The Board of Health of the Town of Southborough,
acting under the authority of MGL c. 3, § 31 and amendments and additions thereto, and by any other
power thereto enabling, and acting thereunder, have, in the interest
of, and for the preservation of the public health, duly made and adopted
the following rules and regulations.
As used in these rules and regulations, the
following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY
Any water system serving or intended to serve water for human
consumption or for domestic uses or purposes on one lot. The system
shall include all of the sources, treatment works and distribution
lines to the point where distribution takes place within the building.
SEMIPUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Any water system serving or intended to serve water for human
consumption or for domestic uses or purposes including a multiple
dwelling, or to restaurants, dairies, schools, institutions, motels,
mobile home parks, bottling plants, campgrounds, recreational camps
for children, state forests, parks and beaches.
WATER SYSTEMS
Includes pipes, valves, fittings tanks, pumps, motors, switches,
controls and appurtenances installed or used for the purpose of storage,
distribution, filtration, treatment or purification of water for any
use whether or not inside a building.
WELL
Includes any pit, pipe excavation, spring, casing, drill
hole or other source of water to be used for any purpose of supplying
potable water in the Town of Southborough and shall include dug wells,
driven or tubular wells, drilled wells (artesian or otherwise) and
springs, gravel packed, gravel walled wells, gravel developed and
wash borings and as further described in United States Environmental
Protection Agency Manual of Individual Water Supply Systems.
These rules and regulations were adopted by
vote of the Board of Health, Town of Southborough, Massachusetts,
and are to be in full force and effect on and after June 28, 1982,
and shall, before said date, be published in this Town and a copy
thereof shall be deposited in the office of the Town Clerk.