New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 143 - Schoharie County › Villages › Section 143.1 - Village of cobleskill

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
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					 Privies adjacent to reservoirs, springs or watercourses.
(1) No privy or place for the deposit or
					 storage of human excreta shall be constructed, located or maintained within 50
					 feet, horizontal measurement, of the high-water mark or precipitous bank of the
					 reservoir or of any spring, stream, ditch or watercourse of any kind, the water
					 of which, when running, flows eventually into the reservoir of the Cobleskill
					 public water supply.
(2) No privy
					 vault, pit or cesspool or nontransportable receptacle of any kind for the
					 reception or storage of human excreta shall be constructed, located or
					 maintained within 250 feet, horizontal measurement, of the high-water mark of
					 the reservoir or within 130 feet, horizontal measurement, of the high-water
					 mark or precipitous bank of any spring, stream, ditch or watercourse of any
					 kind, the water of which, when running, flows eventually into the reservoir of
					 the Cobleskill public water supply.
(3) Every privy or place for the deposit of
					 human excreta, which is constructed, located or maintained between the
					 aforesaid limits of 50 feet and 250 feet, horizontal measurement, of the
					 high-water mark or precipitous bank of the reservoir or 50 and 130 feet,
					 horizontal measurement, of the high-water mark or precipitous bank of any
					 spring, stream, ditch or watercourse the water of which, when running, flows
					 eventually into the reservoir of the Cobleskill public water supply, and from
					 which the said excreta are not at once removed automatically by means of
					 suitable watertight pipes or conduits to some proper place of ultimate disposal
					 beyond the maximum aforesaid limit shall be arranged in such manner that all
					 said excreta shall be received and temporarily retained in suitable vessels or
					 receptacles, which shall at all times be maintained in an absolutely watertight
					 condition and which will admit of convenient removal to some place of ultimate
					 disposal beyond the said maximum limit.
(4) The excreta collected in the aforesaid
					 removable receptacle shall be removed and the receptacles cleaned and
					 deodorized as often as is necessary to keep the receptacles in proper sanitary
					 condition and to prevent an overflow of the excreta upon the soil or the floor
					 of said privy.
(5) The excreta so
					 collected shall be removed in such manner as to cause the least nuisance
					 possible and shall be so disposed of that they can not be washed, either over
					 the surface or through the subsoil, into the reservoir or any spring, stream,
					 ditch or watercourse of any kind, the water of which, when flowing, runs
					 finally into the reservoir of the Cobleskill public water supply and shall be
					 so placed as not to cause an offensive nuisance.
(6) Whenever it shall be found that, owing to
					 the porous character of the soil, the height and flow of the surface and
					 subsoil waters, the steepness of the slopes or other special conditions of the
					 locality, the excremental matter from any privy, cesspool or other receptacle
					 for human excreta may be washed over the surface or through the subsoil into
					 the reservoir or into any spring, stream, ditch or watercourse, the water of
					 which, when running, flows eventually into the reservoir of the Cobleskill
					 public water supply, without having been thereby, in the judgment of the State
					 Board of Health, sufficiently purified, then the said privy, cesspool or other
					 receptacle for human excreta shall, after due notice to the owner thereof, be
					 removed to such greater distance from said high-water marks as shall be
					 considered safe and proper by the State Board of Health.