[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Township of Byram 8-17-1971 as Ch. BH-VIII of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A code regulating the location, construction,
alteration, use and supervision of individual and semipublic water
supplies, requiring certain permits, providing for the inspection
of such supplies and the fixing of fees and prescribing penalties
for violations is hereby adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et
seq. A copy of the code is annexed to this chapter and made a part
hereof without inclusion of the text.
[Amended 8-21-1979]
The code established and adopted by this chapter
is described and commonly known as "Standards for the Construction
of Public Non-Community and Non-Public Water Systems," promulgated
by the New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection, and
such amendments thereto and revisions thereof as may be hereafter
promulgated.
Three copies of the Standards for the Construction
of Public Non-Community and Non-Public Water Systems have been placed
on file in the offices of the Secretary of the Board of Health and
the Township Clerk for the use and examination of the public.
[Amended 11-16-1982]
No person shall locate, construct or alter any
water supply until a permit for the location, construction or alteration
of the water supply has been issued by the Board of Health. Any permit
to locate, construct or alter any water supply issued by the Board
of Health shall expire one year after the date of issuance. All existing
permits for the location, construction or alteration of any water
supply heretofore issued by the Board of Health shall expire one year
from the date of the adoption of this section.
The Board of Health may issue a permit if an
application is accompanied by a certificate made by an engineer licensed
to practice professional engineering in New Jersey stating that the
design of the water supply, as proposed, is in compliance with the
code.
New water supplies shall not be placed in operation,
nor shall new dwellings or buildings or additions thereto which must
rely on such a supply of water be sold or occupied, until the Board
of Health has issued a certificate indicating that the water supply
has been located and constructed in compliance with the terms of the
permit issued and the requirements of the code. Issuance of the certificate
shall not be required for alteration to an existing water supply.
The Board of Health may issue the certificate
if an engineer licensed to practice professional engineering in New
Jersey submits a written statement, signed by him, to the Board of
Health stating that the water supply has been located and constructed
in accordance with the terms of the permit and the requirements of
the code.
If a permit or certification required by this
chapter is denied by the Board of Health, a hearing shall be held
before the Board within 15 days after request is made by the applicant.
The Board of Health shall affirm, alter or rescind its previous determination
and take action accordingly within 15 days after the date of the hearing.
The Board of Health may order all further work
in and about any water supply which is being erected or installed
in violation of the code to be stopped forthwith, except such work
as shall be necessary to remedy the violation and, thereafter, the
work continued without any violation of any of the provisions of the
code. After issuance of such order and the service of a copy upon
the person connected with or working in and about the erection or
installation of the water supply, or any part thereof, no further
work shall be done except as aforesaid.
[Amended 6-20-1978; 4-26-1983; 10-3-1988 by Ord. No. 6-1988; 3-5-1990 by Ord. No. 4-1990]
The following fees and charges shall be established:
A.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit
to locate and construct a water supply: $100 plus the costs of all
water tests. This fee shall only include the cost of initial site
inspections.
B.
For the filing of an application and plans for a permit
to alter an existing water supply: $50 plus the costs of all water
tests. This fee shall only include the cost of initial site inspections.
C.
An applicant for a permit shall apply for a review
of the proposed design plans by an authorized agent of the Board of
Health prior to or simultaneously with the application for said permit.
A fee of $25 shall be charged for the initial review. This fee shall
not be credited toward any other fee for a permit.
D.
A fee of $25 shall be charged for each plan review after the initial review referenced in Subsection C, which is caused by the applicant's failure to submit an application and plans which conform to the requirements of state laws and regulations and these ordinances.
E.
Reinspection of a water supply or any part thereof
caused by the failure of the permittee to locate and construct or
alter the same in accordance with the terms of the permit issued or
the terms of the aforesaid code: $25 plus the costs of all water tests.
[Amended 2-19-1974; 2-19-1980; 10-3-1988 by Ord. No. 6-1988; 3-5-1990 by Ord. No. 4-1990]
Notwithstanding the requirements of the code established and adopted pursuant to § 283-2 of this chapter, the following minimum requirements shall apply within the Township of Byram with respect to the location, construction, alteration, use and supervision of public noncommunity and nonpublic water supplies:
A.
Where the source of water serves two or more dwellings,
a second source of water complete in all respects shall be provided
for standby purposes.
B.
Treatment of water derived from a well shall comply
with the two requirements of the administrative authority. The administrative
authority reserves the right to require chlorination of all sources
of supply serving two or more dwellings.
C.
Water shall be stored only in impervious tanks protected
against surface drainage. All tanks shall be provided with watertight
covers, and any overflow or ventilation openings shall be covered
with a metallic screen not less than No. 16 mesh to prevent the entrance
of insects or vermin. No storage tanks shall have a drainage connection
directly to a sewer.
D.
The administrative authority or its authorized agent
shall cause such inspections and samplings of a water supply to be
made as may be deemed necessary from time to time. When a supply system
serves two or more dwellings, the owner of the system shall furnish
quarterly to the administrative authority a report on the chloroform
count of the water supply. When a supply system serves two or more
dwellings, the administrative authority shall be informed of the personnel
responsible for operating the system as to name, address and location
at which they can be reached during an emergency and shall be informed
of any change of ownership of the water system.
E.
The minimum distance between a well and a disposal
field, seepage pit or distribution box shall be 100 feet
F.
Well casings shall be watertight and of new, undamaged
pipe of standard wrought iron, steel or other equivalent suitable
metal. The well casing shall extend 18 inches above finished grade.
