Every well whether dug or drilled, which for any reason does not completely prevent the mixing of water or other liquid from above and below the source of the city’s water supply, or which for any reason would tend to pollute or contaminate any other well or the water in the source of the city’s water supply, shall be considered a defective well and the City Council or its agent on its own initiative or upon information or complaint from any source may make an examination of any well suspected of being defective and if an examination of any well suspected of being defective and if the examination indicates in the opinion of the Council or its agent that the well is a probable source of contamination of the city water supply or any other well, or that the water from the well is unsafe for human consumption, shall issue written instructions to the owner or his or her agent in charge of the well or the property with the provisions of this chapter, and prescribe a time which in its judgment, under all the circumstances, is reasonable within which the instructions shall be complied with. It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of the defective well to fail to comply with such instructions within the time prescribed by the City Council or its authorized agent.
(Ord. 103-91, passed 12-18-90)