Lodi Municipal Code Art. III Requirements

Upon completion of a well, the applicant or the licensed contractor shall file a copy of a well driller's report with the health district. These report forms will be furnished by the district health officer.

(Prior code § 26A-11)

The construction, use or installation of well pits shall not be permitted, except under unusual circumstances as determined by the district health officer.

(Prior code § 26A-12)

All wells shall have a sanitary seal.

(Prior code § 26A-13)

All wells, except cathodic protection wells, shall have a concrete platform or slab constructed to prevent the entrance of surface water from any source into the well or the underground water source.

(Prior code § 26A-14)

After the construction or repair of individual domestic or public domestic water wells and prior to the use of such wells, the wells and all appurtenances thereto shall be adequately disinfected.

(Prior code § 26A-15)

Public domestic water supply and individual domestic wells shall have a grout seal in the annular space.

(Prior code § 26A-16)

The district health officer may order changes in the location of water wells and in the methods, means and manner of constructing water wells in order that they will not constitute a menace to the health of human beings or animals or a detriment to groundwater sources. The orders of the district health officer shall designate the period within which such changes are to be made.

(Prior code § 26A-17)

The well site, location, material and methods used may be inspected by the district health officer at any time prior to or during construction or destruction of any well. The district health officer shall be informed when the work is completed and thereafter shall make a final inspection.

(Prior code § 26A-18)

Upon determination that any well is abandoned as provided in the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, that well must be destroyed in the manner prescribed so that entrance of degraded or contaminated water into usable aquifers or creation of a safety hazard are minimized.

(Prior code § 26A-19)

The district health officer is authorized, after reasonable efforts to eliminate pollution, contamination or a safety hazard, to enforce the permanent abandonment by destruction of any well that is polluted, contaminated or is so located as to become polluted or contaminated or is a safety hazard. The district health officer is authorized to destroy any such well and to recover the cost of the destruction from the owner of the property on which the well is located.

(Prior code § 26A-20)

If the owner intends to cease use of a well for a period of six months or more, he shall inform the district health officer. Such a well shall be protected from any source of contamination while the well is temporarily out of service. The owner shall maintain such a well as required in the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter pertaining to out-of-service wells.

(Prior code § 26A-21)

The board of trustees shall adopt and may from time to time amend rules and regulations including, but not limited to, standards for implementation of this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with this chapter or with the laws of the state. The rules and regulations shall be adopted or amended only after the board of trustees has considered the matter at a public hearing at which all interested persons have been afforded the opportunity to urge or oppose adoption of the proposed rules and regulations.

(Prior code § 26A-22)