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Director shall prescribe all conditions necessary to protect the public health. Permits shall <br /> be subject to a specified time limit. <br /> (h) Emergency Repairs. In the event of an emergency, as evidenced by lack of water, repairs <br /> may proceed without a permit. Emergency repairs include the construction of a new well, <br /> or the repair, deepening, or replacement of a well or pump. All work done under <br /> emergency conditions shall comply with the standards adopted pursuant to this Chapter. <br /> In all such cases, the owner or contractor must file a statement that this was an <br /> emergency repair and the reason for the repair. Application for emergency repairs must <br /> be made within forty-eight (48) hours after such repairs are begun, excluding weekends <br /> and holidays. <br /> Section 9-1115.5 Well_Regulations. All wells shall be subject to the following regulations: <br /> (a) Sanitary Seal. All wells shall have a sanitary seat. <br /> (b) Concrete Platform or Stab. All wells, except cathodic protection wells, shall have a <br /> concrete platform or slab constructed to prevent the entrance of surface water from any <br /> source into the well or the underground water source. <br /> (c) Disinfection. After the construction or repair of all water wells and prior to the use of the <br /> ►( well, the well and all appurtenances thereto shall be adequately disinfected. <br /> 041 <br /> (d) Grout Seal. All water wells shall have a grout seal In the annular space. <br /> (e) Abandonment of Wells. Upon determination that any well is abandoned as provided in <br /> the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Chapter, that well must be destroyed <br /> in the manner prescribed so that entrance of degraded or contaminated water into usable <br /> aquifers, or creation of a safety hazard, are minimized. <br /> (i) Destruction of Wells, The Director of the Environmental Health Division is authorized,after <br /> reasonable efforts to eliminate pollution,contamination, or a safety hazard, to enforce the <br /> permanent abandonment by destruction of any well that is polluted, contaminated, or is <br /> so located as to become polluted or contaminated or is a safety hazard. The Director is <br /> authorized to destroy any such well and to recover the cost of the destruction from the <br /> owner of the property on which the well is located. <br /> (g) Out-of-Service Wells. If the owner intends to cease use of a well for a period of six (6) <br /> months or more,the owner shall inform the Director of Environmental Health. Such a well <br /> shall be protected from any source of contamination while the well is temporarily out of <br /> service. The owner shall maintain such a well as required in the standards adopted <br /> pursuant to this Chapter. <br /> July 1992 1115-3 <br />