(A) Purpose.
(1) In the interest of securing and promoting the public health, safety, and welfare; to preserve the quality and quantity of groundwater resources in order to assure a safe and adequate water supply for the present and future generations; and to protect and preserve groundwater resources currently in use and those aquifers having a potential for future use as a public water supply; the provisions of this chapter shall apply to all properties located within groundwater protection areas in the county.
(2) This chapter establishes regulations for land uses within the groundwater protection areas for inspection and monitoring standards for new chemical substance sources, uniform standards for release reporting, emergency response, chemical substance management planning, permit procedures, and enforcement. Nothing in this chapter shall in any way limit the authority of the state or of the United States to implement existing or new regulations for the protection of groundwater or surface water.
(B) Intent. It is the intent of this chapter to provide a method:
(1) To protect the groundwater resources of the county and the surrounding area;
(2) To provide a means of regulating land uses within the groundwater protection areas; and
(3) To protect the county’s drinking water supply and that of the surrounding area from potential impacts by facilities that store, handle, treat, use, or produce substances that pose a hazard to groundwater quality.
(Prior Code, 6 TCC 6-3)