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.t -has been inspected and approved by the (a) Sanitary Seal . All wells shall have a -ect-or. sanitary seal . (f) Changes May Be Ordered. The Director (b) Concrete Platform or Slab. All wells, of the Environmental Health Division may order except cathodic protection wells, shall have a changes in the location ,of water wells and in concrete platform or slab constructed to pre- the methods, means and manner of constructing. vent the entrance of surface water from any water wells in order that the same shall not source into the well or the underground water constitute a menace to the health of human source. beings or animals or a detriment to groundwa- (c) Disinfection. After the construction ter sources . The orders of the Director shall or repair of all water wells and prior to the designate the period within which such changes use of the well, the well and all appurtenanc- are to be made. es thereto shall be adequately disinfected. (g) Special Permits . Notwithstanding any (d) Grout Seal . All water wells shall other provisions of this chapter, the Director have a grout seal in the annular space. of the Environmental Health Division may ap- (e) Abandonment of Wells . Upon determi- p--ve Special Permits for limited periods of nation that any well is abandoned as provided L le when the requirements of this chapter or in the rules and regulations adopted pursuant any of the standards adopted pursuant to this to this chapter, that well must be destroyed chapter are found to be impracticable or un- in the manner prescribed so that entrance of necessary. In approving a Special Permit, the degraded or contaminated water into usable Director shall prescribe all conditions neces- aquifers or creation of a safety hazard, are sary to protect the public health. Permits minimized. shall be subject to a specified time limit . (f) Destruction of Wells . The Director of (h) Emergency Repairs. In the event of an the Environmental Health Division is autho- emergency, as evidenced by lack of water, re- rized, after reasonable efforts to eliminate pairs may proceed without a permit . Emergency pollution, contamination or a safety hazard, repairs include the construction of a new well to enforce the permanent abandonment by de- or the repair, deepening or replacement of a struction of any well that is polluted, Con- well or pump. All work done under emergency taminated or is so located as to become pol- conditions shall comply with the standards luted or contaminated or is a safety hazard. adopted pursuant to this chapter. In all such The Director is authorized to destroy any such cases, the owner or contractor must file a well and to recover the cost of the destruc- ttement that this was an emergency repair tion from the owner of the property on which a., the reason for the repair. Application the well is located. for emergency repairs must be made within (g) Out-of-Service Wells. If the owner forty-eight (48) hours after such repairs are intends to cease use of a well for a period of begun, excluding weekends and holidays . six (6) months or more, the owner shall inform the Director of Environmental Health. Such a well shall be protected from any source of Source: Ordinance No. 3675 . contamination while the well is temporarily out of service. The owner shall maintain such SECTION 9-1115 . 5 . WELL REGULATIONS. All a well as required in the standards adopted wells shall be subject to the following regu- pursuant to this chapter. lations : (h) Dewatering Wells . The Director of the (San Joaquin ' (San Joaquin - 419 .512 - 2/93) - 419 .513 - 2/93)