A.
For each private well constructed after the effective
date of these regulations, the owner shall:
(1)
Complete a well site application form.
(2)
Provide a scaled, extended plot plan, with topography,
signed and stamped by a professional engineer licensed to perform
required documentation. The extended plot plan shall show:
(a)
Street and address by street number.
(b)
Existing and proposed structures.
(c)
Subsurface waters and subsurface drainagecourses,
if any.
(d)
Subsurface sewage disposal field, trenches,
or pits and adjoining septic tanks or cesspools.
(e)
Subsurface storage tanks.
(f)
Rights-of-way subject to herbicide or pesticide
control.
(g)
Property lines.
(h)
Public ways.
(i)
Other potential sources of pollution, i.e.,
private dump, animal waste (manure piles), agricultural herbicide,
pesticide, fertilizer applications for more than five years, cemetery,
etc.
B.
The plot plan may be the same plan submitted for compliance
with 310 CMR 15.
The Board of Health shall make a site visit
to review information supplied on application and plot plan.
When the application, plot plan and site visit
have been satisfactorily completed, a private well drilling permit
will be issued. Permits are not transferable and expire one year from
date of issue.
A well driller's report, as required by 313
CMR 3, shall be submitted to the Massachusetts Division of Water Resources
and the Dalton Board of Health within 30 days.
The Board of Health shall make a well completion
inspection and shall note revisions on the original extended plot
plan marking revisions "as built." The well location will be noted
on Dalton Assessor Maps.
When a well satisfies quantity standards (See § 606-15.) an application may be made for a building permit.
Prior to the use of private well water for human
consumption, a water quality report shall be performed by a laboratory
licensed for water testing by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A
copy of water quality report shall be submitted to the Board of Health.
When a water quality report meets the standards established by the
Board, well water may be used for human consumption.
The Board of Health, to protect public health,
safety and welfare and/or groundwater resources, may order an abandoned
well to be destroyed. Destruction may be accomplished by a licensed
well driller or an owner. Destruction shall comply with the latest
Massachusetts laws and/or regulations governing such destruction and
shall be observed from start to finish by the Board of Health. There
being no Massachusetts laws or regulations governing destruction,
the Board of Health will prescribe in writing destruction techniques
on a case-by-case basis.
