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RI Gen L § 46-13.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-13.1 - Groundwater Protection|Section 46-13.1-8 - Administration.

§ 46-13.1-8. Administration.It shall be the duty of the director to administer this chapter in accordance with the specific findings, powers, and authority granted herein and in accordance with the full powers and authority of the director as provided in chapters 17.1 of title 42 and 12 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 632, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-13.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-13.1 - Groundwater Protection|Section 46-13.1-9 - Wellhead protection.

§ 46-13.1-9. Wellhead protection.(a) The director is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of a wellhead protection program for public water supply wells that has received approval from the federal Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to § 1428 of the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300h-7, and provided that the state shall be responsible for fulfilling program requirements with respect to the state lands located within wellhead protection areas designated as supplying public wells which are owned by the state. The wellhead protection program shall include, but not be limited to:(1) Identification of the rules and responsibilities of state agencies, local governments, and the suppliers of public water in the development and implementation of the state wellhead protection program;(2) Identification within each wellhead protection area of potential sources of contaminants that may have an adverse effect on the public health and the environment;(3) Management approaches at different levels of government and by the supplier to protect the groundwater within each wellhead protection area;(4) Contingency plans for the response to well or wellfield contamination and for the provision of alternate drinking water supplies;(5) A process of managing potential sources of contamination within the expected wellhead protection area of new public water supply wells;(6) Delineation of wellhead protection areas.(b) The director is authorized to require by regulation that municipalities and suppliers carry out action to implement subdivisions (3) through (5) in subsection (a) of this section. In the case of agricultural operations as defined in § 2-23-4, the director will retain authority and responsibility for regulating, managing, and implementing approaches in wellhead protection areas.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 320, § 6; P.L. 1995, ch. 149, § 2.
RI Gen L § 46-13.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-13.2 - Drilling of Drinking Water Wells|Section 46-13.2-1 - Definitions.

§ 46-13.2-1. Definitions.For the purpose of this chapter:(1) "Building official" means the local building official authorized in accordance with § 23-27.3-107 or the state building code commissioner authorized in accordance with § 23-27.3-108.2, as applicable;(2) "Board" means the Rhode Island contractors' registration and licensing board;(3) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or organization, or any combination thereof;(4) "Well" means an artificial sanitary excavation or opening in the ground, by which groundwater can be obtained or through which it flows under natural pressure or is artificially withdrawn; and for the purposes of this chapter, excepting § 46-13.2-3(c), attached as an appurtenance to a building or structure.(5) "Well drilling contractor" means a person who engages in well drilling, including the installation pumps as provided herein;(6) "Well drilling" means and includes the industry, procedure and all operations engaged in by any person, full-time or part-time, for compensation or otherwise, to obtain water from a well or wells by drilling, or other methods, for any purpose or use.(7) "Appurtenance" means and includes the installation, alteration or repair of wells connected to a structure.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 257, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 2.
RI Gen L § 46-13.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-13.2 - Drilling of Drinking Water Wells|Section 46-13.2-2 - Purpose.

§ 46-13.2-2. Purpose.The purpose of this act is to promote public health and welfare and protect the environment by providing specifying standards for the installation of a well and providing a mechanism to ensure that all well drilling contractors conducting business in the state of Rhode Island have the requisite skills, training and experience necessary to safely and adequately install water wells within this state.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 2.
RI Gen L § 46-13.2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-13.2 - Drilling of Drinking Water Wells|Section 46-13.2-3 - Regulations.

§ 46-13.2-3. Regulations.(a) The Rhode Island building standards committee, pursuant to § 23-27.3-100.1.5 shall by no later than December 31, 2013, incorporate in the appropriate portions of the state building codes minimum standards for the location, design, construction and installation of wells that are appurtenances to buildings in consultation with the department of health, the division of statewide planning and the department of environmental management, with due regard for the preservation of public health, and protection of public welfare and the environment.(b) In those circumstances in which compliance with the requirements for locating a new or replacement well would result in undue hardship, property owners may seek a variance from any one or more of the siting requirements, in accordance with the following:(1) Except as specified in (3), from the building code board of appeals authorized in the municipality with jurisdiction over the property on which the well is proposed;(2) Except as specified in (3), in the absence of a local building code board of appeals, from the state building code board of appeals; and(3) From the department of environmental management in all cases in which the well is proposed to be installed as part of an application for the new construction of or repair of an on-site wastewater disposal system. The appropriate authority specified above may grant a variance to the extent necessary to ameliorate the undue hardship and to the extent the exemption can be granted without impairing the intent and purpose of this chapter.(c) To protect public health and the environment, the Rhode Island department of environmental management is authorized to promulgate regulations applicable to the owners of on-site wastewater systems that limit the installation of any type of well, including wells installed for irrigation systems, near the on-site wastewater treatment systems on the owner's property.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 257, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 2.
RI Gen L § 46-13.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-13.2 - Drilling of Drinking Water Wells|Section 46-13.2-4 - Registration and licensing of well drilling contractors and pump installers.

§ 46-13.2-4. Registration and licensing of well drilling contractors and pump installers.(a) No person shall install a well or a pump within a water well unless registered or licensed with the proper authorities in accordance with this chapter, chapter 65 of title 5, and chapter 65.2 of title 5. Well drilling contractors are subject to the jurisdiction of the contractors' registration and licensing board including the registration procedures of the board authorized by chapter 65 of title 5 and in effect at the time of passage of this act.(b) A municipality engaged in well drilling shall be exempt from the registration or license provisions of this chapter if the drilling is done by regular employees of, and with equipment owned by, the municipality, and the work is on wells intended for use by the municipality.(c) This chapter shall not restrict a plumber or electrician from engaging in the trade for which he or she has been licensed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 257, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 2.
RI Gen L § 46-13.2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-13.2 - Drilling of Drinking Water Wells|Section 46-13.2-5 - Record of wells.

§ 46-13.2-5. Record of wells.Within ten (10) days after completion of a new or replacement well, a well drilling contractor shall provide the owner, the building official and the department of health a well installation report conforming to the form, content, and means specified by the department of health. This well installation report will at a minimum indicate:(1) The well owner's name and address,(2) The physical location of the well,(3) The well depth,(4) The geologic materials and thickness of materials penetrated,(5) The length and type of casing,(6) The static water levels,(7) The results of a well yield test that conforms to industry standards, and(8) Any other additional information which may be required by the department of health.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 257, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 2.
RI Gen L § 46-13.2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-13.2 - Drilling of Drinking Water Wells|Section 46-13.2-6 - Repealed.

§ 46-13.2-6. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 257, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 7, effective January 1, 2013.
RI Gen L § 46-13.2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-13.2 - Drilling of Drinking Water Wells|Section 46-13.2-7 - Well constructed for farming or private use.

§ 46-13.2-7. Well constructed for farming or private use.A landowner may construct his or her own well to provide water for the consumption by himself or herself, his or her family, pets, livestock, or for farming of his or her land where the water obtained shall not be intended for use by the general public or in any residence other than the landowner's, and the landowner shall not be required to be registered under § 46-13.2-4, but must submit a well installation report as required by § 46-13.2-5 and comply with all regulations and codes of construction adopted under this chapter and § 23-27.3 and comply as applicable with requirements of § 23-1-5.3.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 257, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 2.
RI Gen L § 46-13.2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-13.2 - Drilling of Drinking Water Wells|Section 46-13.2-8 - Repealed.

§ 46-13.2-8. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 257, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 7, effective January 1, 2013.
RI Gen L § 46-13.2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-13.2 - Drilling of Drinking Water Wells|Section 46-13.2-9 - Existing and abandoned wells.

§ 46-13.2-9. Existing and abandoned wells.No well in existence on July 1, 1987 shall be required to conform to the provisions of this chapter or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto; provided any well now or hereafter abandoned, shall be brought into compliance with the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter if the well is intended again to be used for the supply of groundwater.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 257, § 2.
RI Gen L § 46-13.2-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-13.2 - Drilling of Drinking Water Wells|Section 46-13.2-10 - Repealed.

§ 46-13.2-10. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 257, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 7, effective January 1, 2013.
RI Gen L § 46-13.2-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-13.2 - Drilling of Drinking Water Wells|Section 46-13.2-11 - Duties and powers of department of health not affected.

§ 46-13.2-11. Duties and powers of department of health not affected.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect or limit the duties and powers of the department of health as provided by law, in matters relating to the purity, potability, and safe guarding of well waters.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 257, § 2.
RI Gen L § 46-13.2-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-13.2 - Drilling of Drinking Water Wells|Section 46-13.2-12 - Severability.

§ 46-13.2-12. Severability.If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof, directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 257, § 2.
RI Gen L § 46-14-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-14 - Contamination of Drinking Water|Section 46-14-1 - Contamination of drinking water sources prohibited.

§ 46-14-1. Contamination of drinking water sources prohibited.Bathing, swimming, discharge of any sewage or drainage or refuse or polluting matter which may pollute or corrupt or impair the purity or quality of a public drinking water supply or which renders the water supply injurious to health or poses a potential significant risk to public health and any activity which leads to such discharge in, or on, or in the immediate vicinity of any water body used as a source of public drinking water supply shall be prohibited. In addition, any other activity in or on or in the immediate vicinity of any water body used as a source of public drinking water supply which the director of the department of health deems to render the water supply injurious to health or to pose a potential significant risk to public health shall be prohibited or restricted. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be penalized pursuant to the provisions of § 46-14-8. The prohibition against bathing shall not apply to any camp or bathing resort located on a known tributary of any of the above-mentioned waters if such camp or bathing resort was licensed by the department of health prior to June 20, 1968.History of Section.P.L. 1897, ch. 491, § 1; P.L. 1904, ch. 1178, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 118, § 1; P.L. 1911, ch. 683, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 165, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 635, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 46-14-1; P.L. 1964, ch. 108, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 251, § 1; P.L. 1970, ch. 48, § 1; P.L. 1973, ch. 198, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-14-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-14 - Contamination of Drinking Water|Section 46-14-2 - Order to remove polluting matter from premises.

§ 46-14-2. Order to remove polluting matter from premises.(a) The director of health, when satisfied that any sewage, drainage, refuse, or polluting matter exists in a locality such that there is danger that the sewage, drainage, refuse, or polluting matter may pollute, or corrupt, or impair the purity or quality of any of the waters described in § 46-14-1 or render them injurious to health, or pose a potential significant risk to public health may order the owner or occupant of the premises where the sewage, drainage, refuse, or polluting matter exists, to remove the same from the premises or to take such other steps as the director may deem necessary and within such time after the serving of the notice prescribed in § 46-14-3 as the director may designate; and if the owner or occupant neglects or refuses to do so he or she shall be penalized pursuant to § 46-14-8.(b) The provision of this section shall not interfere with nor prevent the enriching of land for agricultural purposes by the owner or occupant thereof, if no human excrement is used thereon, and no pollution, corruption, or impairment of the purity or quality of any of the waters described in § 46-14-1 results, and if the waters are not rendered injurious to health.History of Section.P.L. 1897, ch. 491, § 2; P.L. 1904, ch. 1178, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 118, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 165, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 635, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 46-14-2; P.L. 1968, ch. 251, § 1; P.L. 1970, ch. 48, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-14-2.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-14 - Contamination of Drinking Water|Section 46-14-2.1 - Contamination of private well - Notice to municipal water supply agency.

§ 46-14-2.1. Contamination of private well — Notice to municipal water supply agency.Any state department or agency which discovers or receives information that a private well or water supply has become contaminated, which contamination may pose a potential danger to the local public water supply, shall, upon receipt of the information, provide written notification to the local public water supply agency and the chief executive officer of the city or town where the well is located of the potential contamination.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 278, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 357, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-14-2.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-14 - Contamination of Drinking Water|Section 46-14-2.2 - Contamination of local water supply - Notice to city or town.

§ 46-14-2.2. Contamination of local water supply — Notice to city or town.If the state department of health discovers that a water supply to a municipality has become contaminated, which contamination may pose a potential danger to the public, the director of health shall, within forty-eight (48) hours of the discovery of the contamination, notify the city or town council of every city and town whose water supply is affected by the contamination.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 66, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 296, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 47.
RI Gen L § 46-14-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-14 - Contamination of Drinking Water|Section 46-14-3 - Service of notice.

§ 46-14-3. Service of notice.The notice shall be in writing, signed by the director of health or the person performing the duties of that official, and shall be served by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable by reading the notice in the presence or hearing of the owner, occupant, or his or her authorized agent, or by leaving a copy of the notice in the hands or possession of, or at the last and usual place of abode of, the owner, occupant, or agent if within this state; provided, however, that if the owner, occupant, or agent is a corporation incorporated in this state, the notice shall be served by leaving a copy thereof at the last and usual place of abode of the president or person performing the duties of president of the corporation. But if the premises are unoccupied, or the residence of the owner is unknown or without this state, or if the owner is a corporation incorporated without this state, the notice may be served by posting a copy of the notice on the premises and by advertising the notice in some newspaper published in Providence County in such manner and for such length of time as the director of health may determine.History of Section.P.L. 1897, ch. 491, § 3; P.L. 1904, ch. 1178, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 118, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 165, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 635, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 46-14-3.
RI Gen L § 46-14-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-14 - Contamination of Drinking Water|Section 46-14-4 - Prosecutions of violations - Liability for costs.

§ 46-14-4. Prosecutions of violations — Liability for costs.The director of health, the commissioner of environmental management or the director of the department of environmental management until such time as the governor provides by executive order for the actual transfer of functions from the department of environmental management to the department of the environment pursuant to the provisions of § 42-17.1-40, the chief of police of any city or town in which a violation of this chapter occurs, or the president of the town council of any town, or the mayor of any city, or the executive officer of any district, institution, or company whose water supply is involved, is authorized to prosecute all violations of this chapter and shall not be required to give surety for costs upon complaints he or she enters.History of Section.P.L. 1897, ch. 491, § 4; P.L. 1904, ch. 1178, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 118, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 165, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 635, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 46-14-4; P.L. 1968, ch. 251, § 1; P.L. 1970, ch. 48, § 3; P.L. 1991, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-14-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-14 - Contamination of Drinking Water|Section 46-14-5 - Judicial aid in enforcement.

§ 46-14-5. Judicial aid in enforcement.The superior court, upon the application of the director of health, or the commissioner of environmental management or the director of the department of environmental management until such time as the governor provides by executive order for the actual transfer of functions from the department of environmental management to the department of the environment pursuant to the provisions of § 42-17.1-40, or the chief of police of any city or town in which a violation of this chapter occurs, or the president of the town council of any town, or the mayor of any city or the executive officer of any district, institution, or company whose water supply is involved in that violation, shall have jurisdiction in equity to enjoin the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and to enforce the orders of the director made pursuant thereto.History of Section.P.L. 1897, ch. 491, § 5; P.L. 1904, ch. 1178, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 118, § 5; P.L. 1911, ch. 683, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 165, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 635, § 5; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 46-14-5; P.L. 1964, ch. 108, § 1; P.L. 1970, ch. 48, § 4; P.L. 1991, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 46-14-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-14 - Contamination of Drinking Water|Section 46-14-6 - Inspection of premises.

§ 46-14-6. Inspection of premises.In order to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the director of health shall have the power to go upon the premises of any person for the purpose of inspection.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 46-14-6; P.L. 1964, ch. 108, § 2.
RI Gen L § 46-14-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 46 - Waters and Navigation|Chapter 46-14 - Contamination of Drinking Water|Section 46-14-7 - Repealed.

§ 46-14-7. Repealed.