[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Old Bridge as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted by Ord. No. C-54 (Sec. 14-3 of the 1973 Revised General
Ordinances)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper
with, damage, deface or destroy, in whole or in part, any meters,
devices, pipes, valves, or any other article or piece of equipment
or facility used in connection with the supplying of water in the
Township; to interfere directly or indirectly with the normal usage
of water meters, devices, pipes, valves or any other article or piece
of equipment or facility used in connection with the supplying of
water in the Township; and to tamper with, damage, deface, destroy
or interfere with any personal property belonging to the Township
Municipal Utilities Authority wherever the same may be located.
[Added 3-4-1985 by Ord. No. 14-85 (Sec.
19-11 of the 1973 Revised General Ordinances)]
This article requires all owners of nonresidential
potable wells within the Township to test their water annually for
certain toxic chemicals and report the laboratory test results to
the Township Division of Health, and also regulates the construction
and certification of all new potable water wells. The regulations
provided in this article are intended to protect the health of consumers
of well water in the Township of Old Bridge, provide information to
enable the community to monitor groundwater quality and assure that
all new potable wells meet certain construction and water quality
standards.
The words, terms or phrases listed below for
the purpose of this article shall be defined and interpreted as follows:
A laboratory certified by the New Jersey State Department
of Environmental Protection, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:18-1.1 et seq.,
to conduct testing for individual hazardous contaminants.
A water supply used for potable or domestic purposes in a
family residence.
A device fabricated at the job site designed for attachment
to one or more openings through a well casing and so constructed as
to prevent the entry of contamination into the well or potable water,
conduct water from the well, protect the water from freezing or extremes
of temperature and provide access to water system components within
the well.
A preassembled device which extends the upper end of a well
casing to above grade, provided with a pitless well cap and so constructed
as to prevent the entry of contamination into the well or potable
water, conduct water from the well, protect the water from freezing
or extremes of temperature and provide access to the well and to the
water system components within the well.
Any water used for drinking or culinary purpose.
A well which is not used exclusively to provide water for
domestic purposes. A water supply system from which potable water
is supplied to customers, including employees, members, guests or
the public at large. Examples of public noncommunity water supplies
include commercial offices, industrial buildings, commercial shops
and retail stores, motels, hotels, mobile home parks, food establishments,
gasoline service stations, day facilities, houses of worship, boarding-
and rooming houses, clubhouses, camps of all types, health-care institutions
and similar uses.
All owners of public noncommunity water systems
in Old Bridge Township are required, at their expense, to have an
annual certified laboratory test of their well water for the following
volatile organic compounds:
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Benzene
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Bromoform
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Bromodichlormethane
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Bromomethane
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Carbon tetrachloride
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Chlorobenzene
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Chloroethane
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2-Chloroethyl vinyl ether
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Chloroform
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Chloromethane
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cis-1,3-Dichloropropene
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Dibromochloromethane
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Dichlorodifluoromethane
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1,1-Dichloroethane
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1,2-Dichloroethane
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1,1-Dichloroethylene
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trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
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trans-1,3-Dichloropropene
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1,2-Dichloropropane
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Ethylbenzene
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Methylene chloride
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1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
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Tetrachloroethylene
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Toluene
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1,1,1-Trichloroethane
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1,1,2-Trichloroethane
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Trichloroethylene
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Trichlorofluoromethane
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Vinyl chloride
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All testing shall be performed by a laboratory
that is certified by the State of New Jersey.
The laboratory technique to be used will be
from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Method 624
shall be followed for organic chemical analysis.
A.
Initial testing. Within 90 days after adoption of
this article, a certified copy of the required written laboratory
test results shall be furnished to the Old Bridge Division of Health
by all nonresidential well owners.
B.
Annual testing. Each calendar year thereafter, commencing
in 1986, the required test shall be performed, and a copy of the written
laboratory test report shall be provided to the Division of Health
no later than April 1.
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Editor's Note: Former § 515-8, Collection of samples,
was repealed 3-1-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-04.
No potable water well shall be located or constructed
in the Township of Old Bridge until a permit has been issued by the
Division of Health.
[Amended 4-2-1990 by Ord. No. 10-90]
The permit fee shall be $150.
All potable water wells shall be constructed
in strict compliance with state regulations as set forth and known
as "Standards for Construction of Public Noncommunity and Nonpublic
Water Systems" (N.J.A.C. 7:10-12.1 through 7:10-12.43 inclusive).
A pitless adapter or pitless unit shall be provided
on every new potable water well constructed.
No potable water well shall be placed in service
until the Division of Health has issued a written certificate of approval
to the owner of the property.
A.
Laboratory testing. Upon notification by the property owner or well driller, a representative of the Division of Health will collect well water samples and submit the samples to a laboratory for testing. Tests shall include those volatile organics as listed in § 515-4 and a bacteriological examination.
B.
Well water to meet state drinking-water standards
and guidelines. No well-water supply shall be approved by the Division
of Health if the water fails to meet current New Jersey drinking water
quality standards and guidelines.
