PHASE I WELLHEAD PROTECTION PLAN

CONNERSVILLE UTILITIES

PWSID #5221001

CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA

 

 

 

 

Prepared for:

 

CONNERSVILLE UTILITIES

216 Vine Street

P.O. Box 325

Connersville, IN  47331

 

 

By:

 

M.D. WESSLER AND ASSOCIATES, INC.

CONSULTING ENGINEERS

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

 

 

July 11, 2002

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1.0       INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................. 1

1.1       UTILITY BACKGROUND............................................................................... 1

1.2       WHP PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.............................................................. 2

1.3       THE LOCAL PLANNING TEAM.................................................................... 3

2.0       WELLHEAD PROTECTION AREA DELINEATIONS...................................... 4

2.1       DELINEATION SUMMARY........................................................................... 4

2.1.1        WHPA Boundaries...................................................................................... 5

2.1.2        Aquifer Susceptibility to Contamination.................................................... 6

3.0       POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCE INVENTORY................................. 7

3.1       LAND USE DESCRIPTIONS............................................................................ 7

3.1.1        Roberts Park Well Field............................................................................... 7

3.1.2        South Well Field.......................................................................................... 8

3.2       SITE SPECIFIC POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCES........................ 8

3.2.1        Roberts Park Well Field............................................................................... 9

3.2.2        South Well Field........................................................................................ 10

3.3       POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCES BASED ON LAND USE........ 10

3.3.1        Agricultural Land....................................................................................... 10

3.3.2        Residential Land........................................................................................ 11

3.3.3        Commercial Land....................................................................................... 11

3.3.4        Parks and Recreational Land...................................................................... 12

3.3.5        Industrial Land........................................................................................... 12

3.3.6        Undeveloped (Wooded) Land.................................................................... 12

3.3.7        Transportation Routes.............................................................................. 13

3.4       ABANDONED WELLS AS POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCES... 13

3.5       POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCE SUMMARY............................. 13

4.0       MANAGEMENT PLAN..................................................................................... 16

4.1       MANAGEMENT OPTIONS SELECTION CRITERIA................................ 16

4.2       SANITARY SETBACK MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS.................... 16

4.3       MANAGEMENT OF SANITARY SETBACK AREAS................................ 17

4.3.1        Roberts Park Well Field............................................................................. 17

4.3.1.1     Selected Management Strategies............................................................ 18

4.3.2        South Well Field........................................................................................ 19

4.3.2.1 Selected Management Strategies................................................................ 19

4.4       WHPA MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS............................................... 20<