[Adopted 2-12-1935]
The following rules and regulations enacted in accordance with the provisions of §§ 70, 71 and 73 of Chapter 45 of the Consolidated Laws (Public Health Law), as finally amended by Chapter 391 of the Laws of 1933,[1] shall apply to all existing wells and such wells as may
be developed in the future on the property of the Village of Old Westbury,
Nassau County, Long Island, New York, such wells being the sources
of public water supply of said Village.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Public Health Law was comprehensively
revised by Chapter 879 of the Laws of 1953 and these provisions are
now §§ 1100 through 1105.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The shortest horizontal distance from the nearest point of
the structure or object to the well.
The public water supply of the Village of Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, New York.
The wells now used as sources of this public water supply
or any wells developed in the future as additional sources of this
public water supply, which are located on land now owned by said Village.
A.
No privy or receptacle of any kind for the storage
or deposit of human excreta shall be constructed, placed, maintained
or allowed to remain within 100 feet of any well.
B.
Every privy or receptacle for the storage or deposit
of human excreta, located between the prescribed 100 feet and 200
feet from any well, shall be arranged so that all excreta will be
received in a suitable watertight receptacle or removable container,
which shall be emptied when filled within six inches of the top and
the contents disposed of so that no nuisance will be created.
C.
Whenever, in the opinion of the State Commissioner
of Health, excremental matter from any aforesaid privy, receptacle,
trench or place of disposal may be washed through the soil in an imperfectly
purified condition into any well, said privy, receptacle, trench or
place of disposal shall be removed, after due notice to the owner
thereof, to such places as shall be considered safe and proper by
the State Commissioner of Health.
D.
No human excreta shall be buried in the soil at a
distance of less than 500 feet from any well.
A.
No sewage shall be discharged nor deposited nor allowed
to be discharged or deposited on or beneath the surface of the ground
within 200 feet of any well, except into watertight receptacles, the
contents of which shall be removed before overflowing in such a manner
as to prevent the pollution of the ground about the receptacle, or
into suitable watertight iron pipes with tight leaded joints connected
to a sewage disposal system, a permit for which has been granted by
the State Commissioner of Health. It is provided, however, that no
such watertight iron pipe shall be located within 50 feet of any well.
B.
No bathwater, sink or laundry wastes shall be discharged
or deposited or allowed to be discharged or deposited on or beneath
the surface of the ground within 100 feet of any well.
No garbage, refuse, putrescible matter, decayed
fruits or vegetables, dead animal or other material that pollutes
water shall be deposited or allowed to be deposited on or beneath
the surface of the ground within 100 feet of any well nor in such
a manner that it can be washed by rain, melting snow or otherwise
through the ground into the wells.
No stable for cattle or horses, barnyard, hogyard,
pigpen, poultry house or yard, hitching place or standing for horses
or other animals shall be located within 100 feet of any well.
No manure or manure pile shall be maintained
or allowed to remain within 150 feet of any well.
No trespassing shall be allowed upon the property
of the Village of Old Westbury upon which the wells of the public
water supply of said Village are located, and no person or persons
shall enter in or upon such property, except such person or persons
as may be charged with the maintenance of the supply in the official
performance of their duties or such other persons as may be authorized
to enter said property of said Village.
No camp, tent, building or other structure for
occupancy by transients or for the housing of laborers engaged in
construction work or for any use, except as a private camp or dwelling
maintained by a person for his own personal use or for the use of
his family and friends, shall be located, placed or maintained within
a distance of 500 feet of any well.
No interment of a human body shall be made within
a distance of 500 feet of any well.
In addition to observing the foregoing requirements,
all persons living on or visiting the watershed shall refrain from
any act, though not heretofore specified, which may result in contamination
of any portion of the water supply of the Village of Old Westbury.
The Village of Old Westbury, its officers or
their duly appointed representative shall make regular and thorough
inspections of the area surrounding the wells for the purpose of ascertaining
whether the above rules and regulations are being complied with, and
it shall be the duty of the aforesaid Village to cause copies of any
rules and regulations violated to be served upon the person violating
the same with notices of such violations; and if such persons served
do not immediately comply with the rules and regulations, it shall
be the further duty of the Village of Old Westbury to promptly notify
the State Commissioner of Health of such violations. The aforesaid
Village shall report to the State Commissioner of Health in writing
annually, on the first day of January, the results of the regular
inspections which have been made, the number of violations found,
the number of notices served and the general surroundings of the wells
at the time of the last inspection.
In accordance with § 70 of Chapter 45 of the Consolidated Laws (Public Health Law), as amended by Chapter 391 of the Laws of 1933,[1] the penalty for each and every violation of, or noncompliance
with, any of these rules and regulations which relates to a permanent
source or act of contamination is hereby fixed at $100.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Public Health Law was comprehensively
revised by Chapter 879 of the Laws of 1953 and these provisions are
now §§ 1100 through 1103.
The foregoing rules and regulations for the protection from contamination of the public water supply of the Village of Old Westbury are hereby duly made, ordained and established on this seventh day of January 1935, pursuant to Chapter 45 of the Consolidated Laws (Public Health Law) of the State of New York, as amended by Chapter 391 of the Laws of 1933.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Public Health Law was comprehensively
revised by Chapter 879 of the Laws of 1953 and these provisions are
now §§ 1100 through 1105.
