Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
APPLICANT
The property owner applying for permission to connect to
the sewer system.
BOD (biochemical oxygen demand)
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in parts per million by
weight, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under
standard laboratory procedure for five days at 20° C. The standard
laboratory procedure shall be that found in the latest edition of
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage, published
by the American Public Health Association,
CUSTOMER AND USER
The party contracting for service to a property as herein
classified:
A.
A building under one roof owned or leased by
one party and used for one business or dwelling unit.
B.
A combination of buildings owned or leased by
one party in one common enclosure and used for one business or dwelling
unit, or each unit of a multiple house or building occupied by one
household or one firm as a residence or place of business and having
a separate or individual means of entrance.
C.
A building owned or leased by one customer having
a number of apartments, offices or lofts which are related to tenants
and using, in common, one hall and one or more means of entrance.
D.
An industrial or commercial or manufacturing
establishment.
E.
Each dwelling unit, in addition to the first
dwelling unit, in a building under one roof owned by one party shall
be treated and regarded as a separate customer and shall be subject
to the rate schedule applicable thereto.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences and commercial and industrial establishments.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy
rejected or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing, trade or
business process or from the development, recovery or processing of
natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
PARTS PER MILLION (PPM)
The ratio of parts, by weight, of material under consideration
to 1,000,000 parts, by weight, of sewage.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration
expressed in moles per liter and indicates the degree of acidity or
alkalinity of a substance.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The normal water-carried wastes from business buildings,
institutions, commercial and industrial establishments.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
All facilities for the collection, treatment and disposal
of sewage located in Haverford Township.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtration.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Haverford, County of Delaware, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
The Township reserves the right to amend or
modify this article or any parts thereof at any time or from time
to time.
[Added 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960; amended 6-13-1988 by Ord. No.
2019; 3-12-2012 by Ord. No. 2660]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
provision of this article shall, upon summary conviction before any
District Justice of the Peace, pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 and
costs of prosecution; and in default of one payment of the fine and
costs, the violator may be sentenced to the county jail for a term
of not more than 90 days. Each and every day in which any person,
firm or corporation shall be in violation of this article shall constitute
a separate offense.