(A) Water quality report (bacteria and nitrate).
(1) The owner of any potable water well installed under a permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall have the water analyzed and results submitted to the Health Department within 30 days of the installation of the well.
(2) The water quality report shall include:
(a) Address of the property where the sample was taken;
(b) Results of the analysis;
(c) Detection limits of the analytical methods used;
(d) Date of the analysis; and
(e) The signature of the person responsible for the analysis.
(3) Each new or replacement potable water supply well shall be analyzed. The analysis shall include the following:
(a) Total coliform;
(b) E. coli;
(c) Nitrate (NO3); and
(d) And any other tests as deemed reasonable and ordered by the Health Officer to the extent that the tests protect against a health threat.
(4) If, after its initial analysis the water in a potable water well exceeds maximum contaminant levels (MCL) for coliforms or E. coli bacteria, it shall be disinfected again by the well driller or pump installer and resampled.
(5) The well driller or pump installer who performed work on the system shall be responsible for properly disinfecting the water system and for repeating the disinfection once, if the water exceeds the MCL. The costs and responsibility of any further disinfecting shall be done by the owner of the water system unless it has been determined that the water system was not properly disinfected by the well driller or pump installer.
(B) Well log.
(1) Within 30 days of the completion of the well, the well driller shall submit a copy of the Indiana Department of Natural Resource well log, record of Water Well, State Form 35680 (R5 / 9-04) to the Health Department. The well log shall also contain the LaPorte County Health Department water well permit number.
(2) The well driller shall also furnish, upon request, any additional well construction information deemed necessary by the Health Officer.
(C) Well abandonment log. The well driller shall provide a well abandonment log to the Health Officer for any water well abandoned in LaPorte County.
(Ord. 2015-06, passed 11-18-15) Penalty, see § 53.99