Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 19 - Public Health and Safety
13-B
Chapter II - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Water Supply Wells and Springs
Section 19-13-B51d - Location
Universal Citation: CT Reg of State Agencies 19-13-B51d
Current through September 9, 2024
All separating distances are to be measured horizontally.
(a) Wells with a required withdrawal rate of under ten gallons per minute.
(1) Each such well shall be located at a
relatively high point on the premises consistent with the general layout and
surroundings; be protected against surface wash; be as far removed from any
known or probable source of pollution as the general layout of the premises and
the surroundings will permit; and, so far as possible, be in a direction away
from ground water flow from any existing or probable source of
pollution.
(2) No such well shall
be located within seventy-five feet of a system for disposal of sewage or other
source of pollution. Greater separating distances shall be required for certain
industrial wastes or certain rock formations. If a sewer is constructed of
extra heavy cast iron pipe with leaded joints or equal approved type of tight
joint, a minimum separating distance of twenty-five feet shall be
maintained.
(3) No such well shall
be located within twenty-five feet of the high water mark of any surface water
body, nor within twenty-five feet of a drain carrying surface water or of a
foundation drain.
(b) Wells with a required withdrawal rate of from ten to fifty gallons per minute.
(1) Each such well shall be located at a
relatively high point on the premises consistent with the general layout and
surroundings; be protected against surface wash; be as far removed from any
known or probable source of pollution as the general layout of the premises and
the surroundings will permit; and, so far as possible, be in a direction away
from ground water flow from any existing or probable source of
pollution.
(2) No such well shall
be located within one hundred fifty feet of a system for disposal of sewage or
other source of pollution. Greater separating distance shall be required for
certain industrial wastes or certain rock formations. If a sewer is constructed
of extra heavy cast iron pipe with leaded joints or equal approved type of
tight joint, a minimum separating distance of seventy-five feet shall be
maintained.
(3) No such well shall
be located within fifty feet of high water mark of any surface water body, nor
within fifty feet of a drain carrying surface water or of a foundation
drain.
(c) Wells with a required withdrawal rate of more than fifty gallons per minute.
(1) Location of such well shall be approved
by the state department of health in accordance with the provisions of section
25-33
of the 1969 supplement to the general statutes and section
19-13-B39
of the public health code.
(2) Each
such well shall be located at a relatively high point on the premises
consistent with the general layout and surroundings; be protected against
surface wash; be as far removed from any known or probable source of pollution
as the general layout of the premises and the surroundings will permit; and, so
far as possible, be in a direction away from ground water flow from any
existing or probable source of pollution.
(3) No such well shall be located within two
hundred feet of a system for disposal of sewage or other source of pollution.
If conditions warrant, greater distance shall be required Sanitary conditions
in the area within the radial distance required shall be under control of the
well owner by ownership, easement, or other arrangement approved by the
commissioner of health. If a sewer is constructed of extra heavy cast iron pipe
with leaded joints or equal approved type of tight joint, a minimum separating
distance of one hundred feet shall be maintained.
(4) No such well shall be located within
fifty feet of the high water mark of any surface water body nor within fifty
feet of a drain carrying surface water or of a foundation drain.
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