(A) Upon proper application therefor, and the payment of such fees as may, from time to time, be required, a property owner who is otherwise in compliance with this article may be allowed a tap onto the town water system for noncommercial, non-household consumption, including, but not limited to, heating and cooling systems, irrigation, swimming pools, and other uses where any wastewater cannot reasonably be expected to enter the town’s sanitary sewer system. The town will not assess sewer charges in connection with such a secondary water tap installed, and utilized, in accordance with this article.
(B) Owners of property subject to the mandatory connection requirements of this article shall also be allowed to have, and use, private wells as a secondary water supply, subject to the provisions hereof.
(1) Users of private wells shall notify the town, in writing, of the existence and location of each such well, and the uses made of the water therefrom. The town will not assess charges for consumption of water from private wells when no portion of the wastewater therefrom can reasonably be expected to enter the town’s sanitary sewer system.
(2) When water from a private well is used in such fashion that wastewater can be expected to enter the town’s sanitary sewer system, the user of such well shall be assessed a water availability charge equal to the town’s minimum monthly water service charge. Further, the owner of such well shall be required to install, and maintain to town specifications, a water flow meter to measure the water flowing from the well. Water use from the well will be determined periodically, and the owner assessed sewer use charges at the prevailing town rate.
(3) In no event shall secondary water supply exceed 10% of the total water usage.
(C) No person shall use, or maintain, a private water well for human, or animal, consumption unless the well has been permitted by the county, and the water from such well is periodically analyzed, and found to be fit for such consumption as required by the county and state law.
(Ord. 2-86, passed 2-17-1986; Ord. 17-92, passed 8-3-1992)