Article IV. Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas
18.65.311 Critical aquifer recharge areas –Designation.
(1) Critical aquifer recharge areas include those areas with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for potable water where an aquifer that is a source of drinking water is vulnerable or susceptible to contamination that would affect the potability of water. Susceptibility to ground water contamination occurs where there is a combination of permeable soils, permeable subsurface geology, and decreasing hydraulic head with depth. See the Natural Resources Element of the Covington Comprehensive Plan for a map of potential aquifer recharge areas within the City of Covington.
(2) Critical aquifer recharge areas are categorized as Category I, II, or III as follows:
(a) Category I critical aquifer recharge areas are mapped areas that Covington determined are highly susceptible to ground water contamination and that are located within a sole source aquifer or wellhead protection area.
(b) Category II critical aquifer recharge areas are mapped areas that Covington determined to have medium susceptibility to ground water contamination and that are located within a sole source aquifer or wellhead protection area.
(c) Category III critical aquifer recharge areas are mapped areas that Covington has determined have low susceptibility to ground water contamination.
(3) The Director may, upon consultation with affected jurisdictions and the affected local water purveyor, determine the location of aquifer recharge areas based on additional information about areas with susceptibility to ground water contamination or on changes to sole source aquifers or wellhead protection areas as identified in wellhead protection programs. (Ord. 09-19 § 9 (Exh. D); Ord. 09-18 § 5; Ord. 06-17 § 4 (Exh. B))