(A) (1) The city designates a wellhead encroachment area for the purpose of protection of the public water supply system.
(2) The boundaries of the wellhead encroachment area are listed following and the 500-foot and 1,000-foot distances are delineated on Map A, which is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
(B) Within the designated wellhead encroachment area, the city shall not issue any permit to operate any of the below described facilities within the indicated number of horizontal feet from the city municipal water wells.
(C) Any well drilled within the wellhead encroachment area for monitoring and dewatering of groundwater shall meet the Nebraska Title 178 regulations found at 178 Neb. Admin. Code.
(D) Private wells for domestic, commercial, industrial and agricultural use shall not be drilled within the wellhead encroachment area. However, the above restrictions do not apply to dewatering and groundwater monitoring wells which are allowed within WEA Wellhead Encroachment Area District.
Category
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Feet
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Category
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Feet
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Chemical or petroleum product storage | 500 |
Corral | 500 |
Feedlot or feedlot runoff | 1,000 |
Land application of municipal/industrial waste material | 1,000 |
Pit toilet/vault toilet | 500 |
Sanitary landfill/dump | 500 |
Sanitary sewer connection | 100 |
Sanitary sewer line | 50 |
Sanitary sewer manhole | 100 |
Sewage lagoon | 1,000 |
Sewage treatment plant | 500 |
Sewage wet well | 500 |
Underground disposal system (septic system, cesspool, and the like) | 500 |
Wastewater holding tanks | 500 |
Water well | 1,000 |
(Prior Code, § 51.142) (Ord. 1933, passed 3-14-2011)