The authority for enactment of these regulations is MGL C. 111, § 31.
These regulations supersede all previous regulations adopted pursuant to water
wells by the Georgetown Board of Health.
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ABANDONED WATER WELL
A well that has not been used for water supply for a period of one
year or more, unless the owner declares his intention to use the well again
for supplying water within one year of the time use ceased.
AGENT
Any person designated by the Georgetown Board of Health.
AQUIFER
A water-bearing geologic formation (consolidated or unconsolidated)
that transmits water in sufficient quantities to supply a well.
CASING
An impervious durable pipe placed in a hole to prevent the walls
from caving and to seal off surface drainage or undesirable water, gas or
other fluids and prevent their entering the well. Specific types include:
A.
TEMPORARY CASINGA temporary casing placed in soft, sandy or caving surface formation to prevent the hole from caving during drilling.
COMMISSION
The Water Resources Commission established under Ch.
620, Acts of 1956.
DRAWDOWN
The measured distance between the static water level and the pumping
level.
REGULATING AUTHORITY
The Georgetown Board of Health or its designee who shall administer
regulations pertaining to water well construction.
STATIC WATER LEVEL
The distance measured from established ground surface to the water
surface in a well not pumped, influenced by pumping nearby or flowing under
artesian pressure.
WELL or WATER WELL
Any hole or shaft constructed into the ground for the purpose of
extracting or injecting water. This definition shall not include wells to
dewater excavations or stabilize hillsides or earth embankments. It shall
include wells connected to heat pumps. Further "well" definitions include:
A.
HEAT PUMP WELLSConsists of a source well and a discharge well which could be one and the same, provided that it is a closed loop system where nothing is added to or taken from the water except heat and no air is in contact with the return water. A heat pump delivers water by way of the source well from an aquifer through a heat exchanger and returns it to the aquifer via the discharge well. The system utilizes the thermal energy stored in groundwater for space heating or cooling.
B.
DOMESTIC WELLA well used for domestic water supply with one service and/or serving less than 25 people.
WELL DRILLER
Any person, association, partnership, company, corporation or trust that constructs a water well, licensed by Water Resource Commission (§
480-5).
These standards shall apply to all types of wells described in §
480-3. Before a change in existing well use is made, the new use shall comply with requirements specified herein.
No person shall engage in the business of constructing wells within
the Town of Georgetown unless he is registered with the Water Resources Commission,
Division of Water Resources, as required by Water Well Drillers Registration
Act (MGL C. 21, § 16).
Within 30 days after completion of any water well (productive or nonproductive),
there shall be a report submitted to the Georgetown Board of Health containing
the name of the owner of the well, the geographic location of the well (this
can be plotted on the lot plan using two-foot contour lines as required by
the septic system designer), well depth, depth to bedrock or refusal, casing
type, casing size and casing length, well screen type and screen length and
well screen depth set, static water level, method used to test well yield,
length of time (in hours) well was pumped, drawdown, well yield and drilling
logs describing the material penetrated. Report forms may be issued by the
Board of Health upon request.