New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 153 - Washington County › Companies › Section 153.10 - Spring brook water company, hudson falls

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Application. The following rules and
					 regulations enacted in accordance with the provisions of sections 70, 71 and 73
					 of chapter 45 of the Consolidated Laws (Public Health Law) of the State of New
					 York, as finally amended by chapter 391 of the Laws of 1933, shall apply to the
					 public water supply provided for the Village of Hudson Falls, New York, and its
					 vicinity by Spring Brook Water Company or its successors.
(b) Definitions. Definitions of terms
					 whenever used in this section:
(1) The term
					 public water supply means all natural and artificial reservoirs, wells and
					 watercourses tributary to the public water supply system of Spring Brook Water
					 Company or its successors serving the Village of Hudson Falls, New
					 York.
(2) The term watershed means
					 all those drainage areas and such additional areas which are now or may be
					 tributary to sources of said public water supply.
(3) The term source of supply means the
					 surface and ground waters--natural springs, wells, natural or artificial ponds
					 and reservoirs--which are tributary to said public water supply.
(4) The term watercourse means every spring,
					 stream, brook, natural ditch or channel (other than reservoirs) having a
					 definite thread of flow through which water flows to said public water
					 supply.
(5) The term reservoir
					 means any place either natural or artificial wherein water is or may be
					 impounded or stored and utilized as a source of said public water
					 supply.
(6) The term well means any
					 well now in use or which may be developed and used as a source of such public
					 water supply.
(7) The term human
					 excreta means feces, urine and other human wastes of whatever name or nature
					 commonly disposed of by so-called dry system or privy.
(8) The term sewage means liquids containing,
					 either mixed or singly, human excreta, bath water or other decomposing organic
					 matter of human origin flowing in or from a drainage system or sewer. This term
					 does not apply to ordinary kitchen sink and laundry wastes which do not contain
					 sewage and which do not flow through the same drainage system used for bath
					 waters or liquids containing human excretions.
(9) The term septic tank means any watertight
					 receptacle intended for the reception, sedimentation, modification by bacterial
					 action and discharge of sewage prior to its ultimate disposal in a leaching
					 system.
(10) The term leaching
					 system means any cesspool, tile drain, leaching beds or other system by which
					 the effluent from any septic tank may escape and percolate into the surrounding
					 soil.
(11) The term structure means
					 any privy, septic tank, cesspool, leaching system or appurtenances or any
					 building housing animals or poultry.