HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 229-2005 Prohibiting Potential Pollution to Water Well Supply.pdfCITY OF ANNA
ORDINANCE NO. 229-2005
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS ("City") PROHIBITING
POTENTIAL POLUTION SOURCES WITHIN SPECIFIED DISTANCES OF PUBLIC
WATER SUPPLY WELLS; ESTABLISING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ("TCEQ') has established
rules and regulations for public water systems, which permit the substitution of
ordinance prohibitions in place of sanitary control easements otherwise required for
public water supply wells; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS:
Section 1.
Within 50 feet of a public water supply well owned by the City, there shall not be placed,
installed or established by any person or corporation:
• a tile or concrete sanitary sewer,
• sewerage appurtenances;
• septic tank;
• storm sewer;
• cemetery;
• livestock in pastures; or,
• sanitary or storm sewers not constructed of ductile iron or PVC pipe meeting
AW WA standards, not having a minimum working pressure of 150 psi or greater,
and not equipped with pressure type joints.
Section 2.
Within 150 feet of a public water supply well owned by the City, there shall not be
placed, installed, or established by any person or corporation:
• a septic tank perforated drainfield;
• areas Irrigated by low dosage sewage disposal systems;
• low angle spray on-site sewage facilities;
• absorption bed;
• evapotranspiration bed;
• improperly constructed water well;
• underground petroleum storage tank;
• underground chemical storage tank; or,
• petroleum or chemical liquid transmission pipeline.
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Section 3.
Within 300 feet of a public water supply well owned by the City, there shall not be
placed, installed, or established by any person or corporation:
• a sewage wet well;
• a sewage pumping station; or,
• a drainage ditch that contains industrial waste discharges or the wastes from
sewage treatment systems.
Section 4.
Within 500 feet of a public water supply well owned by the City, there shall not be
placed, installed, or established by any person or corporation:
• a sewage treatment plant;
• animal feed lot;
• solid waste disposal site;
• lands on which sewage plant of septic tank sludge is applied; or,
• lands irrigated by sewage treatment plant effluent.
Section S.
Violation of this Ordinance is punishable by a fine not to exceed $2,000 or the maximum
amount allowed by law if that amount is less than $2,000. Each day any such violation
shall continue shall constitute a separate offense punishable hereunder.
Section 6.
The City Secretary shall cause the descriptive publication and penalty clauses hereof to
be published.
AND IT IS SO ORDAINED.
Passed on the 11th day of October , 2005 by the City Council for the City of Anna,
Texas.
Aye(s) 6
Nay(s) 0
Abstain 0
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APPROVED:
—3yor, Kenneth Pelham
ATTEST:
City Secretary, Nath
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