As used in these Regulations, the following words shall have,
unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following meanings:
ABANDONMENT
The discontinued use of a septic system in accordance with
Title 5, including but not limited to the pumping, filling and disconnecting
of the septic tank.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of a property's wastewater plumbing which is located
inside the building beginning at the interior face of the building
wall.
BUILDING SEWER
That part of a property's wastewater plumbing beginning at
the interior face of the building wall and ending at the connection
to the public wastewater management system and includes any pump,
grinder pump, or accessory equipment required to connect to the wastewater
management system.
COSTS
All costs and expenses of the planning, design, acquisition,
construction, installation, reconstruction, alteration, extension,
improvement or enlargement of the Wastewater Management System, including,
without limitation, costs of labor, materials, professional services,
consulting services, equipment, grinder and ejector pumps, supplies,
machinery, structures, all rights in real and personal property, costs
of demolitions or relocations, costs of removal or relocations of
public utilities, financing charges and expenses and debt service
costs relative to the Wastewater Management System.
DEP
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
DEP PERMIT
The letter dated May 26, 2011, from Robert A. Kimball, Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Protection to Timothy P. Bragan, Harvard
Town Administrator regarding Harvard - BRP WP 68 - #X236132 314 CMR
12.03(1) - Modification GW #723 - WWTF Upgrade Approval, as it may
be amended.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including groundwater.
DISTRICT
The Harvard Wastewater Management Service Area.
DPW
The Town's Department of Public Works.
EXTERIOR WATER USE
Water used by a property owner to water lawns and gardens,
or for other uses outside of the dwelling, provided that the water
does not enter the Wastewater Management System.
FACILITY
A facility as defined in 310 CMR 15.002 as of May 1, 2009.
GARBAGE
The solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food, from the handling, storage, and sale of produce, and from
the packaging and canning of food.
GRINDER PUMP
The part of the building sewer that grinds the solids into
small pieces and provides a pressurized discharge. The manufacturer
and specifications of the grinder pump will be determined by the Commission.
HARVARD WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SERVICE AREA
That portion of the Town of Harvard shown on a plan entitled
"Proposed Sewer Service Plan, Town of Harvard, Mass. prepared for
Town of Harvard," dated 11/19/2008 and revised on 3/30/2009, prepared
by Norfolk Ram in Association with Weston & Sampson and filed
in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Harvard or as such
service area may be modified by majority vote of the Town at a Town
Meeting, upon the recommendation of the Commission.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Substances and materials, including, without limitation,
those described in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9601
et seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42
U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; any applicable state or local laws;
and the regulations adopted under these acts.
INFILTRATION
Water, other than wastewater, that enters the Wastewater
Management System (excluding building drains) from the ground through
such means as defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes.
Infiltration does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow.
Infiltration is inadvertent, that is, not purposely designed or built
into the Wastewater Management System or drain.
INFLOW
Water, other than wastewater, that enters the Wastewater
Management System (including building drains) from sources such as,
but not limited to, roof leaders, cellar drains, area drains, drains
from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections between
storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, stormwaters,
foundation drains, swimming pools, surface runoff, street wash waters,
or drainage. Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
OWNER
The person, persons or legal entity holding record title
to real property.
REVENUES
All rates, fees, charges, rents, proceeds of loans, grant
funds, insurance proceeds, investment earnings and other receipts
derived from the operation of the Wastewater Management System.
ROOF DRAIN
A drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface
of a roof for disposal.
SEPTAGE
All liquids and solids in and removed from septic tanks,
holding tanks, cesspools, or approved type of chemical toilets, including
but not limited to those serving private residences, commercial establishments,
institutions, and industries. Also sludge from small sewage treatment
plants.
SEPTIC SYSTEM
A subsurface sewage disposal system as defined by and regulated
by Title 5.
SLUG
A substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or
constituent concentration sufficient to cause interference. In any
event, a discharge which, in concentration of any constituent or in
quantity of flow, that exceeds, for any period of duration longer
than 15 minutes, more than five times the average twenty-four-hour
concentration or flow during normal user operations, shall constitute
a slug.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation; also the flow resulting therefrom.
TITLE 5
Title 5 of the Massachusetts State Environmental Code, 310
CMR 15.000.
TOWN
The Town of Harvard.
WASTEWATER
Greywater and blackwater from domestic, municipal and other
governmental and institutional uses; provided, however, that wastewater
shall not include industrial waste as defined in 310 CMR 15.002.
WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
The wastewater collection, conveyance, treatment and disposal
systems serving more than one facility to be constructed or to be
in the possession of and under the jurisdiction and control of the
Commission, including all components thereof.
The Wastewater Management System will serve properties within
the Harvard Wastewater Management Service Area (hereafter referred
to as the "District") shown as "Proposed Low Pressure Sewer System,
Preliminary Service Area, Prepared by the Town Center Sewer Action
Group, January 2009" on the map distributed and voted on at the Annual
Town Meeting on May 2, 2009. A copy of this map is attached in the
Appendix. Any change in the boundaries of this map requires a vote
at Town Meeting. Any property that lies within the District will be
subject to a betterment assessment, except for properties owned by
the Town.
The Wastewater Management System must at all times be operated
in accordance with the DEP Permit and any amendments thereto (the
"Permit"). The Permit currently provides that all connections to the
Wastewater Management System must cease when the discharge from the
Wastewater Management System reaches 20,000 gallons per day. To avoid
the serious consequences imposed by DEP if the Wastewater Management
System's discharge should reach 20,000 per day, if daily discharge
from the Wastewater Management System reaches 19,000 gallons per day
there will be a moratorium on new connections or changes in use until
the Commission determines that further connections can proceed without
detriment to the Wastewater Management System or risk of exceeding
the discharge limit established by DEP.
Provided that the discharge from the Wastewater Management System
has not reached 19,000 gallons per day, the properties within the
District will be permitted to connect to the Wastewater Management
System to serve the use of those properties as of May 1, 2009. The
use of all properties in the District as of May 1, 2009, including
whether a property is commercial, institutional, single family or
multifamily, its net square footage and number of bedrooms and kitchens,
is set forth on the List attached hereto as Appendix A. The information contained on this list will be controlling.
All landowners of the District have had a chance to review and object
to the List prior to the adoption of these Regulations.
In the event the Commission grants a permit for connection of
a property which has had a change in use, that property shall be subject
to a privilege fee charge which will equal the betterment charge the
property would have been subject to at the time the Wastewater Management
System was constructed had the changed use existed at the time of
the Wastewater Management System construction, less any betterment
charge actually assessed against the property.
A property owner may elect to meter his or her exterior water
use by installing a meter at the property owner's expense. The meter
installation must be inspected and approved by the Town's Water Department.
Such documented exterior water use shall be excluded from the calculations
to compute usage to the septic system.