New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 116 - Fulton County › Cities › Section 116.2 - City of Johnstown

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 Application. The rules and regulations set forth in this section, duly made and
					 enacted in accordance with the provisions of sections 1100-1107 of the Public
					 Health Law shall apply to the wells located just off Maple Avenue, Keck Center
					 Reservoir, Cold Brook Reservoir, and those tributaries which now serve or which
					 may be developed in the future to serve as sources of the water supply of the
					 City of Johnstown, Fulton County, New York.
(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, or to the extension of the
					 centerline of a well.
(6) Pesticide
					 shall mean any substance used to destroy or inhibit pests such as rodents and
					 insects.
(7) 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.
(8) 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.
(9) 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.
(10) Reservoir
					 shall mean any natural or artificial lake or pond which is tributary to or
					 serves as a source of the City of Johnstown water supply.
(11) 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.
(12) Sewage disposal system shall mean any
					 system used for disposing of sewage.
(13) 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.
(14) Treatment works shall mean any treatment
					 plant, sewer, disposal field, lagoon, pumping station, septic system,
					 construction 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.
(15) Water supply shall mean the public water
					 supply of the City of Johnstown, Fulton County, New York.
(16) Watercourse shall mean every spring,
					 stream, marsh, or channel of water of any kind which flows or may flow into the
					 City of Johnstown water supply.
(17) Watershed shall mean the entire drainage
					 area contributing water to the City of Johnstown water supply.
(18) Well shall mean the well now used as a
					 source of water supply for the City of Johnstown or to any additional well
					 which may be constructed at this point as a source for this water
					 supply.