads and pump bases shall be sealed by the use of gaskets and
sealing compounds and properly vented to prevent the possibility of
contamination of the well water. 16-mesh screen shall be used on a
well casing vent, which should be turned face downward so as to minimize
the drawing of contaminants into the well.
(Ordinance 196, sec. 4, adopted 12/28/81)