Indiana § 8-1-32-6 Contaminants in private water wells; estimate of cost of extending
water utility service

Indiana Statutes

§ 8-1-32-6 — Contaminants in private water wells; estimate of cost of extending water utility service

Indiana·Art. 1 UTILITIES GENERALLY·Ch. 32 Water Wells

(a)Notwithstanding IC 8-1-2-103(a), if a health agency determines that an area located within a city or within a county having a consolidated city:

(1)is served by private water wells;

(2)suffers from a health hazard due to the presence of at least one

(1)contaminant; and

(3)incorporates at least a portion of at least one (1) census track or block having a median household income of less than two hundred percent (200%) of the most recently determined federal income poverty level; the health agency may direct the nearest public utility that is authorized to provide water utility service within the municipality to prepare and provide to the commission an estimate of the cost of extending water utility service to the subject area and request the commission to approve the project.

(b)The

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(a) Notwithstanding IC 8-1-2-103(a), if a health
agency determines that an area located within a city or within a county
having a consolidated city:
(1) is served by private water wells;
(2) suffers from a health hazard due to the presence of at least one
(1) contaminant; and
(3) incorporates at least a portion of at least one (1) census track
or block having a median household income of less than two
hundred percent (200%) of the most recently determined federal
income poverty level;
the health agency may direct the nearest public utility that is authorized
to provide water utility service within the municipality to prepare and
provide to the commission an estimate of the cost of extending water
utility service to the subject area and request the commission to
approve the project.
(b) The costs estimated under subsection (a) may include the
following:
(1) Installing the mains and connecting service lines on properties
within the subject area.
(2) Abandoning and plugging existing wells in accordance with
IC 25-39-2-14 and rules adopted under IC 25-39 on properties
within the subject area.
(3) Restoration of areas disturbed by the project.
(4) Other reasonable costs of extending water utility service to the
subject area.

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