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• Y <br /> <br />12 <br />FINAL <br />4/30/99 <br />• ~. the well water supply.system is contaminated with • <br />• a microbial, chemical or other agent which is <br />known to cause disease or other serious health <br />effects; <br />- • the well water supply system is not reparable to <br />the point where-the contamination can be <br />eliminated; <br />the water from the well water supply system is not <br />treatable prior to withdrawal to the point where the. <br />threat of disease or serious healtheffects is <br />• eliminated;.. <br />,. <br />• there is no alternate location on-site for a new well <br />water supply system which can be permitted under <br />. Orange. County Health Department regulatory <br />criteria in effect at the time of~the contamination <br />or an alternative site is unacceptable because <br />widespread existence of contamination or because <br />of the potential of contaminant migration to the <br />alternate site. . <br />• The following terms used in the criteria above mean: <br />Well: A well is any excavation that is cored, bored, <br />. drilled, j etted, dug or otherwise constructed for the <br />.purpose of locating, testing, developing, .draining or <br />recharging any ground water reserves or aquifer, or that <br />may control, divert, or otherwise control the movement <br />of water from or into any aquifer.. <br />Well Water Sunny S,, sum: A well water. supply system <br />• is any. well that is intended for use or is usable as a <br />source of water supply for domestic use (including <br />household purposes, farm livestock, or gardens) -and the <br />pump and pipe used in connection with or pertaining- <br />thereto, including well pumps, distribution pipes, <br />plumbing pipes, tanks, fittings, .and water. treatment <br />devices. <br />