Sec.19-13-B51j. Permanent appurtenances

(a) Any equipment, piping or appurtenance, permanently installed in a well, shall be joined watertight to the well casing at the point of entrance to the well by a well top seal or equally effective means.

(b) Every well in which the drawdown is ten feet or more shall be fitted with an adequate air vent. Such vent shall be extended to the height of at least twelve inches above any possible high water level. The vent shall be shielded and screened in such manner as to permit the entrance of air but keep out foreign matter.

(c) The foundation for a reciprocating pump shall be constructed with sufficient clearance around the well casing and the base of the power head to permit the assembly in place of a watertight well top seal. The well casing shall extend at least six inches above the floor.

(d) The foundation for a turbine type pump may be of concrete upon which the power head may rest directly. It shall be so constructed that the well opening is adequately covered and all openings through the base shall be sealed watertight. The well casing shall be installed at least six inches above the floor.

(e) A hand pump shall be constructed so that a stuffing box or other arrangement prevents entrance of contamination around the pump rod. The pump spout shall be of covered type. The base shall be of the one-piece flange type. Provision shall be made for leading waste water away from the top of the well. A hand pump shall be frostproof and shall not require priming. A hand pump shall be mounted:

(1) When a well is cased with iron pipe, upon a base flange which is attached rigid and watertight to the well casing; (2) on a concrete platform or similar structure when a well is not cased with iron pipe. A metal sleeve shall be used through the concrete platform or cover slab and extend above the slab into the pump base; or (3) by other sanitary method approved by the commissioner of health.

(Effective January 12, 1971)