New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 141 - Saratoga County › Section 141.3 - City of Saratoga Springs

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 Loughberry Lake and its tributaries, including Bog
					 Meadow Brook, east of the city dam at Old Louden Road which now serve or which
					 may be developed in the future to serve as sources of the public water supply
					 of the City of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York and to all
					 watercourses tributary thereto or ultimately discharging into said
					 reservoir.
(b)
Definitions.
(1)
Herbicide
shall mean any substance used to destroy or 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 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 Saratoga Springs
				  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 water of which flow or
				  may flow into the City of Saratoga Springs public water supply.
(15)
Watershed
shall mean
				  the entire drainage area contributing water to the City of Saratoga Springs
				  public water supply.
(16)
Water supply
shall mean the public water supply of the City of
				  Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York.