[Adopted by Ord. No. 20-1985; amended in its entirety
by Ord. No. 6-1993 (Sec. 11-1 of the 1985 Revised General
Ordinances)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
BOARD OF HEALTH
The Lebanon Township Board of Health or any member or agent thereof
designated by that Board to act in its place in administering or enforcing
the provisions of this article. Whenever the Board of Health designates someone
to act in its stead, any person aggrieved by the actions of such designee
shall have the right to have such action reviewed by the entire Board of Health.
OWNER
The person having legal title to the premises where drinking water
is available.
QUALIFIED LABORATORY
A facility certified by the State of New Jersey pursuant to regulations
promulgated under the Safe Drinking Water Act as capable of performing tests
to determine the contents of water.
SAFE DRINKING STANDARDS
The current standards of the State of New Jersey promulgated pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act (N.J.S.A. 58:12A-1 et seq.) as adopted by the Township and the standards set forth in §
380-10.
TRANSFER OF TITLE
A sale or other conveyance of an ownership interest in real estate
from one person to another other than the following transfers:
A.
From one spouse to another where the transferee occupied the premises
prior to the conveyance; and
B.
A transfer of title caused by the death of an owner to his heirs at
law, surviving tenants or beneficiaries under his will.
Water supply systems which are regulated in accordance with the New
Jersey Safe Drinking Water Act through N.J.A.C. 7:10-1 et seq. by the New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy shall be exempt from
the provisions of this article.
Any water supply system within the Township shall be declared contaminated if the water produced therefrom does not meet safe drinking standards as set forth in §
380-10. The Board of Health shall have the power to order appropriate corrective action by the owner of such water supply system and shall be empowered to prohibit human consumption of such water until the water meets safe drinking standards.
Except as provided in §
380-9, a drinking water certificate shall be obtained by the owner of any structure within the Township serviced by a water supply system upon the happening of any of the following events:
A. The sale or transfer of title to another person of such
structure or any part thereof; or
B. The change of a water supply source.
Whenever a drinking water certificate is required, a qualified laboratory shall draw and evaluate the sample and submit the same to the Lebanon Township Board of Health. The analysis shall be for the presence of the contaminants listed in §
380-10.
The Board of Health shall review the analysis to insure that any contaminants do not exceed the minimum standards listed in §
380-10. Upon such review, the Board of Health may also require additional testing.
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued until a drinking water certificate
is presented to the Construction Official, and no water supply system shall
be put into service unless the owner shall have received a drinking water
certificate.
A drinking water certificate shall be effective for a period of six
months from the date of issuance. Any transfer of title which occurs during
the effective period of the certificate shall be permitted without the necessity
of obtaining a new certificate.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2001-43]
A. Binding contaminant levels are as follows:
(1) Inorganic.
|
Contaminant
|
Standard
|
---|
|
Nitrate (N)
|
10.0 mg/L
|
|
Iron (Fe)
|
0.3 mg/L
|
|
Manganese (Mn)
|
0.05 mg/L
|
|
pH
|
6.5 - 8.5
|
|
Lead (Pb)
|
15. PPM
|
(2) Organic. All volatile organic compounds for which maximum contaminant
levels have been established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 58:12A-1 et seq. shall also
be tested.
B. The coliform bacteria count shall be less than 1 per
100 ml (membrane filter technique) or shall be less than 2.2 per 100 ml (multiple
fermentation tube method).
C. The water test shall include a forty-eight-hour gross
alpha test for radium, provided the Department of Environmental Protection
has identified a sufficient number of laboratories certified to perform such
test.
Any person who fails to obtain a drinking water certificate as required under this article shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty.
Copies of this article shall be appended to all real estate tax searches
issued by the Lebanon Township Tax Search Officer.