[Adopted 7-17-2014 by Ord. No. 20-14]
A request to connect to the municipal sanitary sewer system
based upon a failure of the individual sewerage disposal system servicing
the property must be accompanied by proof of inspection by a qualified
professional and adequate testing evidencing the failure.
The required inspection and tests of an individual subsurface
sewage disposal system shall be made by a person engaged by the applicant
who is licensed by the State of New Jersey either as a professional
engineer or as a registered environmental health specialist. The person
making the inspection and tests shall sign the report, which shall
be submitted to the Health Department.
The status of the system shall be determined by one of the following
methods:
A.
On-site inspection. The on-site inspection shall consist of a visual
check of the ground surface of the subject property both above and
in the vicinity of the individual subsurface sewage disposal system
for purposes of determining whether there is any evidence of recent
overflow of the system or any seepage from the system into any watercourse
as such term is defined in N.J.A.C. 7:9A-2.1; or
B.
Hydraulic load test. The hydraulic load test shall be conducted to
ascertain whether the system can accept an appropriate discharge of
water into the system without creating evidence of the system being
noncompliant as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:9A-3.4. The test shall be conducted
in compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:9A-12.7. In no case shall the design
capacity, as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:9A-7.4, of the system be exceeded
during the test.
The report of inspection and tests shall be filed with the Township
before any request for a connection based on the hardship of a failed
individual sewerage system is considered by the Township.
