This chapter requires all owners of nonresidential
potable and nonpotable 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 chapter are intended to protect the health
of consumers of well water in the Township of Bridgewater, provide
information to enable the community to monitor groundwater quality
and assure that all new potable water wells meet certain construction
and water quality standards.
The words, terms or phrases listed below for
the purpose of this chapter shall be defined and interpreted as follows:
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.
Any well that is not used for potable water purposes. Examples
of nonpotable wells include water used for cooling, processing, irrigating
or other similar uses.
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 nonresidential water supplies include
commercial offices, industrial buildings, commercial shops and retail
stores, motels, hotels, trailer camps, 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.
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 water supply used for potable or domestic purposes in a
family residence.
All owners of nonresidential wells in Bridgewater
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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1, 1 - dichloroethylene
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Bromoform
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Trans. 1, 2 - dichloroethylene
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Bromodichloromethane
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Trans - 1, 3 - dichloropropene
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Bromomethane
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1, 2 - dichloropropane
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Carbon tetrachloride
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Ethylbenzene
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Chlorobenzene
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Methylene chloride
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Chloroethane
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1, 1, 2, 2, - tetrachloroethane
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2 - chloroethyl vinyl ether
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Tetrachloroethylene
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Chloroform
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Toluene
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Chloromethane
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1, 1, 1 - trichloroethane
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Cis - 1, 3 - dichloropropene
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1, 1, 2 - trichloroethane
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Dibromochloromethane
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Trichloroethylene
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Dichlorodifluoromethane
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Tricholoroflouromethane
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1, 1 - dichloroethane
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Vinyl chloride
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1, 2 - dichloroethane
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All testing shall be performed by a laboratory
that is certified by the State of New Jersey.
[Amended 9-19-2011 by Ord. No. 11-22]
The laboratory technique to be used will be
the United States Environmental Protection Agency Method 524.2 for
organic chemical analysis.
A.Â
Initial testing. Within 90 days after adoption of
this chapter, a certified copy of the required written laboratory
test results shall be furnished to the Bridgewater Division of Health
by all nonresidential well owners.
B.Â
Annual testing. Each calendar year thereafter, commencing
in 1985, 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 November 1.
A.Â
Certification form required. Within the provisions
of this chapter, any person collecting a well water sample for submission
to a laboratory shall complete and sign a form to be provided by the
Division of Health. The form shall include, among other things, a
list of instructions to be followed by the collector, sampling data
and a statement to be signed certifying the location of the sample.
The completed certificate shall be forwarded to the Division of Health
with the laboratory test results.
B.Â
Collection requirements for handlers of volatile organics.
All persons, corporations or firms that transport, receive, store
or otherwise handle volatile organic compounds shall be required to
have their well water sample collected and analyzed by either a representative
from the laboratory performing the analysis or by a representative
of the Bridgewater Division of Health.
C.Â
Option to have collection and analysis performed by
the Township: Any owner of a nonresidential well may request that
the Township Division of Health perform the necessary collection and
laboratory service for a fee which shall reflect the actual cost of
New Jersey certified laboratory analysis.
[Amended 9-19-2011 by Ord. No. 11-22]
