New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 155 - Westchester County › Companies › Section 155.108 - Stamford water company

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 [Application.] The rules and regulations hereinafter given, duly made an
					 enacted in accordance with the provisions of sections 70, 71 and 72 of the
					 Public Health Law heretofore set forth shall apply to Trinity Lake, Mud Pond or
					 Mead Pond and to all those portions of Mill River, otherwise called Rippowan
					 River, which are situated within the State of New York (Westchester County)
					 lying above the reservoir and intake of the Stamford Water Company, as well as
					 to every spring, stream, ditch, gutter, drain or watercourse of any kind, the
					 waters of which when running eventually flow into Mud Pond, Trinity Lake or
					 Mill River within the said State above such intake.
(b) Privies adjacent to ponds, lakes,
					 reservoirs or watercourses.
(1) No privy,
					 privy vault, pit, cesspool or any other receptacle of any kind used for the
					 deposit, reception or storage of human excreta shall be constructed, located,
					 placed or maintained with its nearest point within 50 feet, horizontal
					 measurement, of the high-water mark of any lake, pond or reservoir or of the
					 edge, margin or precipitous bank of any spring, stream, ditch, gutter, drain or
					 other watercourse of any kind, the waters of which comprise or, when running,
					 flow eventually into Trinity Lake, Mud Pond or Mill River within the said
					 State.
(2) Every privy, privy
					 vault, pit or cesspool or other receptacle or place used for the deposit,
					 reception or storage of human excreta which is constructed, located or
					 maintained within 250 feet, horizontal measurement, of the high-water mark of
					 any lake, pond or reservoir or of the edge, margin or precipitous bank of any
					 spring, stream, ditch, gutter, drain or watercourse of any kind whose waters
					 comprise or, when running, flow into Trinity Lake, Mud Pond or Mill River
					 within the said State, and from which privy or other receptacle the excreta are
					 not at once removed automatically by means of suitable watertight pipes or
					 conduits to some proper place of ultimate disposal as hereinafter provided,
					 shall be arranged in such manner that all such excreta shall be received
					 temporarily in suitable vessels or receptacles which shall at all times be
					 maintained in an absolutely watertight condition, and which will permit of
					 convenient removal to some place of ultimate disposal as hereinafter set
					 forth.
(3) The excreta collected in
					 the aforesaid removable receptacles shall be removed and the receptacles
					 cleaned and deodorized as often as may be found necessary in order to maintain
					 the privy in proper sanitary condition and to effectually and strictly prevent
					 any overflow upon the soil or upon the foundations or floor of the privy. In
					 effecting this removal none of the contents shall be allowed to escape while
					 being transferred from the privy to the place of disposal hereinafter
					 specified, so that the least possible annoyance and inconvenience shall be
					 caused to the occupants of the premises or of adjacent premises.
(4) Unless otherwise specifically ordered or
					 permitted by the State Department of Health, the excreta collected in the
					 aforesaid receptacles shall, when removed, be disposed of by burying in
					 trenches or by thoroughly digging into the soil in such place and manner as to
					 effectually prevent them being washed over the surface of the ground by rain or
					 melting snow and at distances not less than 250 feet, horizontal measurement,
					 from the high-water mark of any lake, pond or reservoir or from the edge,
					 margin or precipitous bank of any spring, stream, ditch, gutter, drain or
					 watercourse of any kind, the waters of which comprise or, when running, flow
					 into Trinity Lake, Mud Pond or Mill River within the said State.
(5) Whenever it shall be found that, owing to
					 the character of the soil or to the surface of the ground or owing to the
					 height or flow of subsoil or surface water or through special local conditions,
					 the excremental matter from any privy or aforesaid receptacle or from any
					 trench or place of disposal may, in the opinion of the State Department of
					 Health, be washed over the surface of the ground or through the soil into any
					 lake, pond or reservoir, spring, stream, ditch or gutter, drain or other
					 watercourse, the waters of which comprise or, when running, flow into the
					 aforesaid Trinity Lake, Mud Pond or Mill River within the said State, then the
					 said privy or receptacle for excreta or the said trench or place of disposal
					 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
					 Department of Health.