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)