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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 health effects is <br />eliminated; <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, jetted, 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 Supp1Y S stem: 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 />11 <br />