CONTAMINATION SOURCES FOR WELLS
The intent of this Policy is to establish control over the location of future potential sources of contamination in and around the school and it's water system so as to prevent or minimize any hazard to the safety of the school's drinking water.
For the purpose of this policy, "Water Well" shall mean any excavation that is drilled, corralled, bored, washed, dug, driven, jetted, or otherwise constructed for the purposes of the exploring for ground water, monitoring ground water, utilizing the geothermal properties of the ground or extracting water from or injection of water into the underground water. The water well shall not include any excavation made for obtaining or prospecting for oils, natural gas, minerals or products mined or quarried or inserting media to repressure oil or natural gas bearing formation.
The school staff and board shall make every effort to prevent the placement, maintenance, construction, or replacement of any of the following structures or the conducting of any of the following activities within the distance specified below from any existing public water supply well, water storage tank, or water treatment facility.
CATEGORY DISTANCE
Sewage Lagoon 1,000 feet
Water Well 1,000 feet
Cesspool 500 feet
Dump 500 feet
Feedlot or Feedlot Runoff 500 feet
Corral 500 feet
