§ 23B-9a. Drainage wells prohibited.
The installation or construction of drainage wells within the unincorporated area of the County of Butte is prohibited. Abandoned existing drainage wells shall be destroyed under a well permit in a manner approved by the health officer. The health officer may approve subsurface drainage trenches meeting the location and depth requirements for individual sewage disposal leaching fields for the temporary disposal of drainage where no other drainage method is feasible. Permits for other types of recharge or injection wells shall not be issued by the health officer without written approval of the California State Regional Water Quality Control Board.
(Ord. No. 3272, § 1, 6-25-96)