New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 109 - Columbia County › Villages › Section 109.2 - Village of Kinderhook

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 70, 71 and 73 of chapter
					 45 of the Consolidated Laws (Public Health Law), as amended by chapter 510 of
					 the Laws of 1921, as heretofore set forth, shall apply to all wells of the
					 public water supply of the village of Kinderhook, Columbia County, New
					 York.
(b) [Definition.] Wherever a
					 linear distance of a structure or object from a well is mentioned in this
					 section it is intended to mean the shortest horizontal distance from the
					 nearest point of the structure or object to such well.
(c) Privies adjacent to any well.
(1) No privy, privy vault, pit, cesspool or
					 any watertight receptacle of any kind used for the temporary storage of human
					 excreta shall be constructed, placed, maintained or allowed to remain within
					 150 feet of any well of the public water supply of the village of
					 Kinderhook.
(2) No privy, privy
					 vault, pit, cesspool or any other receptacle used for the permanent deposit of
					 human excreta which is not watertight shall be constructed, located, placed,
					 maintained or allowed to remain within 300 feet of any well of the public water
					 supply of the village of Kinderhook.
(3) No privy, privy vault, pit, cesspool or
					 other receptacle of any kind used for the temporary storage of human excreta or
					 sewage shall be constructed, located, maintained or allowed to remain between
					 the limiting distance prescribed by paragraph (1) of this subdivision and
					 limiting distance prescribed by paragraph (2) of this subdivision unless said
					 privy, privy vault, pit, cesspool or other receptacle is made watertight and so
					 arranged and equipped that the said excreta or sewage will not overflow and is
					 at once removed by pump or other satisfactory means through watertight pipes or
					 conduits to some proper place of ultimate disposal as hereinafter provided or
					 unless suitable removable vessels or receptacles for the temporary storage of
					 said human excreta or sewage are provided and at all times maintained in an
					 absolutely watertight condition and in such manner as to permit of convenient
					 removal of said excreta or sewage to some place of ultimate disposal as
					 hereinafter set forth.
(4) The
					 excreta collected in the aforesaid removable watertight receptacles permitted
					 under paragraph (3) of this subdivision shall be removed and the receptacles
					 thoroughly cleaned and deodorized as often as may be found necessary to
					 maintain the receptacle or the privy or place in which they are kept in proper
					 sanitary condition and to effectually prevent any overflow upon the soil or
					 upon the foundation or floor of the privy or other place. 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 or place of temporary storage
					 to the place of final disposal, hereinafter specified, and that the contents
					 while being transferred shall be thoroughly covered and that the least possible
					 annoyance and inconvenience be caused to occupants of the premises and the
					 adjacent premises.
(5) Unless
					 otherwise specially ordered or permitted in writing by the State Commissioner
					 of Health, the excreta collected in the aforesaid removable watertight
					 receptacles permitted under paragraph (3) of this subdivision shall, when
					 removed, be disposed of by burying in trenches or pits at a depth of not less
					 than 18 inches below the surface and at a distance not less than 500 feet from
					 any well of the public water supply of the village of Kinderhook.
(6) Whenever, owing to the character of the
					 soil or of the surface of the ground or owing to the height or flow of subsoil
					 or surface water or other special local conditions, it is considered by the
					 State Commissioner of Health that excremental matter from privy or aforesaid
					 receptacle or from any trench or place of disposal or the garbage or wastes
					 from any dump may be washed over the surface or through the soil in an
					 imperfectly purified condition into any well of the public water supply of the
					 village of Kinderhook, then the said privy or receptacle for excreta or the
					 trench or place of disposal or the said garbage or waste dump 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 Commissioner of
					 Health.