§ 5-1.513. Standards: Adoption by Reference.

Standards for the construction, repair, modification, abandonment, or destruction of well so as to protect groundwater from contamination and pollution and to preserve health, safety, and welfare shall be those set forth in the California Department of Water Resources Bulletin No. 74-81 dated December 1981 and entitled Water Well Standards: State of California as supplemented by California Department of Water Resources Bulletin No. 74-90 (Supplement to Bulletin 74-81), dated January 1990 and entitled California Well Standards: Water Wells, Monitoring Wells, Cathodic Protection Wells, together with all appendices thereto, as compiled and published by the Department of Water Resources of the Resources Agency of the State of California.

These certain documents, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Modesto, as hereinafter amended, deleted, modified and added to, and the same are hereby adopted by this reference as the Groundwater Conservation Code of the City of Modesto, with the following additions:

(a)

Every new, repaired, or modified community water supply well or individual domestic water well, after construction, modification, or repair and before being placed into service, shall be thoroughly cleaned of all foreign substance and shall be thoroughly disinfected utilizing the procedures set forth in Appendix C of the aforementioned Bulletin No. 74-81.

(b)

Exploratory boring deeper than ten (10) feet shall be destroyed immediately upon completion of testing by complete filling and/or sealing of the borehole in accordance with criteria established by the Public Works Director. The Public Works Director may waive complete sealing if the permittee demonstrates to the Public Works Director's satisfaction that City's groundwater protection and conservation shall not be impaired by the permittee's proposed methods.

(Added by Ord. 2703-C.S., § 1, amended by Ord. 3129-C.S., § 1, and Ord. 3365-C.S., § 1, effective 12-9-04)