(A) Every owner or occupant of real estate within the corporate limits of the city or real estate from which there is a lateral sewer or other means or path of direct or indirect flow into the sewerage system shall report the existence of any well to the Superintendent. The information furnished by the owner or occupant shall include, among other hems, the name of the owner and occupant of the real estate, the location on the real estate of the well, the size of the well pipe, the size, including voltage, amperage and horsepower where ascertainable, of the well pump motor, and the purpose for which the well water is used by the owner, occupant or others.
(B) The Board shall determine by any reasonable means, including, but not limited to. the use of water meters and timing devices, the flow of the well in order to determine the amount of sewage entering the sewage system. The owner or occupant of the real estate shall pay for the metering device, which shall be of a type approved by the Board, and which shall remain the property of the owner but shall be under the exclusive control of the Board and shall not under any circumstances be tampered with by the owner, occupant or any other person. In the case of wells for household use only the Board may, in lieu of metering or timing the use of the well, provide for use of reasonable estimates regarding water volume.
(C) The Board may direct the Superintendent, inspector or any other employee to enter upon private property for the purpose of inspecting to determine the existence of private wells, to oversee or to direct the installation of metering or timing devices, and to read the meters and devices.
(D) A person shall not hereafter dig or drive a well within the city limits without first making application therefore to the Superintendent, which application shall be on a form approved by the Board and shall show all pertinent data regarding size and flow. The application shall be signed by both the installer of the well, meaning the contractor or other person doing the work, and the owner or his or her agent other than the installer. The failure to file the application shall be a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 599, passed 12-3-1984; Am. Ord. 1130, passed 11-30-2017) Penalty, see § 53.999