New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 139 - Rockland County › Villages › Section 139.1 - Village of Nyack

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
L. 1893, ch. 661; L. 1889, ch. 251
(a)
[Application.]
The following rules and regulations apply to that portion
						of the stream known as Hackensack Creek-a tributary of the Hackensack
						River-lying above the intake to the filtration works of the Nyack water supply
						situated at West Nyack, Rockland County, New York, as well as to every spring,
						stream, ditch, gutter, lake, pond, reservoir or watercourse of any kind, the
						waters of which when running flow eventually into the aforesaid Hackensack
						Creek above the aforesaid limits. They also apply to the reservoir of the Nyack
						water supply situated within the village of Nyack.
(b)
Privies adjacent to ponds, lakes,
					 reservoirs or watercourses.
(1) No
					 privy, privy vault, pit or cesspool or any other receptacle of any kind used
					 for the deposit, reception or storage of human excreta shall be constructed,
					 located, placed or maintained with its nearest point within 50 feet, horizontal
					 measurement, of the high-water mark of any lake, pond or reservoir or of the
					 edge, margin or precipitous bank of any spring, stream, ditch, gutter, drain or
					 other watercourse of any kind, the waters of which comprise or when running
					 flow eventually into the aforesaid Hackensack Creek above the aforesaid
					 limits.
(2) Every privy, privy
					 vault, pit or cesspool or other receptacle or place used for the deposit,
					 reception or storage of human excreta which is constructed, located or
					 maintained within 150 feet, horizontal measurement, of the high-water mark of
					 any lake, pond or reservoir or of the edge, margin or precipitous bank of any
					 spring, stream, ditch, gutter, drain or watercourse of any kind, whose waters
					 comprise or when running flow into the aforesaid Hackensack Creek above the
					 aforesaid limits, and from which privy or other receptacle the excreta are not
					 at once removed automatically by means of suitable watertight pipes or conduits
					 to some proper place of ultimate disposal, as hereinafter provided, shall be
					 arranged in such manner that all such excreta shall be received temporarily in
					 suitable vessels or receptacles which shall at all times be maintained in an
					 absolutely watertight condition and which will permit of convenient removal to
					 some place of ultimate disposal as hereinafter set forth.
(3) The excreta collected in the aforesaid
					 removable receptacles shall be removed and the receptacles cleansed and
					 deodorized as often as may be found necessary in order to maintain the privy in
					 proper sanitary condition and to effectually and strictly prevent any overflow
					 upon the soil or upon the foundations or floor of the privy. In effecting this
					 removal the utmost care shall be exercised that none of the contents be allowed
					 to escape while being transferred from the privy to the place of disposal
					 hereinafter specified and that the least possible annoyance and inconvenience
					 be caused to occupants of the premises or of adjacent premises.
(4) Unless otherwise specifically ordered or
					 permitted by the State Board of Health, the excreta collected in the aforesaid
					 receptacles shall, when removed, be disposed of by burying in trenches or by
					 thoroughly digging into the soil in such place and manner as to effectually
					 prevent them being washed over the surface of the ground by rain or melting
					 snow and at distances not less than 200 feet, horizontal measurement, from the
					 high-water mark of any lake, pond or reservoir or from the edge, margin or
					 precipitous bank of any spring, stream, ditch, gutter, drain or watercourse of
					 any kind, the waters of which comprise or when running flow into the aforesaid
					 Hackensack Creek above the aforesaid limits.
(5) Whenever it shall be found that, owing to
					 the character of the soil or to the surface of the ground or owing to the
					 height or flow of subsoil or surface water or through special local conditions,
					 the excremental matter from any privy or aforesaid receptacle or from any
					 trench or place of disposal may, in the opinion of the State Board of Health,
					 be washed over the surface of the ground or through the soil into any lake,
					 pond or reservoir, spring, stream, ditch, gutter, drain or other watercourse,
					 the waters of which comprise or when running flow into the aforesaid Hackensack
					 Creek above the aforesaid limits, then the said privy or receptacle for excreta
					 or the said trench or place of disposal shall, after due notice to the owner
					 thereof, be removed to such greater distance or to such place as shall be
					 considered safe and proper by the State Board of Health.