Chapter 146 – Water Well Protection

CHAPTER 146 WATER WELL PROTECTION 146.01 Water System District 146.03 Penalty 146.02 Prohibited Uses 146.01 WATER SYSTEM DISTRICT. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, all property located within the corporate boundaries of the City, together with any extraterritorial well site, conveyance, treatment facility, main, or water service connected to or in service for the Tiffin municipal water system, shall be designated the Tiffin Water System District. 146.02 PROHIBITED USES. The following uses, within the designated separation distances of the well site described above, shall be deemed to constitute a nuisance and shall not be permitted in the Tiffin Water System District: 1. Well house floor drains – 5 feet; 2. Water treatment plant wastes – 50 feet; 3. Sanitary and industrial discharges – 400 feet; 4. Floor drains from pump house to surface: A. None within 5 feet; B. 5 to 10 feet – water main materials enclosed in concrete permitted; C. 10 to 25 feet – must be water main material; D. 25 to 75 feet – must be watertight sewer pipe; 5. Floor drains to sewer, water plant wastes, storm or sanitary sewers or drains: A. None permitted within 25 feet; B. 25 to 75 feet – must be water main material; C. 75 to 200 feet – must be watertight sewer pipe; 6. Force mains: A. None permitted within 75 feet; B. 75 to 400 feet – must be water main materials; 7. Land application of solid waste – 100 feet; 8. Irrigation of wastewater – 200 feet; 9. Concrete vaults and septic tanks – 100 feet; 10. Mechanical wastewater treatment plants – 200 feet; 11. Cesspools and earth pit privies – 200 feet; 12. Soil absorption fields – 200 feet; 13. Lagoons – 400 feet; 14. Chemicals: