13.32.050 Construction and Connection Requirements.
The property owner shall be responsible for meeting the following requirements:
(A) All active, inactive, or abandoned water wells are to meet current construction, location, and plugging standards.
(B) Personal use water wells are to meet the following pump and pressure tank standards:
(1) Pumps shall be a minimum of 1/3 horsepower and be mounted to be free from flooding, pollution and freezing.
(2) Pressure tanks must have a minimum capacity of forty-two (42) gallons. However, pressurized tanks and other pressurizing devices are acceptable provided that delivery between pump cycles equals or exceeds that of a standard forty-two (42) gallon tank.
(C) The separation distance between wells and soils or foundations which have been treated or pretreated with a sub-surface pressurized application of a termiticide shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet.
(D) Pressure Water Line and Sewer Line Requirements.
(1) The sewer line is to be two (2) or more feet below the water line, or:
(2) If a sewer line is within ten (10) feet of a water line, the sewer line is to be constructed of cast iron pipe with fitted joints or approved plastic pipe with solvent weld joints.
(3) A water well shall not be located within 100 feet of a septic tank, absorption field, waste stabilization pond, feedlot, or other source of pollution.
(E) The property owner is to have personal use water wells disconnected and connection made to a public water supply system at the time the property is offered for sale or rent, if:
(1) A public water supply system is within two hundred (200) feet of the property lines; and
(2) A potable water sample cannot be obtained from a properly constructed and located existing well or a newly constructed water well.
(F) No new water well shall be constructed if a public water supply system is within two hundred (200) feet of the property line, except for the purpose of irrigation and other outside, nonpotable water use.