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Section 524 of the public health code is amended to read as follows:
"Section 524. DESTRUCTION OF WATER WELLS. All water wells, unless made to comply with Section 513 and 519 hereof, shall be destroyed to the satisfaction of the Health Officer by filling with cement grout, puddled clay or similar impervious material, as approved by the Health Officer, to thoroughly seal the well including all voids, annual spaces, gravel envelopes or other spaces, as necessary to protect the aquifer."
(Prior code § 6.24.080 (part) (Ord. 70-9-664 § 1 (part))
Section 524.1 is added to the public health code to read as follows:
"Section 524.1. DESTRUCTION OF ELECTRODE WELLS. All electrode wells, unless in compliance with Section 519 of this Chapter, shall be destroyed to the satisfaction of the Health Officer in such a manner as to exclude contamination or pollution of any usable underground water."
(Prior code § 6.24.090 (part) (Ord. 70-9-664 § 2 (part))
Section 525.1 of the public health code is amended to read as follows:
"Section 525.1. DISINFECTION AND BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF DOMESTIC WATER WELLS. Every new, repaired or reconstructed domestic water well, after completion of construction, repair or reconstruction, and before being placed in service, shall be thoroughly cleaned of all foreign substances. The well, including the gravel used in gravel-packed wells, the pump, and all portions of equipment coming in contact with well water shall be disinfected with a solution containing at least fifty (50) parts per million available chlorine, which shall remain in the well for a period of at least twenty-four (24) hours, or by an equivalent method of disinfection satisfactory to the Health Officer, and such procedure shall be repeated, as necessary, to produce water meeting bacteriological standards as set forth in the United States Public Health Service Drinking Water Standards. No well water from a new or reconstructed well shall be used for domestic purposes until the water meets such bacteriological requirements."
(Prior code § 6.24.080 (part) (Ord. 70-9-664 § 1 (part))
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