New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 131 - Onondaga County › Companies › Section 131.50 - Onondaga County Water Authority

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Public Health Law, § 1100
(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 Otisco Lake and its tributaries which now
						serve or which may be developed in the future to serve as sources of public
						water supply of the Onondaga County Water Authority, Onondaga County, New York,
						and to all watercourses tributary thereto or ultimately discharging into said
						lake.
(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, etc., unless a permit has been
					 obtained to sell used cars.
(5)
Lake
shall mean Otisco Lake.
(6)
Linear distance
shall
					 mean the shortest horizontal distance from the nearest point of a structure or
					 object to the high water mark of the lake or to the edge, margin or precipitous
					 bank forming the ordinary high water mark of a watercourse.
(7)
Pesticide
shall mean any
					 substance used to destroy or inhibit pests such as rodents and
					 insects.
(8)
Radioactive
					 material
shall mean any material in any form that emits radiation
					 spontaneously.
(9)
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.
(10)
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.
(11)
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.
(12)
Sewage disposal system
shall mean a system for disposing of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes,
					 and including sewers and treatment works.
(13)
Toxic chemical
shall
					 mean any compound or substance which is or may be poisonous to
					 humans.
(14)
Treatment
					 works
shall mean any plant, subsurface 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.
(15)
Watercourse
shall mean every spring, stream, marsh, or channel
					 of any kind, the waters of which flow or may flow into the Onondaga County
					 Water Authority water supply.
(16)
Watershed
shall mean the entire drainage area contributing
					 water to Otisco Lake.
(17)
Water supply
shall mean the public water supply of the
					 Onondaga County Water Authority, Onondaga County, New York from Otisco
					 Lake.