New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 141 - Saratoga County › Section 141.5 - Village of ballston spa

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
				  Application. The rules and regulations set forth in this section and enacted in
				  accordance with the provisions of section 1100-1107 of the Public Health Law
				  shall apply to the Village of Ballston Spa's reservoirs and all watercourses
				  tributary thereto or which may ultimately discharge into said reservoirs or
				  which may be developed in the future to serve as sources of the water supply to
				  the Village of Ballston Spa.
(b)
				  Definitions.
(1) Chloride salt shall mean the
				  solid compounds or the solutions of potassium chloride (commonly used as
				  fertilizer), calcium chloride (commonly used for winter road maintenance) or
				  sodium chloride (commonly used for water softener regeneration).
(2) Herbicide shall mean any substance used
				  to destroy or inhibit plant growth.
(3) Human excreta shall mean human feces and
				  urine.
(4) Junkyard shall mean an
				  area where two or more unregistered, old or secondhand motor vehicles are being
				  accumulated for purposes of disposal, resale of used parts or reclaiming
				  certain materials such as metal, glass, fabric, and/or the like.
(5) Linear distance shall mean the shortest
				  horizontal distance from the nearest point of a structure or object to the high
				  water mark of a reservoir or to the edge, margin or steep bank forming the
				  ordinary high water line of a watercourse.
(6) Pesticide shall mean any substance used
				  to destroy or inhibit pests such as rodents and insects.
(7) Pollutant shall mean dredge, spoil, solid
				  waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, chemical waste,
				  biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded
				  equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural
				  waste discharged into water.
(8)
				  Radioactive material shall mean any material in any form that emits radiation
				  spontaneously. Radiation shall mean ionizing radiation, that is, any alpha
				  particle, beta particle, gamma ray, X-ray, neutron, high-speed proton, and any
				  other atomic particle producing ionization, but shall not mean any sound or
				  radio wave, or visible, infrared, or ultraviolet light.
(9) Refuse shall mean all putrescible and
				  nonputrescible solid wastes including garbage, manure, rubbish, ashes,
				  incinerator residue, street cleanings, dead animals, offal and solid commercial
				  and industrial wastes.
(10) Refuse
				  disposal area shall mean land used for the depositing of refuse except that it
				  shall not include the land used for the depositing of refuse from a single
				  family, a member of which is the owner, occupant or lessee of said land, or any
				  part of a farm on which only animal wastes resulting from the operation of such
				  farm are deposited.
(11) Reservoir
				  shall mean any natural or artificial lake or pond which is tributary to or
				  serves as a source of the Village of Ballston Spa water supply.
(12) Sewage shall mean any liquid or solid
				  waste matter from a domestic, commercial, private or industrial establishment
				  which is normally carried off in sewers or waste pipes.
(13) Sewage disposal system shall mean any
				  system used for disposing of sewage.
(14) Toxic chemical shall mean any compound
				  or substance, including but not limited to gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil, or
				  diesel oil, which is or may be harmful or poisonous to humans.
(15) Treatment works shall mean any treatment
				  plants, sewer, disposal field, lagoon, pumping station, septic system,
				  constructed drainage ditch or surface water intercepting ditch, incinerator,
				  area devoted to sanitary landfill, or other works not specifically mentioned in
				  this paragraph, installed for the purpose of treating, neutralizing,
				  stabilizing or disposing of sewage.
(16) Water supply shall mean the public water
				  supply of the Village of Ballson Spa, N.Y.
(17) Watercourse shall mean every spring,
				  stream, marsh, or chanel of water of any kind which flow or may flow into the
				  Village of Ballston Spa, N.Y. water supply.
(18) Watershed shall mean the entire drainage
				  area contributing water to the Village of Ballston Spa, N.Y. water
				  supply.