All components of a new water well construction and/or modification shall be thoroughly disinfected with a chlorine solution which will yield a dosage of at least one hundred (100) parts per million to the water in the well. After purging the system of any chlorine residual, a water sample shall be taken.
Owners of newly constructed wells or other types of water supplies which supply a private or semiprivate water system shall have the water from their semiprivate water supply analyzed and approved by either the laboratory of the Illinois department of public health or a laboratory approved by the Illinois department of public health, before the well or other water supply is placed into service. A copy of the analysis shall be filed with the health department. The water obtained from a surface supply shall meet the nitrate, turbidity and bacteriological requirements contained in sections 900.50, 900.60 and 900.70 of the Illinois department of public health drinking water systems code (77 Ill. adm. code 900), and the water obtained from a well shall meet the bacteriological requirements of section 900.70 of the drinking water systems code. (Ord. 04-199, 5-11-2004)