A.
It is the scope of this article to set forth criteria for any discharge of material, liquid or solid, into such waters in order to ensure the availability of adequate supplies of water for all uses set forth in § 444-91.
B.
The water and discharges shall not contain substances
attributable to municipal, industrial or other waste discharges in
concentration or amounts sufficient to be inimical or harmful to the
water uses to be protected or to human, animal, plant or aquatic life.
Specific substances to be controlled include, but are not limited
to, floating debris, oil, scum and other floating materials; substances
that produce color, tastes, odors, changes in temperature or settle
to form sludge deposits; substances which are toxic, may become toxic
or are suspected of having these characteristics.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
As used throughout the criteria includes all heat from other
than natural sources. In the event of multiple discharges, consideration
shall be given to the cumulative effects of such discharges.
Those fish which travel upstream in order to spawn.
One-celled microorganisms which have no chlorophyll and multiply
by simple division.
The most ecologically profitable use to which a body of water
can be put. This shall be based on the ecologically most profitable
continuous public use to which the body of water is adaptable and
needed or likely to be needed in the reasonably near future without
regard to its present quality.
Any artificial or natural mineral, spring or other water
bottled for drinking purposes.
Those fish which travel to or toward the sea in order to
spawn.
Any physical connection between two pipes or conduits, at
least one of which carries or is intended to carry potable water.
A substance, whether gas or solids, has merged with a liquid
substance.
Water beneath the earth's surface between saturated soil
and rock.
A metallic chemical element whose symbol is Fe, whose atom
weight is 55.85 and whose number is 26.
Indicates the acidity or alkalinity of a solution: pH 7 is
regarded as neutral; pH values from zero to seven indicate acidity,
and pH values from seven to 14 indicate alkalinity.
Any water system not classified as public and intended primarily
for the use of the occupants of one premises. The system includes
all sources, treatment works and distribution piping by which water
is furnished to water taps or outlets of the system.
Any water processed and distributed by the City and includes
all of the sources, treatment works and distribution lines to the
point of service connection at the meter, property line or any similar
premises' connection point.
One which is at a temperature greater than 70° F. A discharge
at a lower temperature will also be a thermal discharge if it results
in a temperature rise of the receiving water above the permissible
temperature rises listed below.
The bodies of water within or contiguous to
the City are to have only the following uses.
A.
Aquatic life. Maintenance and propagation of fish
food organisms and all families of fishes except Salmonidae. Passage,
maintenance and propagation of anadromous and catadromous fish and
other fish which ascend to flowing waters to complete their life cycle.
(1)
Exception: cold water fish; maintenance and propagation
of the family Salmonidae and fish food organisms in Bushkill Creek.
B.
Water supply.
(1)
Domestic water supply: use by humans, after conventional
treatment, for drinking, culinary and other purposes.
(2)
Industrial water supply: use by industry for inclusion
into products, for processing and for cooling.
(3)
Livestock water supply: use by livestock and poultry
for drinking and cleansing.
(4)
Wildlife water supply: use for waterfowl habitat and
by wildlife for drinking and cleansing.
(5)
Irrigation water supply: used to supplement precipitation
for growing of crops.
C.
Recreation.
(1)
Boating: powerboating, sailboating, canoeing and rowing
for recreational purposes. Powerboating shall be limited to the main
stream of the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers.
(2)
Fishing: use of the water for the taking of fish by
legal methods.
(3)
Water contact sports: use of the water for swimming
and related activities.
(4)
Natural area: use of the water as an esthetic setting
to recreational pursuits.
These standards shall apply to all bodies of
water including groundwater, and to any discharge that enters bodies
of water located within the boundaries of the City.
A.
pH: not less than 6.5, not to exceed 8.5.
B.
Iron: total iron not to exceed 1.5 mg/l.
C.
Dissolved oxygen: minimum daily average 5.0 mg/l;
no value less than 4.0 mg/l; except in Bushkill Creek, where the minimum
daily average is 6.0 mg/l, with no value less than 5.0 mg/l.
D.
Dissolved solids: not to exceed 250 mg/l as a monthly
average value, not to exceed 500 mg/l at any time.
E.
Bacteria: for the period May 15 to September 15 of
a year, the coliform count should not exceed 1,000/100 ml as either
an arithmetic average value or as two consecutive counts, nor should
it exceed 2,400/100 ml in more than one sample. For the period of
September 16 to May 15 of any year, the coliform count should not
exceed 5,000/100 ml, as a monthly average, not to exceed this number
in more than 20% of the samples collected during any month, nor to
exceed 20,000/100 ml in more than 5% of the samples. This shall not
be construed to mean that a user of a water body solely for cooling
purposes must return the water with a lower coliform count than that
which the water had when initially drawn.
F.
Odor: there should not be any odor present.
A.
No person shall use or serve any water except that
supplied through the City public water system, other approved public
water system or by bottled water dispensers having a state permit,
in any public eating and drinking place, or food establishment, or
in the manufacture, treatment, processing or preparation of food or
drink for public consumption.
B.
All persons owning any occupied buildings now erected
upon premises accessible to the water system shall, at their own expense,
connect such building with the water system within three months of
the effective date of this chapter.
C.
All persons owning any premises accessible to the
water system upon which a building is hereafter erected shall, at
the time of the erection of such building and at their own expense,
connect the same with the water system.
D.
All persons owning any occupied building upon premises
which hereafter becomes accessible to the water system shall, at their
own expense, connect such building with the water system within three
months after notice to do so by the Public Officer.
E.
The location and construction of all connections to
the water system, required or otherwise, shall be subject to the City
Plumbing Code and to the approval of the Bureau of Water.
F.
All sources and suppliers of public water shall be
protected in such a way as to safeguard the health and welfare of
the consumers of that supply.
G.
The use of any chemical in the public water supply
shall conform with the current regulation of the United States Public
Health Service (USPHS).
A.
Power of Public Officer. Any premises not required
by this chapter to connect to the City water system shall have an
approved private water system. The Public Officer is hereby given
the power to require the closing, reconstruction or restoration of
any private water supply which in his opinion is dangerous to health
and to specify that any private supply be in complete conformity with
the regulations of the State Department of Health entitled "Construction
Standards for Individual Water Supplies," dated June 22, 1959, and
as amended.
B.
Chemical treatment. In addition, the Public Officer
shall have the power to require chlorination or other chemical treatment
in the amount specified by him of any water obtained from any private
water supply in order that it may meet the Public Health Service standards.
A sample from each well shall be submitted to the Public Officer for
testing at least every six months.
C.
Treatment. Whenever this Board determines that the
water delivered to consumers for drinking or other domestic use does
not meet the requirements of this chapter, it shall so notify the
person in responsible charge of such water supply and may order the
treatment, abandonment, sealing or posting of that portion of the
distribution system or connections within the City which do not meet
the requirements of this chapter.
D.
Cross-connections and interconnections. No person
shall permit any connection between a potable water supply and an
unapproved auxiliary water supply or any structure containing sewage,
nonpotable water or other substance injurious to health.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 1143.08, Registration
of well drillers; former Section 1143.09, Discontinuance of use of
well or spring; and former Section 1143.10, Abandoned wells, which
previously followed this section, were repealed 11-17-2004 by Ord.
No. 4599.
Samples of water from any water supply classified
as a public water supply may be taken for examination by the Public
Officer as often as he deems necessary for the detection of pollution
or unwholesomeness. The Board shall condemn any water supply classified
as a public water supply which it examines and finds to be polluted
to the extent that it is a present or potential danger to the public
health.
A.
Any premises not required by this chapter to connect to the City sewer system shall have an approved private sewerage system. Only a septic tank system of adequate size construction and location, not a cesspool or privy vault, shall be considered as an approved private sewerage system. The Public Officer is hereby given the power to require the closing, reconstruction or relocation of any private sewerage system which, in his opinion, is dangerous to health and to specify that any private sewerage system be in complete conformity with Title 25, Pennsylvania Code, Chapter 73, as amended, which shall be construed to be mandatory and carrying the force of law and the Manual on Septic Tank Practice of the United States Public Health Service, whichever regulations are more strict.
B.
It shall be considered unlawful to construct or reconstruct
any cesspool, sinkhole or privy vault, and any contractor, plumber
or other workman who constructs, reconstructs or in any way prolongs
the life of any cesspool or privy vault shall, in addition to the
owner of the premises on which the work is done, be in violation of
this chapter.
