Township of Washington, PA Rules and Regulations

No plumber or plumbing firm shall be permitted to repair or install any sewer connections to the public sewage system except in accordance with the Township's rules and regulations.

Plumber license requirements.

(1)

Any person desiring to commence construction pursuant to any permit issued by the Township shall, prior to such commencement, first appear before the Township, secure a license and post a surety bond for the faithful performance of all work in a good and workmanlike manner.

(2)

Work pursuant to any permit issued by the Township shall be undertaken only by plumbers or other sewage construction firms licensed or registered by the Township.

(3)

It shall be unlawful for any person to perform any plumbing work on any building lateral, system lateral or main sewer line prior to the filing of a plan with, and approval of such plan by, the Township, payment in full to the Township of all required fees and issuance by the Township of all required permits.

(a)

There shall be a separate plan for each building, public or private, and any addition thereto or alteration thereof, accompanied by specifications showing the locations, size and kind of pipes and traps. Each such plan and specifications shall be filed with the Township. All applications to amend a plan shall be made in writing.

(b)

Prior to commencement of construction of drainage work for any building within the service area of the public sewage system, a qualified plumber shall submit to the Township plans and specifications legibly drawn on eight-and-one-half-inch by eleven-inch plain paper.

(4)

All users authorized pursuant to this part to undertake a connection to the public sewage system shall notify the Township of the time when each and every connection begins and shall also make arrangements with the Township for each required inspection of the work.

(1)

A discharge of trucked or hauled waste;

(2)

A discharge of any wastewater containing any radioactive waste or isotope with a half-life or concentration which may exceed limits established by the Township pursuant to applicable state and/or federal regulations;

(3)

Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or creates a public nuisance;

(4)

Surface water from roofs, pavements, streets, yards or any other similar source;

(5)

Condensing water of air-conditioning or refrigeration equipment, excluding condensate;

(6)

Water from a floor drain, sump pump, wall gutter, roof leader, French drain or perforated drain.

No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which may interfere with the operation or performance of the public sewage system. These general prohibitions apply to each user introducing pollutants into the public sewage system, whether or not the user is subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or any other national, state or local pretreatment standards or requirements. No user shall contribute any of the following substances into the public sewage system:

(1)

Any liquids, solids or gases which, by reason of their nature or quantity, are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction with other substances, to cause fire, explosion, corrosion or any other injury to the public sewage system or to the operation of the public sewage system. Prohibited materials include but are not limited to gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ether, alcohol, ketone, aldehyde, peroxide, chlorate, per chlorate, bromate, carbide, hydride, sulfide and any substance having more than 100 parts per million of fat, oil or grease. No waste stream shall be discharged into the public sewage system which has a closed-cup flash point of less than 140° F., or 60° C., using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21. This prohibition shall also apply to aqueous solutions containing less than 25% alcohol by volume.

(2)

Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow in the public sewage system or other interference with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities, or which may pass through to surface waters, including but not limited to petroleum, oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, grease, garbage with particles greater than one-half inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissue, paunch manure, bone, hair, hide or fleshing, entrail, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble, dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood, plastic, gas, tar, asphalt residue, residue from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud or glass grindings or polishing wastes.

(3)

Any wastewater having a pH of less than 6.0 or higher than 8.5, or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and/or personnel of the public sewage system.

(4)

Any wastewater containing a toxic pollutant in sufficient quantity, either singularly or by interaction with other pollutants, to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic effect in the receiving waters of the public sewage system or exceed the limitations set forth in a categorical pretreatment standard. A toxic pollutant shall include but not be limited to any pollutant identified pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (also known as the "Clean Water Act").

(5)

Any noxious or malodorous liquid, gas or solid which, either singularly or by interaction with other wastes, is a) sufficient to create a public nuisance or hazard to life, b) sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for maintenance and repair, or c) capable of causing any worker health and/or safety problems.

(6)

Any substance which may cause the public sewage system's effluent, or any other product of the public sewage system's operation, such as residues, sludges or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse, or which could interfere with the reclamation process. In no case shall a substance discharged to the public sewage system cause the public sewage system to be in noncompliance with disposal criteria, guidelines or regulations applicable to sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substance Control Act or any state criteria applicable to the sludge management method being used.

(7)

Any substance which will cause the public sewage system to violate its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and/or state disposal system permit or the receiving water quality standard.

(8)

Any wastewater with objectionable color not removed in the treatment process, including but not limited to dye waste and vegetable tanning solutions.

(9)

Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological activity in the Township's treatment plant resulting in interference and, in all events, any wastewater which, alone or in conjunction with other wastewater, causes the plant's influent to exceed 104° F. (or 40° C.).

(10)

No wastewater containing total solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials for sewage treatment processes.

(11)

Any pollutants, including but not limited to oxygen-demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.), released at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which a user knows or has reason to know will cause interference to the Township's treatment plant. A user who discharges such pollutant causing interference shall not be responsible therefor if, and only if, the user did not know or have reason to know that the discharge would cause pass-through or interference, and the user was at the time in compliance with existing limits for each pollutant in its discharge, or, in the absence of limits, its discharge at the time of the pass-through or interference had not changed materially from its prior discharges occurring when the Township was in compliance with its NPDES permit. In no case shall a sludge load have a flow rate or contain concentration or quantities of pollutants that exceed, for any time period longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration, quantities or flow during normal operations.

No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used and maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been or is connected to a sewer or which shall be required to be connected to a sewer. No connection from any cesspool, privy vault, sinkhole, septic tank, or similar receptacle shall be made with any sanitary sewer lateral or main.