Sec.19-13-B51i. Well pit drains

(a) Where there is no danger of flood or back flow, the water from a pit shall be drained onto the surface of the ground. The pipe used shall be at a grade of not less than one-eighth inch per foot toward the outlet. The junction between the pit floor and the drain pipe shall be made watertight. The drain pipe and joints shall be watertight to a distance of twenty-five feet from the pit. Any drain to the ground surface shall be screened to prevent entrance of animals and insects.

(b) No well pit drain shall be connected directly with any sewer, house drain or storm drain. The drainage of any well pit shall not be dependent on the operation of any pumping system except where gravity drainage at the location cannot be secured, in which case automatic sump pumps may be installed with the concurrence of the approving authority.

(c) When a well pit is constructed in impervious soil, no porous material shall be used as a base under the well pit floor. If fill is required, it shall be clean, impervious earth, well tamped.

(Effective January 12, 1971)