Chapter 13.08
WATER SUPPLY AND PRIVATE WATER WELLS
Sections:
13.08.030 Supplying of irrigation water permitted.
13.08.040 Wells—Prohibition on construction of new private irrigation wells.
13.08.050 Fire protection charge for private well users.
13.08.060 Sewer use regulation for private well users.
13.08.010 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter the terms set out in this section shall have the following meanings:
A. “Backflow” means the flow other than the intended direction of flow of any foreign liquids, gases or substances into the distribution system of a public water supply.
B. “Backflow prevention device” means a device to counteract back pressure or prevent back siphonage.
C. “Cross-connection” means any physical arrangement whereby a public water supply is connected, directly or indirectly, with any other water supply system, sewer, drain, conduit, pool, storage reservoir, plumbing fixture or other device which contains or may contain contaminated water, sewage or other waste or liquids of unknown or unsafe quality which may be capable of imparting contamination to the public water supply as a result of backflow.
D. “Irrigation companies or districts” means any municipal corporation, private corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership or person, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court which are engaged in the distribution, sale or furnishing of water for irrigation purposes only.
E. “Superintendent” means the superintendent of the public works department, city of Brewster.
F. “Water companies” means any corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership or persons, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court which are engaged in the distribution, sale or furnishing of water for domestic, commercial, industrial or any other purpose. (Ord. 408 (part), 1981)
13.08.030 Supplying of irrigation water permitted.
Formation of new water companies and new service extensions to existing water companies shall not prohibit irrigation companies or districts from supplying only irrigation water within the corporate boundaries of the city. (Ord. 408 (part), 1981)
13.08.040 Wells—Prohibition on construction of new private irrigation wells.
Except as permitted pursuant to Section 13.04.005(C), the city of Brewster is the sole purveyor of water in the city and no new wells may be constructed and no existing inactive wells may be reactivated for use for any purpose, including for private irrigation purposes. Existing private irrigation wells operational as of the date of enactment of this provision may continue to be used only for private irrigation, but such use may not be expanded within the city beyond the current existing use. (Ord. 915 § 1, 2019: Ord. 699 § 2, 2000: Ord. 408 (part), 1981)
13.08.050 Fire protection charge for private well users.
A. Any structure which utilizes a private water supply system, without service from the city water supply system, and is located within five hundred feet from a fire hydrant owned and operated by the city is subject to a fire protection charge.
B. The fire protection charge is the minimum basic charge for a three-fourths-inch meter in the water rate schedule set forth in Section 13.04.150, as amended, for residential and commercial structures with a gross square foot floor area of four thousand square feet or less.
C. The fire protection charge shall be the minimum basic charge for a three-fourths-inch meter for single-family residences, and an additional charge of fifty cents per one thousand square feet of floor area for all residential and commercial structures in excess of four thousand square feet, or any warehouse, industrial or other structure or use. (Ord. 408 (part), 1981)
13.08.060 Sewer use regulation for private well users.
A. Any premises which utilizes an existing private water supply with or without additional water service from the town shall be subject to sewer charges in the rate schedule set forth in Section 13.04.160, as amended, for the appropriate class of user.
B. Private well users shall install a suitable control manhole, together with a meter and appurtenances in the building sewer at the user’s expense in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.06.130. (Ord. 408 (part), 1981)