(A) Every well, infiltration line, and spring serving or intended to provide water for the municipal water supply system insofar as possible, shall be located, constructed, or modified in such a manner that neither underground or surface contamination by any biological, chemical, or radioactive substance or by the physical property of any substance from any cesspool, privy, septic tank, sub-surface tile system, sewer, drain, pit below ground surface, abandoned well, animal or avian wastes, or any other possible source of pollution can adversely affect such water supply. The minimum recommended horizontal distance in feet separating the well or spring from potential sources of contamination should be as described below.
Category | Feet |
Category | Feet |
Absorption or disposal field for waste | 500 |
Cesspool | 500 |
Chemical or petroleum product storage | 500 |
Corral | 500 |
Dump | 500 |
Feed lot or feed lot runoff | 500 |
Non-potable water well | 1,000 |
Pit toilet | 500 |
Sanitary landfill | 500 |
Sanitary sewer connection | 100 |
Sanitary sewer line | 50 |
Sanitary sewer line (permanently water tight) | 100 |
Sanitary sewer manhole | 100 |
Septic tank | 500 |
Sewage lagoon | 1,000 |
Sewage treatment plant | 500 |
Sewage wet well | 500 |
(B) The reference for these distances is 179 Neb. Admin. Code § 007 (2019). These distances shall be kept current with the above mentioned Title 179.
(C) When surface runoff or underground movement from potential sources of contamination may adversely affect the quality of water from such supplies, the distance separating these potential sources of contamination and the well or spring should be greater than that listed in the above schedule.
(Prior Code, § 3-126) (Ord. 733, passed 7-19-2004)