(a) General Requirements. An accessible, adequate, safe and potable supply of water shall be provided in each mobile home park. Where a public supply of water of satisfactory quantity, quality and pressure is available at the site or at the boundary of the site, connection shall be made thereto and its supply used exclusively. When a satisfactory public water supply is not available, a private water supply system may be developed and used as approved by the Health Authority.
(b) Source of Supply.
(1) The water supply shall be capable of supplying a minimum of 150 gallons per day per mobile home.
(2) Every well or suction line of the water supply system shall be located and constructed in such a manner that neither underground nor surface contamination will reach the water supply from any source. The following minimum distances between wells and various sources of contamination shall be required:
Contamination Sources | Well or Suction Line Distance (ft.) |
Building sewer | 50 |
Septic tank | 50 |
Disposal field | 100 |
Seepage pit | 100 |
Dry well | 50 |
Cesspool | 100 |
(3) No well casings, pumping machinery or suction pipes shall be placed in any pit, room or space extending below ground level, nor in any room or space aboveground which is walled in or otherwise enclosed, unless such rooms, whether above or below ground, have free drainage by gravity to the surface of the ground.
(4) The treatment of a private water supply shall be in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
(Ord. 965. Passed 12-23-70.)
(c) Water Storage Facilities. All water storage reservoirs shall be covered, watertight and constructed of impervious material. Overflows and vents of such reservoirs shall be effectively screened. Manholes shall be constructed with overlapping covers so as to prevent the entrance of contaminated materials. Reservoir overflow pipes shall discharge through an acceptable storm sewer.
(Ord.143.16. Passed 5-5-75.)
(d) Water Distribution System.
(1) The water supply system of the mobile home park shall be connected by pipes to all mobile homes, buildings and other facilities requiring water.
(2) All water piping, fixtures and other equipment shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with State and local regulations and requirements and shall be of a type and in a location approved by the Health Authority.
(3) The water piping system shall not be connected with nonpotable or questionable water supplies and shall be protected against the hazards of backflow or back-siphonage.
(4) The system shall be so designed and maintained as to provide a pressure of not less than twenty pounds per square inch under normal operating conditions at service buildings and other locations requiring potable water supply.
(e) Individual Water Riser Pipes and Connections.
(1) Individual water riser pipes shall be located within the confined area of the mobile home stand at a point where the water connection will approximate a vertical position.
(2) Water riser pipes shall extend at least four inches above the ground elevation. The pipe shall be at least three-fourths of an inch in diameter. The water outlet shall be capped when a mobile home does not occupy the lot.
(3) Adequate provisions shall be made to prevent freezing of service lines, valves and riser pipes and to protect risers from heaving and thawing actions of the ground during freezing weather. Surface drainage shall be diverted from the location of the riser pipe.
(4) A shut-off valve below the frost line shall be provided near the water riser pipe on each mobile home lot.
(5) Underground stop-and-waste valves shall not be installed on any water service.
(Ord. 965. Passed 12-23-70.)