New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 138 - Rensselaer County › Cities › Section 138.1 - City of troy

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 Application. The rules and regulations hereinafter given, duly made and enacted
					 in accordance with the provisions of sections 1100-1107 of the Public Health
					 Law shall apply to sources of supply which comprise the source of the public
					 water supply of the City of Troy, Rensselaer County, NY. Said sources being
					 those portions of the drainage areas of the streams which form or are tributary
					 to the sources of water supply of the Tomhannock Reservoir and the Quackenkill
					 Diverting Dam Reservoir and to all other lakes, ponds or reservoirs whose
					 waters form or are tributary to the sources of water supply of the City of
					 Troy, NY.
(b) Definitions.
(1) Herbicide shall mean any substance used
					 to destroy or inhibit plant growth.
(2) Human excreta shall mean human feces and
					 urine.
(3) Junkyard shall mean an
					 area where two or more unregistered, old or secondhand motor vehicles are being
					 accumulated for purposes of disposal, resale or used parts or reclaiming
					 certain materials such as metal, glass, fabric, etc.
(4) Linear distance shall mean the shortest
					 horizontal distance from the nearest point of the structure or object to the
					 high water mark of a reservoir or to the edge, margin or precipitous bank
					 forming the ordinary high water mark of a watercourse.
(5) Pesticide shall mean any substance used
					 to destroy pests such as rodents and insects.
(6) Radioactive material shall mean any
					 material in any form that emits radiation spontaneously.
(7) Refuse shall mean all putrescible and
					 nonputrescible solid wastes including garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator
					 residue, street cleanings, dead animals, offal and solid commercial and
					 industrial wastes.
(8) 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.
(9) Reservoir
					 shall mean any natural or artificial lake or pond which is tributary to or
					 serves as a source of the City of Troy public water supply.
(10) Sewage shall mean the waste from a flush
					 toilet, bath, sink, lavatory, dishwashing or laundry machine, or the
					 water-carried waste from any other fixture or equipment or machine.
(11) Sewage disposal system shall mean a
					 system for disposing of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes, and
					 including sewers and treatment works.
(12) Toxic chemical shall mean any compound
					 or substance which is or may be poisonous to humans.
(13) Treatment works shall mean any plant,
					 disposal field, lagoon, pumping station, constructed drainage ditch or surface
					 water intercepting ditch, incinerator, area devoted to sanitary land fills, or
					 other works not specifically mentioned herein, installed for the purpose of
					 treating, neutralizing, stabilizing or disposing of sewage, industrial waste or
					 other wastes.
(14) Watercourse
					 shall mean every spring, stream, marsh, or channel of any kind, the waters of
					 which flow or may flow into the City of Troy public water supply.
(15) Watershed shall mean the entire drainage
					 area contributing water to the City of Troy public water supply.
(16) Water supply shall mean the public water
					 supply of the City of Troy, Rensselaer County, NY.