PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 14.
14-1. No structure or facility of the following
enumerated types shall be located within the distances hereinafter set forth,
from a deep public wells within the City of
1. Well house floor drains - 5 feet.
2. Water treatment plant wastes - 50 feet.
3. Sanitary and industrial discharges - 200 feet.
4a. Floor drains from pump house to surface - none within 5 feet.
a. 5 - 10 feet water main materials with the joints encased in concrete permitted;
b. 10 - 25 feet must be water main material;
c. 25 - 75 feet must be watertight sewer pipe.
4b. Floor drains to sewers, water plant wastes, storm or sanitary sewers or drains.
a. Sewers within 25 feet; shall have the joints encased in concrete.
b. If closer than 75 feet, must be water main material;
c. If between 75 and 200 feet, must be watertight sewer pipe.
4c. Force mains.
a. None permitted within 75 feet;
b. If within 200 feet, must be water main materials.
5. Land application of solid waste - 100 feet.
6. Irrigation of waste water - 100 feet.
7. Concrete vaults and septic tanks - 100 feet.
8. Mechanical wastewater treatment plants - 200 feet.
9. Cesspools and earth pit privies - 200 feet.
10. Soil absorption fields - 200 feet.
11. Lagoons - 200 feet.
12. Chemical application to ground surface - 100 feet.
Above ground storage - 100 feet.
On or underground storage - 200 feet.
13. Animal pasturage - 50 feet.
14. Animal enclosure - 100 feet.
15. Animal wastes:
a. Land application of solids - 100 feet;
b. Land application of liquid or slurry - 100 feet;
c. Storage tank - 100 feet;
d. Solids stockpile - 200 feet;
e. Storage basin or lagoon - 200 feet.
16. Earthen silage storage trench or pit - 100 feet.
17. Basements, pits, sumps - 10 feet.
18. Flowing streams or other surface water bodies - 50 feet.
19. Cisterns - 50 feet.
20. Cemeteries - 200 feet.
21. Private wells - 200 feet.
22. Solid waste disposal sites - 200 feet.
14-2. Proscriptions as set forth in Section 14-1
and 14-2 herein shall apply to all public water wells existing within the City of
14-3. The use of structures or facilities existing at the time of enactment of this Chapter may be continued even though such use may not conform with the regulations of this Chapter. However, such structure or facility may not be enlarged, extended, reconstructed or substituted subsequent to adoption of this Chapter.
14-4. Backflow Preventer. All new connections to the public water supply and connections requiring water meter replacement shall have a backflow preventer installed at the expense of the owner of the premises served. All backflow devices must have the approval of the City (water superintendent or other City Council designee) prior to installation.
14-5. Water Mains. The City of