Tracy Municipal Code Art. 3 Well Drilling Requirements

All wells shall have a sanitary seal.

(Prior code § 5-8.301)

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 § 5-8.302)

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 § 5-8.303)

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

(Prior code § 5-8.304)

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

(Ord. 1111 § 4 Exh. A (part), 2007: prior code § 5-8.305)

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

(Ord. 1111 § 4 Exh. A (part), 2007: prior code § 5-8.306)

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

(Prior code § 5-8.307)

The Director of Environmental Health is hereby 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 or contaminated, or is so located as to become polluted or contaminated, or is a safety hazard. The Director of Environmental Health is hereby 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.

(Ord. 1111 § 4 Exh. A (part), 2007: prior code § 5-8.308)

If the owner intends to cease the use of a well for a period of six (6) months or more, he shall inform the Director of Environmental Health. 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 the provisions of this chapter pertaining to out of service wells.

(Ord. 1111 § 4 Exh. A (part), 2007: prior code § 5-8.309)