§ 74-41. Pipe and pump installation requirements.

(a)

Pressure storage tanks shall be equipped with adequate means for regulating air volume and excess pressure relief.

(b)

Pump storage tanks shall be installed on a solid foundation and be readily accessible for repairs or priming. Cinder blocks resting on sand is not considered a solid foundation. Tank sizing will be in accordance with Florida Building Code, Plumbing 612.2, as amended. Pump sizing will be in accordance with Florida Building Code, Plumbing 612.1, as amended.

(c)

Single pipe ejector assemblies shall not be installed with plastic pipe.

(d)

All pumping equipment shall be installed in accordance with manufacturer's specifications.

(e)

A spring loaded check valve shall be mounted on the discharge side of the pump upstream from any outlet in order to prevent backflow into the well. Such valve shall not be used for the purpose of maintaining prime for the well. If a well is used for irrigation only, any backflow prevention device listed in section 74-42 may be used in lieu of such check valve, provided the device is located upstream from any outlet.

(f)

All piping shall conform to the requirements of Schedule 40 of the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or the American Petroleum Institute (API).

(g)

Two inch domestic wells requiring a deep well jet pump are prohibited unless proper flow rates as specified in Florida Building Code Plumbing, Section 612 are demonstrated.

(h)

Because of the proliferation of numerous large high capacity wells with resultant rapid drawdown of the Floridian aquifer during certain periods of time, the following additional requirement shall apply to all pumps installed for use in the Floridian aquifer in that part of the county, bounded on the east by State Road 11, and its intersection with U.S. 17 and U.S. 92, continuing south on U.S. 17-92 to its intersection with Beresford Avenue, DeLand, Florida, bounded on the south by Beresford Avenue and an imaginary line extending west from Beresford Avenue, DeLand, Florida, to the St. Johns River, bounded on the west by the St. Johns River and bounded on the north by the Volusia County line:

(1)

No pump except a single pipe jet, double pipe jet, submersible or turbine shall be installed.

(2)

The minimum depth of pump intake setting shall be 84 feet.

(3)

A multi-stage pump is required for deep well jet systems.

(Ord. No. 2002-23, § I, 12-12-02)