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Town of Harvard, MA
Worcester County
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It shall be unlawful to discharge directly to any natural outlet within the Wastewater District or in any area under the jurisdiction of said District any wastewater or other polluted rater without the applicable local, state, and federal discharge permits.
When required by the Commission, a user shall design, construct, install, operate and maintain special facilities which will provide for the regulation and control of the rate, volume and characteristics of wastewater discharged to the Town's Wastewater Management System. The design of such special facilities shall be subject to the approval of the Commission. Such special facilities shall be designed, constructed, operated and maintained at the owner's expense. The Commission shall have the right to inspect such special facilities to ascertain compliance with these Regulations.
Building sewers, whether located on public or private property, are owned by the owner of the premises served. In the case where more than one premises is connected to the same building sewer, the owners of the respective premises shall be jointly and severally responsible for the maintenance and repair of the building sewer.
The owner of a building sewer shall at all times keep such sewers and drains clean and in good repair in order not to cause infiltration, exfiltration or inflow, depletion of groundwater, damage to property, odor, or harm to the Town's sewers.
The owner shall maintain, repair, upgrade, modify, or replace an existing building sewer whenever it is determined by the Commission that such sewers or drains may endanger public health, create a public nuisance, result in public or private property damage, harm the Town's Wastewater Management System, result in infiltration, exfiltration or inflow or impair water quality or the environment and in such other circumstances as the Commission deems appropriate. The landowner is solely responsible for maintaining and repairing the building sewer from the inside of the foundation wall to the Wastewater Management System.