As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ABNORMAL INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any industrial waste having a suspended solid content or
BOD appreciably in excess of that normally found in municipal sewage.
For the purposes of these regulations, any industrial waste containing
more than 350 milligrams per liter of suspended solids or having a
BOD in excess of 300 milligrams per liter shall be considered an abnormal
industrial waste, regardless of whether or not it contains other substances
in concentrations differing appreciably from those normally found
in municipal sewage.
BOD OF SEWAGE OR INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Shall designate its biochemical oxygen demand and shall mean
the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of the
organic matter in said sewage or industrial waste under standard laboratory
procedure in five days at 20° C. (under aerobic conditions), expressed
in milligrams per liter by weight. It shall be determined by one of
the acceptable methods described in the latest edition of Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, cited above.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Canonsburg, situated in Washington County,
Pennsylvania.
BOROUGH COUNCIL
The elected members of the Borough Council of the Borough
of Canonsburg, as now or hereafter constituted, and its duly authorized
agents or representatives.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer designed to receive both sewage and stormwater runoff
which has been approved for such purpose.
GARBAGE
The solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any liquid, gaseous or waterborne wastes from industrial
processes or commercial establishments, as distinct from sanitary
sewage.
OCCUPIED BUILDING
Any structure erected and intended for continuous or periodic
habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which
structure sanitary sewage and industrial wastes or either thereof
is or may be discharged.
PERSON
Includes natural persons, partnerships, associations and
corporations, public or private.
pH
The logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the hydrogen
ion concentration expressed in moles per liter. It shall be determined
by one of the acceptable methods described in the latest edition of
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published
jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water
Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce that have
been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely
under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with
no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM (sometimes called the "SEWER SYSTEM")
All sanitary or combined sewers, all pumping stations, all
force mains, all sewage treatment works and all other sewerage facilities
owned or leased and operated by the Borough solely or with others
for the collection, transportation and treatment of sanitary sewage
and industrial wastes, together with their appurtenances and any additions,
extensions or improvements thereto. The term shall also include sewers
within the Borough's service area which serve one or more persons
and discharge into the public sanitary sewerage system even though
those sewers may not have been constructed by the Borough and are
not owned or maintained by the Borough. The term does not include
separate storm sewers or culverts which have been constructed for
the sole purpose of carrying storm and surface runoff, the discharge
from which is not and does not become tributary to the sewage treatment
facilities.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions, industrial and commercial
establishments, exclusive of stormwater runoff, surface water or groundwater.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial and commercial establishments,
together with such groundwater, surface water or stormwater as may
be present.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL
The term "shall" is mandatory; the term "may" is permissive.
STORM SEWER
A sewer which is intended to carry stormwater runoff, surface
waters, groundwater drainage, etc., but which is not intended to carry
any sanitary sewage or polluted industrial waste.
STORMWATER RUNOFF
That portion of the rainfall which reaches a channel, trench,
sewer or sink.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension
in water, sewage, industrial waste or other liquids and which are
removable by laboratory filtration. The quantity of suspended solids
shall be determined by one of the acceptable methods described in
the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater, cited above.
UNPOLLUTED WATER OR WASTE
Any water or waste containing none of the following: free
or emulsified grease or oil; pH less than 6.0 or greater than 9.0;
phenols or other substances imparting taste and odor to receiving
waters; toxic or poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state
or solution; and obnoxious or odorous gases. It shall contain not
more than 750 milligrams per liter, by weight, of dissolved solids
of which not more than 250 milligrams per liter shall be as chloride
and not more than 10 milligrams per liter each of suspended solids
and BOD. The color shall not exceed five color units. Analyses for
any of the above-mentioned substances shall be made in accordance
with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of
Water and Wastewater, cited above.
WATER AUTHORITY
Any publicly or privately owned duly authorized agency, corporation
or organization which is the approved purveyor of the public water
supply within the limits of the Borough's service area.
[Amended 11-11-1991 by Ord. No. 1167]
A. The owner or owners of all occupied buildings located on premises
now accessible to existing public sanitary sewer facilities and/or
in the process of connecting or causing to be connected to said building
or buildings with any or all public sanitary sewer facilities to which
said property or properties are accessible shall abide by the terms
and content of this article and the manner hereinafter provided.
B. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the sewage
system any stormwater runoff, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff,
subsurface drainage or any unpolluted industrial process water, and
any connections permitting such discharges shall be eliminated after
timely notice to take such action as issued by the appropriate Canonsburg-Houston
Joint Authority or its authorized representatives in the manner hereinafter
provided.
C. All persons connected to the public sanitary sewage system shall
provide adequate means for excluding stormwater runoff in the event
the connection is made to a sanitary sewer.
D. No person connected to a sanitary sewer shall connect any roof drain,
foundation drain or cellar drain thereto or permit any such drains
remaining connected thereto, nor shall be permit any such drains remaining
connected thereto, nor shall be permit, allow or cause to enter into
any sanitary sewer any springwater or surface water from any other
source.
E. The owner or owners of such property or properties which are or shall be in violation of Subsections
C or
D herein shall forthwith cease, abandon or otherwise discontinue any discharge into the aforesaid public sanitary sewage facility of any stormwater runoff, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water.
F. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons as aforesaid to maintain existing systems and/or service lines or to subsequently construct any said system or service line which would constitute a violation of Subsections
B,
C and
D, and any connections permitting such discharges which constitute violations of Subsection
C and/or
D and/or
E shall be eliminated within 60 days after timely notice to take such action as issued by the appropriate Canonsburg-Houston Joint Authority or its authorized representative.
G. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this article and/or failing to abide by the directive(s) of the appropriate
Canonsburg-Houston Joint Authority or its authorized representative
after issuance of timely notice so to do shall, upon conviction thereof
before the Magisterial District Judge of proper jurisdiction and venue,
be fined not less than $100 for each and every day such violation(s)
continues, and in default thereof, any such person shall be sentenced
to undergo an imprisonment of not less than five days nor greater
than 30 days in the county jail.
H. The appropriate Canonsburg-Houston Joint Authority or its authorized
representative, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall
be permitted to enter upon all such aforesaid properties for the purposes
of inspection, observation, sampling, testing and retesting in accordance
with the provisions of this article.
I. The provisions of these rules and regulations do not prohibit the
present or future discharge of stormwater runoff to combined sewers
or storm sewers or to natural watercourses within the Borough's service
area.
Bills and notices relating to the sewage collection, transportation
and treatment charges and surcharges will be mailed or delivered to
the property owner's last address or, where proper arrangements have
been made with the Borough, to the user's last address, as shown on
the billing books of the Borough.