Sec. 22a-354z. Mapping by water companies of areas of contribution and recharge areas for existing and potential stratified drift wells.
Sec. 22a-354z. Mapping by water companies of areas of contribution and recharge areas for existing and potential stratified drift wells. (a) Not later than three
years after the adoption by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection of a model
municipal aquifer protection ordinance under section 22a-354l, each public or private
water company serving at least one thousand persons but not more than ten thousand
persons shall map areas of contribution and recharge areas at level A for each existing
stratified drift well located within its water supply area.
(b) Each public or private water supply company serving at least one thousand but
not more than ten thousand persons shall map areas of contribution and recharge areas
for all of the potential wells located in stratified drift aquifers identified as future sources
of water supply in accordance with the plan submitted pursuant to section 25-33h at
level B not more than two years after the Commissioner of Environmental Protection
requests such mapping.
(c) For the purpose of this section, any community water system which is part of
an existing water company but which is not physically connected to such existing water
company shall be considered a separate water company for purposes of determining the
number of persons served by the existing water company's system and any of its separate
systems.
(P.A. 89-305, S. 23, 32; P.A. 91-386, S. 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11, S. 64, 70; P.A. 93-337, S. 2; P.A. 07-85, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 91-386 added a new Subsec. (c) to specify how water companies shall be classified for purposes of
determining their responsibilities under this section; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11 amended Subsec. (a) by changing date for
aquifer mapping from July 1, 1995, to January 1, 1996; P.A. 93-337 amended Subsec. (a) to change deadline for mapping
from January 1, 1996, to three years after adoption by commissioner of model ordinance under Sec. 22a-354l; P.A. 07-85
amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to level A and require submission of plan two years after the request for, rather
than the approval of, mapping by commissioner.