All wells shall have a sanitary seal.
(Prior code § 7-720)
All wells, except cathodic protection wells, shall have a concrete
platform or slab constructed to prevent the entrance of surface water
from any source into the well or the undergroundwater source.
(Prior code § 7-721)
After the construction or repair of individual domestic or public
domestic water wells and prior to the use of said wells, the wells
and all appurtenances thereto shall be adequately disinfected.
(Prior code § 7-722)
Public domestic water supply and individual wells shall have
a grout seal in the annular space.
(Prior code § 7-723)
The District Health Officer may order changes in the location
of water wells and in the methods, means, and manner of constructing
water wells in order that the same shall not constitute a menace to
the health of human beings or animals, or a detriment to groundwater
sources. The orders of the District Health Officer shall designate
the period within which such changes are to be made.
(Prior code § 7-724)
The well site, location, material and methods used may be inspected
by the District Health Officer at any time prior to or during construction
or destruction of any well. The District Health Officer shall be informed
when the work is completed and thereafter shall make a final inspection.
(Prior code § 7-725)
Upon determination that any well is abandoned as provided in
the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, that well
must be destroyed in the manner prescribed so that entrance of degraded
or contaminated water into usable aquifers, or creation of a safety
hazard, are minimized.
(Prior code § 7-726)
The District Health Officer is authorized, after reasonable
efforts to eliminate pollution, contamination or a safety hazard to
enforce the permanent abandonment by destruction of any well that
is polluted, contaminated or is so located as to become polluted or
contaminated or is a safety hazard. The District Health Officer is
authorized to destroy any such well and to recover the cost of the
destruction from the owner of the property on which the well is located.
(Prior code § 7-727)
If the owner intends to cease use of a well for a period of
six months or more, he or she shall inform the District Health Officer.
Such a well shall be protected from any source of contamination while
the well is temporarily out of service. The owner shall maintain such
a well as required in the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to
this chapter pertaining to out of service wells.
(Prior code § 7-728)
