Agenda 11-06-2025; 5-a - Application for Zoning Atlas Amendment – 1039-UT NC 86 N, Hillsborough, Hillsborough Township

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DEQ-PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SECTION 1SP6$8C.0200 SECTION .0200—LOCATION OF SOURCES OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES 15A NCAC 18C .0201 SURFACE SUPPLIES FOR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS (a) A surface supply may be used for a community or a non-transient, non-community water system with disinfection and without filtration if it complies with the provisions of this Section and Rule .2005 of this Subchapter. (b) Such water supply shall be derived from uninhabited wooded areas. (c) The entire watershed shall be either owned or controlled by the person supplying the water or be under the control of the federal or state government; however, no such new water supply shall be created except where the water system owner shall own in its entirety the watershed from which the water will be obtained. (d) The water after disinfection shall be of potable quality as determined by bacteriological and chemical tests performed by a certified laboratory. The presence of contaminants shall not exceed the limits set forth in Section .1500 of this Subchapter. (e) The water source shall have a WS-I classification as established by the Environmental Management Commission and shall meet the quality standards for that classification, codified in 15A NCAC 02B. Copies are available for public inspection as set forth in Rule .0102 of this Subchapter. History Note: Authority G.S. 130A-315; 130A-318; P.L. 93-523; Eff. January 1, 1977,- Readopted 977;Readopted Eff. December 5, 1977; Amended Eff. April 1, 2014;July 1, 1994; February 1, 1987; September 1, 1979; Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. November 23, 2015. 15A NCAC 18C .0202 SURFACE SUPPLIES FROM CLASSIFIED WATERSHEDS Any surface water that is to receive treatment for removal of dissolved matter or suspended matter in order to be used for a public water system shall be obtained from a source that meets the WS-1, WS-II, WS-III, WS-IV or WS-V stream classification standards established by the Environmental Management Commission codified in 15A NCAC 02B. Copies are available for public inspection as set forth in Rule .0102(a) of this Subchapter. History Note: Authority G.S. 130A-315; 130A-318; P.L. 93-523; Eff. January 1, 1977,- Readopted 977;Readopted Eff. December 5, 1977; Amended Eff. April 1, 2014;July 1, 1994; September 1, 1990; February 1, 1987; September 1, 1979; Readopted Eff. July 1, 2019. 15A NCAC 18C .0203 PUBLIC WELL WATER SUPPLIES (a) A site or sites for a water supply well to be used as a community or non-transient, non-community water system shall be investigated by an authorized representative of the Department prior to approval. Approval by the Department is required in addition to any approval or permit issued by any other state agency. The site shall meet the following requirements at the time of approval: (1) The well shall be located on a lot so that the area within 100 feet of the well is owned or controlled by the person supplying the water. The supplier of water shall be able to protect the well lot from potential sources of pollution and to construct landscape features for drainage and diversion of pollution. (2) The minimum horizontal separation between the well and known potential sources of pollution shall be as follows: (A) 100 feet from any sanitary sewage disposal system, sewer, or a sewer pipe unless the sewer is constructed of water main materials and joints, in which case the sewer pipe shall be at least 50 feet from the well; (B) 200 feet from a subsurface sanitary sewage treatment and disposal system designed for 3000 or more gallons of wastewater a day flows, unless the well water source is from a confined aquifer; (C) 500 feet from a septage disposal site; 3