[Adopted 4-17-1978 by Ord. No. 201 (Ch.
176, Art. I, of the 1990 Code)]
The following words or phrases, when used in
the article or regulations adopted thereunder, shall have the meanings
ascribed to them, except where the content clearly indicates a different
meaning:
BOARD
The Upper Providence Township Board of Supervisors.
CAPACITY
Except in the case of free-flowing wells, the "capacity"
is construed to mean the daily capacity of the pumps installed and
not the contemplated draft.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 301]
DRILLING
All action necessary to construction of wells such as drilling,
boring, coring, washing, digging, driving or letting. This shall not
apply to the drilling of blast holes in quarries or to core holes
31/2 inches or less in diameter drilled for exploration or investigation.
PERSON
A corporation, partnership, municipal authority or association,
as well as a natural person.
UNDERGROUND WATERS
Waters of underground streams, channels, artesian basins
or other bodies of water in or under the ground, whether percolating
or otherwise.
WELL
Any excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven,
dug or otherwise constructed for the location, diversion or acquisition
of underground waters or the charging of water into underground strata.
WELL DRILLER
Any water well contractor, his employees or representative
in responsible charge of drilling or otherwise constructing a well.
No well may be drilled within Upper Providence
Township except in strict accordance with the provisions of this article
and the well-drilling regulations adopted by the Board hereunder.
Such regulations shall be prepared and approved by resolution of the
Board and when so approved shall have the same force and effect as
provisions of this article.
No well shall be drilled nor any existing wells
used for the purpose of disposal of domestic or industrial waste.
All wells will be cased to a minimum of 50 feet
in depth from the surface.
All well drillers shall, upon completion of
the drilling of any well, file a report in the form to be supplied
by the Board.
The owner of any well shall, upon abandonment
of any existing well or test hole, effectively seal and fill such
wells and test holes in accordance with rules prescribed by the Board.
A well not in operation for three or more years or improperly maintained
to prevent contamination may be deemed to have been abandoned.
A fee schedule shall be established in the rules
and regulations adopted under the terms of this article.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 301]
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating
any provisions of this article or the rules and regulations adopted
hereunder by the Board shall be liable, on conviction thereof, to
pay a fine or penalty not exceeding $1,000 for each and every offense,
and whenever such person or persons shall have been notified by the
Board or by the service of a warrant and summary proceedings that
he is committing such violations, each day thereafter that he continues
and persists in such violations shall constitute a separate offense.
Such fine and penalty shall be collected as provided by law, and in
default of the payment of the fine and penalty imposed and the costs,
the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the county jail for
a period not exceeding 30 days.