New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 126 - Montgomery County › Villages › Section 126.2 - Village of Canajoharie

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Public Health Law, § 1100
(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 the reservoir located on Sprite Creek,
						adjacent to the village of Canajoharie water filtration plant and the Gray
						Springs, which are located in an area on the north side of Old State Road in
						the towns of Johnstown and Ephratah and their tributaries, which now serve or
						which may be developed in the future to serve as sources of the public water
						supply of the village of Canajoharie, Montgomery County, and to all
						watercourses tributary thereto or ultimately discharging into said
						reservoir.
(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 of 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 a 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 nonputescible 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 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 Village of Canajoharie
					 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 Village of Canajoharie public water supply.
(15)
Watershed
shall mean
					 the entire drainage area contributing water to the Village of Canajoharie
					 public water supply.
(16)
Water supply
shall mean the public water supply of the Village
					 of Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York.