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15 <br />the time of the contamination or an alternative site is <br />unacceptable because widespread existence of <br />contamination or because of the potential of contaminant <br />migration to the alternate site. <br />The following terms used in the criteria above mean: <br />Well: A well is any excavation that is cored, bored, drilled, jetted, <br />dug or otherwise constructed for the purpose of locating, testing, <br />developing, draining or recharging any ground water reserves or <br />aquifer, or that may control, divert, or otherwise control the <br />movement of water from or into any aquifer. <br />Well Water Supply S,, sue: A well water supply system is any <br />well that is intended for use or is usable as a source <br />of water supply for domestic use (including household purposes, <br />farm livestock, or gardens) and the pump and pipe used in <br />connection with or pertaining thereto, including well pumps, <br />distribution pipes, plumbing pipes, tanks, fittings, and water <br />treatment devices. <br />The Orange County Health Department shall make the determination as <br />to whether an adverse public health condition exists, and shall make a <br />recommendation on the appropriate remedy to the governmental <br />entity(ies) in the appropriate interest area. <br />The final decision to use any particular means or tool for rectifying any <br />particular adverse public health condition remains, through zoning <br />regulations or other land use ordinances, with the governmental entity or <br />entities having zoning or planning jurisdiction over the area where the <br />adverse public health condition exists. In the Orange County- Chapel <br />Hill - Carrboro Joint Planning Area, the Joint Development <br />Review Areas shall be used to determine which of the JPA parties shall <br />jointly decide on the appropriate means or tool for rectifying an adverse <br />public health condition. Public water or public sewer .lines extended to <br />provide service to an adverse public health condition or essential public <br />facility cannot be used for other purposes or other parties, except as <br />provided in Section VLD. <br />C. Sizing of Lines Extended Into Interest Areas <br />The extension of public water or public sewer lines into an interest area <br />shall be sized so as to comply with State technical and engineering <br />regulations and only to serve the intended use, as defined in this <br />agreement. However, in the case of a public water line extension, <br />