For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM. A public water system operated by the town to serve its residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
GROUNDWATER. Water that lays in a saturated zone or stratum beneath the surface of land or water, whether or not it is flowing through known channels.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. Those materials specified in § 54.04.
MANAGEMENT ZONES. A zone or zones that have been established to provide protection to the area surrounding a well or well field from potential contaminant sources. Management options may include limits on certain activities, more stringent design and operating standards, and strict monitoring of potential pollution sources. Multiple protection zones may be established for different management strategies based on proximity to the wellheads in question.
PETROLEUM PRODUCT. Fuels, gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, or other derivatives of hydro-carbons distilled from crude oil.
POTABLE WATER. Water that meets state and federal standards of purity, that is ingested by human beings or used for domestic purposes.
PRIMARY CONTAINMENT. The first level of product containment which is the container which comes into contact with the material being contained.
SECONDARY CONTAINMENT. The level of containment external to and separate from the primary containment. SECONDARY CONTAINMENT must be of adequate design to contain all leaks, spills, and overflows without experiencing substance loss. Containment systems shall be sheltered in order to negate the intrusion of precipitation.
STORAGE SYSTEM. Any one or combination of tanks, sumps, wet floors, waste treatment facility, pipes, vaults, or other portable or fixed container used, or designed to be used, for the storage of hazardous substances.
WATER SYSTEM. Buildings, structures, appurtenances, pipes, pumps, mains, storage tanks, and valves that store and distribute potable water to end users.
WELL. Any excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise constructed, wherein the intended use of the excavation is to conduct groundwater from an aquifer to the surface by pumping or natural flow for consumption or use and/or to monitor the characteristics of groundwater within an aquifer system.
(Ord. 1-2001, passed 6-4-2001)