(A) Each person maintaining or operating a private water well within the town limits shall install and maintain a backflow prevention device acceptable to the Utilities Superintendent on the water line immediately adjacent to any town water meter serving the property upon which such private water well is located in a manner sufficient to prevent contamination to the municipal water supply by private well water in the event that the private well system were to be inadvertently cross connected to the town water system. Such device shall be annually inspected and certified in operable condition by a licensed inspector for such purpose and certification provided to the town.
(B) It shall be unlawful to cross connect any private water well in the town to any pipe or line intended to or capable of carrying town municipal water.
(C) It shall be unlawful to permit water discharged from a private water well in the town to flow into or be diverted into the municipal sanitary sewer system without prior consent of the town. In the event that the town determines that private well water is being discharged into the town sanitary sewer system, the applicant shall be deemed by its application for a private water well permit to have consented to and authorized the town to install a metering device upon the private water well, and shall thereafter pay the regular municipal charges for sewer treatment for all water produced by the private water well. In such event, the applicant shall notify the town to install a meter and remote read out apparatus upon the private water well at the applicant's expense. The town shall invoice the applicant thereafter for the costs of sewer treatment regularly charged other town residents for all water produced from said well. In the event that the applicant fails to pay said sewer charges in accordance with the regular sewer billing and payment policies of the town, the town may disconnect municipal water service to the applicant's property and may also enter upon the applicant's property and disable the private water well so as to prevent water from being produced therefrom. Responsibility for any damage to the private water well in such event shall remain solely the responsibility of the applicant.
(D) Each applicant for a private water well permit shall, as a condition of the permit, authorize each act of the town authorized in this subchapter. Each application shall reference the applicable Town Code section, and the applicant shall be entitled to receive a copy of this subchapter at the time of application. The representations and agreements of the applicant shall run with the private water well, and upon the sale or transfer of any property upon which a private water well is located, the transferee shall be required to complete and file with the Clerk-Treasurer an application to transfer private water well permit, by which the transferee of the private water well permit shall agree to be bound to the agreements and authorizations of the original applicant.
(Ord. 2020-04, passed 6-17-2020)