New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 111 - Delaware County › Districts › Section 111.11 - Bloomville Water District, Town of Kortwright

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Application. The rules and regulations
					 set forth in this section, duly made and adopted in accordance with the
					 provisions of sections 1100-1107 of the Public Health Law shall apply to the
					 wells which comprise the source of the public water supply of the Bloomville
					 Water District. Said springs are located on land utilized but not necessarily
					 owned by the Bloomville Water District and are situated between Delaware County
					 Road 33 and Bloomville Hill Road in the Town of Kortwright. Said well is
					 located along Bloomville Hill Road approximately 200 feet north of Gregory Hill
					 Road in the Town of Kortwright.
(b)
					 Definitions.
(1) Agricultural-associated
					 animal waste shall mean manure from agricultural industries.
(2) Chloride salt shall mean the solid
					 compounds or 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).
(3) Herbicide shall mean any substance used
					 to destroy or inhibit plant growth.
(4) Human excreta shall mean human feces and
					 urine.
(5) Junkyard shall mean an
					 area where two or more unregistered, old or secondhand 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.
(6) Linear distance shall mean the shortest
					 horizontal distance from the nearest point of the structure or object to the
					 extension of the centerline of the well or springs.
(7) Manure shall mean animal feces and
					 urine.
(8) Pesticide shall mean any
					 substance used to destroy or inhibit pests such as rodents and
					 insects.
(9) 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.
(10) Radioactive
					 material shall mean any material in any form that emits radiation
					 spontaneously.
(11) 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.
(12) Refuse disposal area shall mean land
					 used for the depositing of refuse, except that is 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
					 agricultural-associated animal wastes resulting from the operation of such farm
					 are deposited.
(13) 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.
(14) Sewage disposal system
					 shall mean any system used for disposing of sewage.
(15) Toxic substance shall mean any toxic
					 substance as so defined by subdivision 2 of section 4801  of the Public Health Law.
(16) Treatment works shall mean any treatment
					 plant, 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.
(17) Water supply shall mean the public water
					 supply of the Bloomville Water District.
(18) Well or springs shall mean the well and
					 springs now used as a source of this water supply or any additional well or
					 spring which may be constructed at these locations as a source for this water
					 supply.