[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Stratford as Secs. 15-52 through 15-57 of the 1963 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
Every well, spring or other source of water
supply for human consumption and every cistern, tank or other storage
unit for water shall be protected from contamination, and no person
shall use, or permit to be used, for domestic purposes, water from
any source which is contaminated.
No person shall permit any sewer or drain from
any building, privy vault, cesspool, disposal tank or other source
of pollution to drain into any well, spring, watercourse or pond,
nor to exist so near thereto as to cause a risk of pollution.
Except in private dwellings, the use of any
drinking vessel by more than one person without adequate cleansing
is prohibited.
All public buildings having a water supply under
pressure shall be equipped with sanitary drinking facilities of a
type approved by the Director of Health.
Well diggers must submit to the Director of
Health a satisfactory report on the sanitary analysis of water from
a new well to show that the water is potable and fit for human consumption.
Such laboratory examination may be made by any laboratory approved
by the Connecticut State Health Department and shall include a sanitary
water analysis as follows:
No owner, agent, lessee or occupant of any premises
shall permit any stream or watercourse to pass through or under any
building or structure owned, cared for, occupied or leased by him
unless the stream or watercourse be confined in a waterproof conduit
of sufficient capacity to permit a steady uninterrupted flow of the
water at all times and under all conditions. Any person may make written
complaint to the Director of Health of any violation of the provisions
of this section, and the Director of Health shall direct the owner,
his agent lessee or occupant who may be found violating the provisions
of this section to construct the conduit as provided herein and shall
limit a reasonable time in which he may do so. The Director of Health
shall likewise notify the Mayor immediately of all violations of the
provisions of this section which come to his attention by complaint
or otherwise and shall keep the Mayor informed of his orders in relation
thereto. If any person shall fail to comply with the order of the
Director of Health within the time stated in such order, the Director
of Health shall immediately notify the Mayor of such failure. The
Mayor, acting through the Department of Public Works, shall enter
upon the premises and shall thereby carry out the order of the Director
of Health, and the expense of carrying out such order shall be charged
to the owner, his agent, lessee or occupant who failed to comply therewith,
and the same shall constitute a lien against the premises concerned
in such order, and such lien may be foreclosed in the name of the
town in the same manner as mortgages of real property. All orders
made by the Director of Health under the provisions of this section
shall be in writing and shall be served upon the owner, his agent,
lessee or occupant personally, or left at his or their place of abode,
and the Director of Health shall keep a permanent record thereof.
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Editor’s Note: The term “Town
Manager” was changed to “Mayor” in this section
at the direction of the Town so that the provisions herein would be
consistent with the provisions of the Charter adopted by the Town
on 11-4-2003.
