(a) No person shall use or allow to be used, rent or lease for use, any water supply system unless or until such system is approved by the Health Department. The location, source and construction of water supply systems shall conform to the requirements of this chapter and specifications therein pertinent to the type of supply.
(b) Within the Limestone Overlay District, any water supply system and/or well which is proposed to withdraw ground water exceeding a rate of 10,000 gallons per day during any single 30-day period shall be required to submit the results of a hydrogeologic study conducted in accord with Section 6.240 of the County's Facilities Standards Manual prior to approval of any such water supply system and/or well.
(c) Water supply systems constructed and approved prior to the effective date of this section (Ordinance 88-14, passed September 19, 1988) shall be approved under this section if:
(1) Construction of the water system can be shown to meet the minimum construction standards which were in effect on April 6, 1976; and
(2) Water samples collected by or under the supervision of the Health Department test negative for coliform organisms; or
(3) Water samples collected by or under the supervision of the Health Department test positive, but with a geometric mean of five samples, collected with an intervening time interval of not less than twenty-three hours, resulting in less than 100 “most probable number of organisms” (MPN) per 100 milliliters, when provided with a Department approved means for continuous disinfection, such as chlorination.
(d) Systems permitted and under construction on the effective date of this section shall be approved based on criteria in effect on the date of construction permit issuance.
(Ord. 88-14. Passed 9-19-88; Ord. 10-02. Passed 2-17-10; Ord. 10-05. Passed 5-4-10.)