Related Department of Health programs include, the Permitting of Well Building, Permitting of Well Maintenance, Residential Well Screening, and Rockland County Private Well Testing (PWT) Law. Associated Hyperlinks: Well Permitting Program - (845) 364-2595 Incorrect construction, operation, maintenance or decommissioning of wells and inappropriate installation of well pumps and pumping devices represent a potential endangerment of water resources, and a potential hazard to public health and security.
So contamination or other ecological damage triggered by a single well can potentially have a wide-spread influence on water resources. For this reason, the Rockland County Department of Health requires that well construction and upkeep activities be performed under permit, and in compliance with Short article II of the Rockland County Sanitary Code.
Our permitting program supplies the mechanism that enables our personnel to make sure that water system wells, as well as resource evaluation and geothermal wells, are correctly built, and that unused or poorly-maintained wells are effectively decommissioned, in accordance with state and local requirements. Adherence to these construction requirements assists to guarantee that water system wells will regularly yield the very best water quality readily available, which all wells stay protective of Rockland County's minimal ground water resource.
Related Hyperlinks: Well applications are offered to download: Affidavits for well allow applications are offered to download: Residential Well Screening - (845) 364-2595 Regardless of our best shots to safeguard Rockland's water resources, the quality of ground water delivered by individual wells can alter over time. Such modifications may result from contamination of the aquifer by accidental releases of petroleum or other chemical products into the environment, from discharges from failing or poorly-functioning septic tanks, and even from natural surface area water, i.
An effectively built well in excellent condition (as needed pursuant to Rockland's Well Permitting Program) can assist to leave out a few of these pollutants, particularly those that exist reasonably near the ground surface. For example, bacteriological contamination typically results from surface area water or water from a septic tank making its way into a well too quickly.
This allows time for potentially hazardous bacteria to die or be consumed by organisms that naturally live in the soils. Sometimes, even if a well was appropriately sited and built, deterioration of water quality can arise from failure of the well itself as the housing or grout materials break down with age.