No person shall drill a well without first obtaining a permit from the
Board of Health. There shall be a fee of $3 for said permit. No person shall
drill or dig a present well deeper without first obtaining a permit from the
Board of Health. There shall be no fee for this permit. Every applicant for
a well permit shall present a sketch indicating thereon the exact location
where the well is to be placed, and this location shall be at least 50 feet
from any cesspool, outhouse, privy vault, fowl or animal coop or run.
Whenever a complaint has been made to the Health Officer or to any member
of the Board of Health that any well, spring or cistern furnishing water for
public use has become polluted and rendered unsafe for use, the Board of Health
shall have the authority to have a test made of the water at the expense of
the owner, agent or person in charge. If the test shows that the water is
unsafe for use, the Health Officer of the Board of Health shall notify the
owner, agent or person in charge, in writing, to close said well, spring or
cistern, and no water shall be used therefrom until the source of pollution
is removed. If the said sources of pollution cannot be removed, then and in
such case the said owner, agent, or person in charge of said well, spring
or cistern shall fill it up with fresh earth and discontinue the use of the
water thereof.
Any water used or available for use for drinking or culinary purposes
or for the cleansing of utensils used in preparing or serving food or drink
for public consumption shall be of a quality safe for such use and shall meet
standards of quality fixed by the Director of Health for the State of New
Jersey.
All present dug wells shall have a solid iron or reinforced concrete
cover with a manhole. Dug wells shall be prohibited in the Borough of Hopatcong,
except for those now in existence.
Any house that has lake water connected to any faucet shall display
a warning tag, "Do not drink - Danger - Not potable water."
No lake-water system shall be connected to a well-water system except
by installing the approved double check valve installation as prescribed by
Chapter 308, P.L. 1942,[1] as shown on the diagram prepared by the Department of Health of
the State of New Jersey, Bureau of Engineering and Sanitation.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 58:11-9.1 et seq.
In the River Styx peninsula, bounded and described as follows, Beginning
at a point where the northerly side line of Lakeside Boulevard intersects
the high-water mark of Crescent Cove, River Styx, Lake Hopatcong, at a corner
of Lot No. 55 in Tax Block No. 207, as shown upon the Tax Map of the Borough
of Hopatcong, and from said beginning running thence (1) northeasterly along
the high-water mark of River Styx 708 feet, more or less, to the northerly
corner of Lot No. 42A in Block No. 207; thence (2) still along the high-water
mark of River Styx, crossing the front of a 25-foot right-of-way, northeasterly,
easterly and southeasterly 1,700 feet more or less, to the southeasterly corner
of Lot No. 10 in Block 208; thence (3) still along the high-water mark of
River Styx, crossing the front of a 25-foot right-of-way southerly 725 feet,
more or less, to a corner of Lot No. 2 in Block 215 in the northerly side
line of River Styx Road at the River Styx Bridge; thence (4) still along said
high-water mark of River Styx, crossing River Styx Road, southerly and southwesterly
800 feet more or less to the southwesterly corner of Lot No. 3 in Block 216;
thence (5) still along the high-water mark of River Styx, crossing the front
of a 33-foot lane, southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly 272 feet, more
or less, to a corner of Lot No. 72 in Block 216 in the westerly side line
of Sharp Avenue; thence (6) along the side line of Sharp Avenue southwesterly
156 feet, more or less, to a point in the northerly side line of Lakeside
Boulevard; thence (7) along the northerly side line of Lakeside Boulevard,
northwesterly along the line of Tax Block Nos. 216, 213, 212 and 207, 1,100
feet more or less to the place of beginning, comprising all of the land in
Tax Blocks Nos. 207 and 208, 212, 213, 214, 215 and 216 as shown upon Sheet
No. 16 of the Tax Map of the Borough of Hopatcong, Sussex County, New Jersey,
no well shall be constructed without using a minimum of 50 feet of casing
and being sealed as defined under definitions.
The Health Inspector must be present when the sealing of any well takes
place.
The Health Officer's seal inspection is not to be construed as a guaranty
that the well will be free of pollution. It is to certify that the well has
been constructed in accordance with this code.
No hose or pumps that are used for any purpose whatsoever in the sewer
system shall be used in any manner whatsoever in connection with or about
the potable water supply system.
Whenever the owners or agents of buildings supply potable water, they
shall supply a continuous flow of water without interruption unless otherwise
specified, except for such reasonable time as shall be needed for making necessary
repairs, or if such interruption is caused by an act of God.
The top of well casing shall be capped with a rubber sanitary seal and
properly vented. Water-pipe connections through casing to be sealed.
A check valve shall be installed between all hot-water heating systems
and the cold-water supply.
Any well supplying water to more than one house and less than 20 houses
shall be inspected and a water sample taken annually by the local Board of
Health Inspector. The water shall be tested by a laboratory approved by the
local Board of Health. The owner of the well or wells shall bear the expense
of the annual water test.
All drilled-type wells shall be constructed according to the following
specifications:
A.
Specifications.
(1)
Drill an eight-inch hole into the rock to the required
depth.
(2)
Put cement grout into the eight-inch hole to sufficient
depth to fill hole when displaced by casing.
(3)
Casing will have guides on top and bottom to center it
in the hole.
(4)
Plug bottom of casing and place into drilled hole filled
with grout. As casing is pushed into grout the grout will be forced to the
surface hydraulically thereby filling the annulus between drill hole and casing
with grout.
(5)
When cement grout has set drill out plug in casing, and
drill into the rock no more than six inches to expose seal to rock.
(6)
Cap top of casing with fittings to take a pressure gauge
and an air line.
(7)
Apply 10 pounds air pressure to casing and disconnect
air line.
(8)
Watch pressure gauge for loss of pressure. If no pressure
drop is apparent in 10 minutes the well is proven to be sealed properly.
B.
ANNULUS FOR GROUT
CASING
DRILL HOLE
GROUT
GUIDE
PLUG
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Two and one-half inches, 3 1/2 inches, 3 3/8 inches.
Five-and-one-half-inch O.D., six-and-five-eighths-inch O.D.
Eight-inch, nine-inch, ten-inch.
Neat cement, fast-setting, such as Universal Atlas Lumnite.
Three pieces of steel cut to size and welded on casing one to two
feet from both top and bottom to center casing in drill hole.
Two pieces of plywood glued together and forced into the casing with
bottom piece butting on bottom of casing.
After a well is completed and before the well is placed in use, a water
sample shall be taken by the Inspector of the Board of Health for an analysis
by a laboratory approved by the local Board of Health. The owner of the well
shall bear the expense of the water analysis.
Chlorinators for potable water supply shall be of a type that, in low
chlorine level, will automatically shut off the supply of water.
