Discussion and Review of Tiffin Municipal Code Revisions – Preparation for Setting the Public Hearing — Tiffin City Code - DRAFT

CHAPTER 147 WELL PROTECTION TABLE A: SEPARATION DISTANCES REQUIRED MINIMUM LATERAL DISTANCE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION FROM WELL AS HORIZONTAL ON THE GROUND SURFACE, IN FEET Deep Well1 Shallow Well1 WASTEWATER STRUCTURES: Point of Discharge to Ground Surface Sanitary and industrial 400 400 discharges Water treatment plant wastes 50 50 Well house floor drains 5 5 Sewers and Drains2 0 – 25 feet: prohibited 0 – 25 feet: prohibited 25 – 75 feet if water main 25 – 75 feet if water main Sanitary and storm sewers, pipe pipe drains 75 – 200 feet if sanitary 75 – 200 feet if sanitary sewer pipe sewer main pipe 0 – 75 feet: prohibited 0 – 75 feet: prohibited 75 – 400 feet if water main 75 – 400 feet if water main Sewer force mains pipe pipe 400 – 1,000 feet if sanitary 400 – 1,000 feet if sanitary sewer pipe sewer main pipe 0 – 5 feet: prohibited 0 – 5 feet: prohibited Water plant treatment process 5 – 50 feet if sanitary sewer 5 – 50 feet if sanitary wastes that are treated onsite pipe sewer main pipe 0 – 25 feet: prohibited 0 – 25 feet: prohibited 25 – 75 feet if water main 25 – 75 feet if water main Water plant wastes to sanitary pipe pipe sewer 75 – 200 feet if sanitary 75 – 200 feet if sanitary sewer pipe sewer main pipe 0 – 25 feet: prohibited 0 – 25 feet: prohibited 25 – 75 feet if water main 25 – 75 feet if water main Well house floor drains to pipe pipe sewers 75 – 200 feet if sanitary 75 – 200 feet if sanitary sewer pipe sewer main pipe 0 – 5 feet: prohibited 0 – 5 feet: prohibited Well house floor drains to 5 – 50 feet if sanitary sewer 5 – 50 feet if sanitary surface pipe sewer main pipe Land Disposal of Treated Wastes Irrigation of wastewater 200 400 Land application of solid wastes3 200 400 Other Cesspools and earth pit privies 200 400 Concrete vaults and septic tanks 100 200 Lagoons 400 1,000 Mechanical wastewater 200 400 treatment plants Soil absorption fields 200 400 CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1218 -