Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-03-17
tracts to construct a well.

1.5 A well owner is the lie
gal owner of the real estate
containing the well site.
1.6 Abandoned wells may
be either temporarily or per
manently abandoned. The de
finition depends on the in
tent of the owner.
IT A defective well is any
well which permits pollution
or waste of ground water.
1.8 Pollution is the artifi
cial or natural introduction
Of any of the following into
strata containing ground wa.
ter:
Solutions of chlorideS OF
sulphides, emulSionS of petro,
leum products; acids a n d
other chemicals, bacterially
contaminated waters, and al
surface waters.
1.9 Potable water is water
suitable for drinking or culin.
ary purposes.
1.10 Contamination is the
presence Of a certain amount
of undesirable substance or
material which may contain
pathogenic micro organisms
Ill Casing is steel or Wro-
ught iron pipe, or other ma
terial approved by the health
commissioner, to exclude un-
wanted solids or liquids from
the interior of the well.
l.l2 Grout is a thin mix
ture of cement, clay, or 9TH
er imperviouS material cap
able of preventing m Owe :
ment of water.
1.l3 Pump installer is any
individual, partnership or
company that installS a pump
in a well or opens the we'll to
service a pump.
SECTION II. LICENSING
WELL DRHLERS, PUMP
INSTALLERS
(a) No one shall engage in
the business of well digging
well drilling, or tapping the
earth for water in any way,
or installing water pumping
equipment in Geauga County
for private or commercial
use unless licensed to do SO
by the Geauga County Health
Department.
(b) Such license shall cost
$500 shall be renewed an =
nually and expire on the 31st
day of December of the year
in which it is issued, and be
displayed on each drilling rig.
SECTION III. WELL PER
MITS
No person or persons shall
dig, drill, or tap the earth for
water without first obtaining
a permit from the Geauga
County Health Department.
The cost of such permit shall
be $500 and the permit num-
ber shall be posted on the
property where well is being
drilled.
SECTION w. POTABLE WA.
TER
The well driller must fur.
nish a potable water supply
and the water must be clear
and without a diSinfectant cd.
or before the health depart.
ment will take a sample fol
bacteria test.
SECTION v. LOCATION OF
NEW WELLS
(a) A well used as a source
of water supply for drinking
and culinary purposes shall
be located not less than sc
feet from all possible sources
of contamination (preferably
100 feet).
(b) BY possible sources OF
contamination is meant, lea,
ching privies, non water =
tight sanitary sewers, sew
age Seeping pits, sewage lea
ching wells, fields or filterine
devices, barnyards or any
other source of pollution. Un
der topographic ground wat
er and Subsoil conditions con
sidered unfavorable by h {
health department, a greater
distance may be required.
SECTION WI. CONSTRUC-
TTON OF WELLS
{a) All drilled wells shall
be cased. The casing shall bt
water tight and extend a mi
nimum of 25 feet below thu
ground surface. Used or sec
ond hand, or below STANDARD
casing shall not be used fol
well casing. Undamaged new
pipe withdrawn from a re
Gently drilled unsatisfactory
or test (water) well will no
be considered used.
(b) The anular space be-
tween the well casing and
the outer diameter of tn e
well shall be filled with grour
to exclude positively any sur
face water.
(c) The casing of wells de-
veloped in rock formations
shall be firmly seated and
sealed in the rock.