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RULES AND REGULATIONS
FOR THE
Protection from Contamination
of the Water Supply of the
City of Ithaca, New York
By the State Department of Health
1903
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
ales and Regulations for the Protection
from Contamination of the Water
Supply of the City of Ithaca, N.Y.
tl By the State Department of Health,1903
The following rules and regulations apply to
Six Mile Creek and all other tributaries above
the dams forming the impounding reservoirs of
the public water supply of the city of Ithaca,
New York.
Privy Vaults,etc.
(1) No privy or vault or place for the deposit
or storage of human excreta shall be constructed,
located or maintained within fifty feet,horizon-
tal measurement, of the high water mark of any
pond or reservoir of the edge, margin or pre-
cipitous bank of any spring, stream, ditch, gutter
or watercourse of any kind, the water of which,
)hen running, flows eventually into a stream or
. J _,.eservoir forming the public water supply of the
city of Ithaca, New York.
(2) No privy, vault, pit or cesspool or other
non-transportable receptacle of any kind used
for the deposit, reception or storage of human
excreta, shall be constructed, located or main-
tained within three hundred feet horizontal
measurement of the high water mark of any
pond or reservoir, or within one hundred and
thirty feet horizontal measurement of the edge,
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b..., or precipitous bank of any spring, or the foundation of the floor of the building.
stream, ditch,gutter or watercourse of any kinds In effecting this removal the utmost care shall
the waters of which when running flow eve( ( exercised that none of the contents be allowed
tually into a stream or reservoir forming to escape while being transported from the build-
public water supply of the city of Ithaca. ing to the place of disposal hereinafter specified;
(3) Every privy or place of deposit,reception, and that the least possible annoyance and incon-
venience be caused to the occupants of the prem-
or storage of human excreta,which is constructed, ises, or of adjoining premises.
located or maintained between the aforesaid
limits of fifty feet, and three hundred feet hori- 1,1 (5) Unless otherwise specifically ordered or
zontal measurement of the high water mark of permitted by the State Department of Health,the
any pond or reservoir, or between the aforesaid excreta collected in the aforesaid receptacle,
limits of fifty feet, and one hundred and thirty shall, when removed, be disposed of by burying
feet horizontal•measurement of the edge, mar- in trenches, or by thoroughly digging into the
gin, or precipitous bank of any spring, stream, soil at such places and in such manner as to
ditch,gutter or watercourse aforesaid, and from effectually prevent them or any portion of them
which privies the excreta are not at once re- being washed over the surface of the ground by
moved automatically by means of suitable water rain or melting snow, and at a distance not less
pipes or conduits to some proper place of ulti- than five hundred feet horizontal measurement
mate disposal as hereinafter provided, shall be from the high water mark of any pond or reser-
arranged in such manner that all said excreta voir, and not less than three hundred feet hori-
shall be received and temporarily maintained in zontal measurement from the edge, margin, or
suitable vessels or receptacles which shall be n
(when ecipitous bank of any kind,the water of which,
all times maintained in an absolutely water-tig running, flows eventually into a stream or
condition and which shall admit of convenient reservoir forming the public water supplyof
removal to some place of ultimate disposal as I the city of Ithaca.
hereinafter set forth. (6) Whenever it shall be found that owing to
(4) The excreta collected in the aforesaid re- the character of the surface of the ground, or
movable receptacle shall be removed and the the character of subsoil or height of flow of
receptacles cleansed and disinfected as often as surface water, or ground water, or other special
may be found necessary to maintain the privies local conditions, the excrement matter from a
in proper sanitary condition, and to effectually privy or aforesaid receptacle,or from any trench
and strictly prevent any overflow upon the soil or place of disposal, may in the opinion of the
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AMENDMENT
Rules and Regulations
Board of Public Works
Water Mains
TAKE NOTICE that the Board of
Public Works of the City of Ithaca,
N. Y., at an adjourned regular meet-
ing held May 2,1946, duly amended the
Rules and Regulations and Penalties
in regard to Water Mains by adding
a new section designated as section 2a
as follows:
Except where Water Mains cross
bridges, and except when variations
are specifically approved by the Board,
all Water Mains connecting with the
City Water System must be cast iron
hub and spigot pipe meeting the
specifications of the American`'Water'
Works Association.
Effective upon publication.
F. H. SPRINGER
City Clerk
May 9.
and strictly prevent any overnow upon inc soil
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State Department of Health, be washed over the nor shall any person bathe in any pond, reser-
surface of the ground or through the soil into voir, spring, stream, ditch,
p g, gutter, or other
any pond, reservoir, spring,stream,ditch,guttl ter course aforesaid, at any place above the
or other water course,which when running flow, ams forming the impounding reservoir in the
into the aforesaid public water supply of the said said Six Mile Creek.
city of Ithaca then the said privy or receptacle
for excreta, or trench or place of disposal shall, (9) No piles of fermenting or decayed fruit,
after due notice to the owners thereof, be re- vegetables, roots, drains, nor any piles of saw-
dust, leaves or other vegetable matter, shall be
moved to such greater distances, or such places
as shall be considered safe by the State Depart located,maintained or allowed to remain in such
ment of Health. place or manner that the washings or drainage
therefrom may flow by open or covered drains
• or channels, into any pond, reservoir, spring,
House Slops,Sink Waste,Laundry Water,
Refuse,Garbage,Etc. stream,ditch,gutter,or other water course afore-
said,without having first passed over or through
(7) No sewage, garbage, putrescible matter, such amount of soil as to become properly pur-
house slops, sink waste, water in which milk ified; and in no case shall the distance from the
cans, clothing or bedding have been washed or aforesaid piles to the high water mark, edge,
rinsed,nor any polluted water or liquid,shall be margin or precipitous bank of the aforesaid
drained or discharged directly into any pond, pond, reservoir,
spring, ditch
reservoir, spring, stream, ditch, gutter, or other stream , getter or
other water course be less than fifty feet hori-
water course aforesaid; nor shall any such zontal measurement.
liquids or solid matter be drained or discharge -
on the surface of the ground or into the grount (10) No human excreta nor compost contain-
below the surface in any manner whereby the ing human excreta shall be spread upon the
same may flow into any reservoir, pond, spring,
ground within one hundred and thirty feet hori-
stream,ditch,gutter or other water course afore- zontal measurement of the high water mark,
said, within fifty feet horizontal measurement of edge, margin or preciptous bank of any reser-
the high water mark,edge,margin or precipitous voir, pond, spring, stream, ditch, gutter or other
bank of any pond, reservoir, spring, stream, water course aforesaid; and no manure or com-
ditch,gutter or any other water course aforesaid. post of any kind shall be'spread or deposited so
as to be washed a less distance than fifty feet
(8) No clothing, animals, vehicles, nor any- over the surface of the ground before reaching
thing which pollutes water, shall be washed in, the nearest point of the aforesaid water course.
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Dead Animals, Manufacturing Waste,Etc.
(11) No dead animals, birds, or fish, nor ar-
part thereof, nor any putrescible matter, d
polluted water from any slaughter house, dairy,
creamery, cider mill or any other manufactory
shall be thrown or be allowed to run into any
pond, reservoir, spring, stream, ditch, gutter or
water course aforesaid; nor shall any such mat-
ter be so deposited that any portion thereof, nor
of the polluted drainage therefrom, shall be
washed therefrom over the surface of the ground
or through the soil a less distance than one hun-
dred feet before reaching the nearest point of
the aforesaid water course.
(12) No screen or filter shall be used in either
the impounding or distributing reservoirs of the
public water supply of the city of Ithaca, while
in a foul or unclean condition; nor any screen
or filter shall be used in either of the aforesaid
reservoirs which is not susceptible of constant
and ready examination and cleansing.
Penalty �-
(13) In accordance with Section 70, Chapter
661 of the Laws of 1893,as amended by Chapter
251 of the Laws of 1899, a penalty of Two Hun-
dred dollars is hereby imposed against any per-
son, firm, or corporation who shall be adjudged
guilty of a violation of or a non-compliance with
any of the above mandatory regulations; the
same to be recovered under the above said law.