[Adopted 3-8-1976 by Ord. No. 1635]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
The property owner applying for permission to connect to
the sewer system.
The members of the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Haverford, County of Delaware, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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,
The party contracting for service to a property as herein
classified:
A building under one roof owned or leased by
one party and used for one business or dwelling unit.
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.
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.
An industrial or commercial or manufacturing
establishment.
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.
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences and commercial and industrial establishments.
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.
The ratio of parts, by weight, of material under consideration
to 1,000,000 parts, by weight, of sewage.
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.
The normal water-carried wastes from business buildings,
institutions, commercial and industrial establishments.
All facilities for the collection, treatment and disposal
of sewage located in Haverford Township.
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtration.
The Township of Haverford, County of Delaware, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Any poisonous substance.
A.
Whenever any sewer constituting a branch or extension
of the Township sewer system has been completed and is ready for public
use, it shall be the duty of the owners of each property abutting
on the highway, road, street or walk along which such sewer has been
laid to cause the buildings erected on their premises requiring sewage
drainage and situate within 200 feet of such sewer to be connected
therewith at their own expense and subject to the payment of the annual
sewer rental for the use of the same, and upon the failure of any
such owner to comply with the requirements of this article, the Board
of Commissioners will cause such connection to be made at the expense
of such owner.
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960]
B.
Upon the failure of any owner of premises situate
along the line of a Township sewer, who has been duly notified to
cause any building or buildings erected on such premises to be connected
with any such sewer, to comply with the requirements of any such notice
or with the provisions of this article, the Board of Township Commissioners
shall then cause the necessary connections to be made and, upon completion
of the work for the same, shall render a bill covering the cost of
said work to the owner of such premises and file a duplicate thereof
with the Township Treasurer, to whom shall a bill shall be made payable
for the use of the Township. All such bills shall contain a notice
that if said bills are not paid within 30 days after the date thereof,
the same will be collected in the manner provided by law. Upon the
expiration of 30 days after said bills shall have been rendered to
the owners of such premises, it shall be the duty of the Township
Treasurer to refer to the Township Solicitor all such bills remaining
unpaid, and the Township Solicitor shall thereupon take the necessary
action to effect the collection of such unpaid bills in the manner
provided by law.
A.
Conditions of service.
(1)
The Township will furnish sewer service only in accordance
with the currently prevailing and as hereafter revised rates, rules
and regulations of the Township, which are made a part of every application,
agreement or license entered into between the property owner or customer
and the Township.
(2)
The Township reserves the right, so often as it may
deem necessary, to alter, amend and/or repeal the rates and/or rules
and regulations or any part and, in whole or in part, to substitute
new rates, rules and regulations which shall forthwith, without notice,
become and be part of every application, agreement or license for
sewerage service in effect at the time of adoption.
(3)
The furnishing of sewerage service to premises may
be refused if the sewage flow therefrom is found or estimated to be
excessive and/or the character of the wastes being or to be discharged
therefrom is determined by the Township to be unacceptable for the
usual methods of transmission and/or treatment in a conventional wastewater
treatment plant.
(4)
The maintenance, repair or replacement of sewerage
service lines leading from the property to the sewers of the Township
shall be the responsibility of the user and shall in no way affect
the payment of sewer rents due the Township.
(5)
Any customer making any material change in the size,
character or extent of equipment or operations utilizing sewerage
service or whose change in operations results in a substantial change
in the quantity or characteristics of flow of sewage or industrial
waste shall immediately give the Board of Commissioners written notice
of said change.
(6)
The Township will furnish sewerage service, subject
to there being an existing main of adequate size and/or capacity abutting
or in reasonable proximity to the premises to be served.
(7)
Any authorized agent of the Board of Commissioners
shall have the right of access to the premises for any purposes which
the Board deems necessary for the conduct of its business.
(8)
In emergencies, the Township shall have the right
to temporarily interrupt service to the premises and shall not be
held liable for any claim for damages or inconveniences suffered by
the user and/or owner.
(9)
If any residential customer shall fail or refuse,
upon receipt of written notice from the Board of Commissioners, to
remedy any unsatisfactory condition within a reasonable length of
time established by the Board, then the Board shall have the right
to impose a fine and, through the Township Solicitor, to file a lien
against the property in the office of the Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and such liens,
together with penalty and costs accrued thereon, shall be filed and
collected in accordance with law.
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960]
(10)
If any industrial or commercial customer shall
fail or refuse, upon receipt of written notice from the Board of Commissioners,
to remedy any unsatisfactory condition within a reasonable length
of time established by the Board, then the Board shall have the right
to deny water supply service until the requirements of the Board have
been met. The Board shall also have the right to physically disconnect
the property, and the costs of such disconnection shall be paid by
the customer.
(11)
The Township will presume service as being rendered
until the customer gives written notice to the Board of Commissioners
of his desire to discontinue said service.
(12)
At no time under any conditions shall free service
be offered to any existing or proposed user of the system.
B.
Application for service.
(1)
Application for sewerage service must be made by the
customer, in writing, on a form provided by the Township.
(2)
Application for service to establishments such as
but not limited to public buildings, churches, apartments and commercial
establishments must also be accompanied by detailed plans and specifications,
including a list of the number and type of fixtures served and estimated
flow data.
(3)
Application for the discharge of industrial wastes
shall be made in accordance with the applicable sections of this article.
(4)
No application for service will be accepted by the
Township from any applicant who is in arrears for changes due on any
property presently or heretofore chargeable to him.
(5)
Applications accepted by the Township shall constitute
a contract between the Board of Commissioners and the applicant and
shall obligate the applicant to adhere to the rates, rules and regulations
established by the Board.
(6)
A connection fee is hereby required for each and every
connection to be made to the existing Haverford Township sewerage
system and for each and every connection made to any new sewer line
of any subdivision which eventually connects to the Township sewage
system. Connection fees shall be fixed by resolution of the Board
of Commissioners and may be amended from time to time.
[Amended 12-12-1977 by Ord. No. 1690; 2-8-1993 by Ord. No.
2168]
C.
Regulations for construction and connection.
(1)
The applicant desiring service shall pay to the Township
all actual costs incurred by the Township to make such connections,
or, under the direction of the Township, can have the sewer service
lateral constructed by himself or others at his expense. Every connection
must be inspected and approved by the Township before the trench is
backfilled. Such inspection shall be performed by the Township Plumbing
Inspector or his authorized representative, who shall be present at
the time of the connection.
(2)
All sewer service laterals from the Township's sewer,
regardless of location, are the property of the customer and/or owner
and shall be maintained by him in good condition and repair.
(3)
Notification, required by the Board of Commissioners,
of proposed construction and/or repair by parties engaged by the customer
is the responsibility of the customer.
(4)
Connections to the Township's sewers must be made
in compliance with the requirements of the Plumbing Code adopted by
the Township and the rules and regulations adopted by the Township.[1] Attention must be paid to the separation of the public
water supply from the sewage system.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 132, Plumbing.
(5)
No person, firm or corporation shall be permitted
to make a connection to or work upon any part of the Township sewer
system unless he is licensed to do plumbing work by the Township.
Any connection made by unlicensed parties will be thoroughly examined
by a representative of the Township, and any deficiencies will be
corrected. Both the examination and the correction work will be at
the expense of the customer. In addition, fines shall be levied against
the customer and the person, firm or corporation performing the unlicensed
work.
[Amended 6-30-1986 by Ord. No. 1960]
(6)
It is the intention of the Board of Commissioners
to require a separate and distinct permit and sewer connection for
each individual building, whether constructed as a single detached
unit or as one of a pair of a row of houses, but a single connection
may be permitted to serve a school, factory, apartment house or other
permanent multiple-unit structure whose individual apartments or units
are not separately owned.
(7)
Sewer service laterals shall be built according to
the following specifications:
(a)
Sewer laterals shall be cast iron with lead
joints. Other methods and materials reflecting new technology may
be used as approved by the Board of Commissioners. The minimum pipe
size is four inches on a one-fourth-inch per foot grade.
(b)
Where groundwater is normally above invert of house connection pipe, cast-iron pipe is to be encased in concrete for thickness of at least two inches over the outside edge of the bell and over its entire surface. Prior to the pouring of concrete, the pipe shall be supported at an adequate height from the bottom of the trench to allow complete encasement in concrete. Placing of the concrete shall be done only in the presence of Township inspectors. Vitrified clay or cast-iron pipes with tight joints need not be encased in concrete except at the connection to the sewer. All pipes will be inspected by the Township for resistance to infiltration under the provisions of Subsection C(1) above.
(c)
Under wet conditions, the house connection,
as well as any pipe disturbed in the sewer, shall be fully encased
in concrete.
(d)
No infiltration will be allowed in house connections.
(8)
Where an existing sewer lateral is available for reuse
subsequent to the demolition or removal of a previously existing building,
the lateral may be reused, provided that it is inspected by the Township
Engineer and is found to be adequate in terms of infiltration/inflow
and general conditions.
B.
Prohibited wastes. Except as hereinafter provided,
no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described wastes or waters to any public sewer:
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
160° F.
(2)
Any water or waste containing more than 100 parts
per million by weight, of fats, oils or greases.
(3)
Any liquids, solids or gases which, by reason of their
nature or quality, may cause fire or explosion or be in any other
way injurious to persons, to the sewage works structures or to the
operation of these works.
(4)
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance which,
either singly or by interaction with other wastes, is capable of creating
a public nuisance or hazard to life or preventing entry into sewers
for their maintenance and repair.
(5)
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, bones, feathers, tires, plastic, wood, paunch manure, butchers'
offal or any other solids or viscous substances capable of causing
obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper
operation of the sewerage system or the sewage treatment works.
(6)
Any water or waste having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher
than 9.5 or having any corrosive property capable of causing damage
or hazards to structures, equipment or personnel of the sewage works.
(7)
Any water or waste containing any toxic substances
in quantities sufficient to interfere with the biochemical processes
of the sewage treatment works or that will pass through the sewage
treatment works and exceed the state or interstate requirements for
the receiving stream.
(8)
Any water or waste that contains cyanide in excess
of a concentration determined by multiplying 0.2 parts per million
by the ratio of the average flow in the receiving stream to the design
flow of the sewage treatment works.
(9)
Any water or waste containing suspended solids of
such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
(10)
Any toxic radioactive isotopes without a special
permit.
(11)
Any water or waste that contains fluoride in
excess of a concentration determined by multiplying 1.2 parts per
million by the ratio of the average flow in the receiving stream to
the design flow of the sewage treatment works.
C.
Stormwater runoff and cooling water.
(1)
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial or commercial process
water into any sanitary sewer.
(2)
The discharge of cooling water from air-conditioning
units with cooling towers or recirculating systems or from air-conditioning
units using flow-through or unrecirculating systems is prohibited.
Cooling water free from bacteria and harmful chemicals should be drained
into stormwater drains.
D.
Industrial wastes.
(1)
A discharge which is not excluded by the above prohibitions
shall be considered industrial waste if it has:
(a)
A five-day twenty-degree-Celsius BOD greater
than 300 parts per million.
(b)
A suspended solids content greater than 350
parts per million or a chlorine demand greater than 15 parts per million
or an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage
flow at the sewage treatment works.
(c)
Any toxic substance.
(d)
Any wastes which are considered by the Board
of Commissioners to offer possibilities of harm to structures, processes
or operation of the plant.
(2)
Control of industrial waste. Industrial waste shall
not be introduced into the Township sewer system without the approval
of the Board of Commissioners in accordance with the applicable Township
ordinances. The user shall be responsible for testing and providing
facilities, to enable monitoring of the quality and quantity of said
industrial waste in accordance with other sections of this article.
E.
Additional prohibitions. The Board of Commissioners
may promulgate prohibitions against specific types or strengths of
industrial wastes or other substances, in addition to those previously
set forth, which are harmful to the collection system or which the
Township of Upper Darby or the Water Department of the city has prohibited
from discharge to its interceptor, treatment and disposal facilities
to which the Haverford collection system is to be connected. Any person
questioning the reasonableness of any such prohibitions as applied
to property owned or used by such person shall have the right to a
hearing before the Board of Commissioners within a reasonable time
after requesting the same (but such request shall not operate as a
stay of such prohibitions), except in cases where such prohibitions
have been established or specifically approved by ordinance.
A.
Purpose. Sewer rents or charges will be imposed on
the basis of the quantity of water used as evidenced by meter readings
of water meters installed by the Township for the purpose of measuring
water purchased and/or such other meters or measuring devices deemed
necessary by the Board of Commissioners to equitably determine the
rent or charges for sewer service.
B.
Responsibility. All meters or measuring devices permitted
or required under these rules and regulations, except those provided
by the Township for the purpose of measuring water, shall be furnished
and installed by the property owner at the expense of the property
owner, such installation being made prior to connection to the system
unless otherwise negotiated between the property owner and the Board
of Commissioners. All such meters and devices shall be under the control
of the Board of Commissioners and may be tested, inspected or repaired
by Township employees whenever the Board shall deem necessary. The
owner of the property upon which such measuring device is installed
shall be responsible for its maintenance and safekeeping, and all
repairs thereto shall be made by the Township at the property owner's
expense, whether such repairs are made necessary by ordinary wear
and tear or other causes. When installed or repaired by the Township,
the costs of such installation and repairs shall be due and payable
at the same time and collected in the same manner as are the bills
for sewer service.
C.
Industrial waste testing facilities. Any user discharging
industrial or industrial and domestic wastes into the sewerage system
shall construct and maintain, at its expense, suitable control manholes
to allow measurement and sampling of its wastes. These manholes shall
be approved by and be accessible to the Commissioners or their authorized
representatives.
D.
Analysis method. Analysis shall be made by using the
laboratory methods for the examination of industrial waste as set
forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for Examination of
Water and Sewage as published by the American Public Health Association.
Samples collected shall be of the twenty-four-hour composite-type,
collected over a three-day period.
The Township reserves the right to amend or
modify this article or any parts thereof at any time or from time
to time.[1]
[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.
