Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 56 - PUBLIC WORKS
Part I - Water Wells
Chapter 3 - Water Well Construction
Section I-315 - Location in Relation to Possible Sources of Contamination
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The horizontal distance between any water well and any possible sources of contamination shall be as great as possible but in no case less than the following minimum distances.
|
Possible Sources of Contamination |
Minimum Distance (in feet) |
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Septic Tanks |
50 |
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Storm or Sanitary Sewer |
501 |
|
Cesspools, outdoor privies, oxidation ponds, subsurface absorption fields, pits, etc. |
1002 |
|
Sanitary landfills, feed lots, manure piles, solid-waste dumps and similar installations |
100 |
|
Another water well |
253 |
|
Drainage canal, ditch, stream, pond or lake |
504 |
|
1 This distance may be reduced to 30 feet if the sewer is of cast iron with leaded joints or schedule 40 plastic pipe with water-tight joints. 2 For domestic water wells, this distance may be reduced to 50 feet. 3 This minimum distance requirement does not take into consideration the effects of interference from pumping nearby wells in the same aquifer. 4 Horizontally measured from the water edge to the well at the highest water level which may have occurred in a 10 year period. |
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AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 38:3091-R.S. 38:309.8.
