(a) "Water well" means any excavation, whether drilled, bored, driven or dug, which was made for the purpose of obtaining water from the ground or for the purpose of testing the quality or quantity of such water.
(b) "Plugged well" means a water well so treated that the various aquifers are permanently separated and the surface opening of such water well is permanently sealed.
(c) "Well owner" means the legal owner of the real estate containing the water well.
(d) "Cistern" means any vault, tank or other container, either above or below the surface of the ground, constructed so as to gather and retain surface water.
(e) "Abandoned well" means any water well from which the pumping apparatus or well seal has been removed for other than routine cleaning, repair or replacement and which has not been used as a source of water for at least thirty days.
(f) "Capped well" means a well in which the casing is sealed by a threaded or welded cap or well seal approved by the County General Health District.
(Ord. 88-66. Passed 11-28-66.)