[Adopted 9-2-1975 by Ord. No. 134]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings
of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
Easttown Municipal Authority.
The quantity of dissolved oxygen required for biochemical
oxidation of decomposable organic matter under aerobic conditions
in a period of five days at a temperature of 20° C., expressed
in parts per million by weight. Such BOD shall be determined as described
under the heading "Biochemical Oxygen Demand" in the Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes (latest
edition), as published jointly by the American Public Health Association,
the American Water Works Association, and the Federation of Sewage
and Industrial Wastes Association.
Any structure or store, office or other unit thereof intended
to be used wholly or in part for the purposes of carrying on a trade,
business or profession or for social, amusement, educational, charitable
or public use.
The estimated annual usage of the sewer system by a single-family
dwelling. Based upon a review of applicable records of the water company
relating to water usage by customers within the Township (made by
the Authority and its consulting engineer), one EDU is hereby established
as a use equalling approximately 74,000 gallons per annum. (Based
upon the same study, it has been determined that the average annual
usage by an individual dwelling unit within a multiple-dwelling building
is approximately 0.8 EDU.)
Any structure or separate unit thereof intended to be used
wholly or in part for the manufacturing, fabricating, processing,
cleaning, laundering or assembly of any product, commodity or article.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or waterborne wastes
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.
Any structure intended to be occupied as a whole by one family
or an apartment intended to be occupied by one family or any other
one-family living unit.
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions, and commercial and industrial
establishments.
All facilities for the collection, transportation, treatment
and disposal of sanitary sewage and acceptable industrial waste in
and for the Township operated or caused to be operated by the Township,
Valley Forge Sewer Authority and any other municipality or municipal
authority to which the sewer system is or may hereafter be connected.
Any person who may, from time to time, be placed in general
charge of the sewer system.
All facilities operated by the Township for the collection
and disposal of sanitary sewage and acceptable industrial waste in
and for the Township, whether or not interconnected.
The dry weight of the solids physically suspended in a flow
of sewage, industrial waste, or water as determined by the method
of determining suspended matter described under the heading "Suspended
Matter" in the Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage,
and Industrial Wastes (latest edition), as published jointly by the
American Water Works Association and the American Public Health Association
and the Federation of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association, and
expressed in parts per million by weight.
The Township of Easttown, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
That private water company providing water service to customers
connected to the sewer system.
There is hereby imposed upon each property located within the
Township, served by the sewer system and having available to it the
use thereof, sewer rents or charges, payable as hereinafter provided,
for the use, whether direct or indirect, of the sewer system, based
on the schedules of classifications and rates hereinafter set forth.
A.
For each residential property located within the Township served
by the sewer system and having available to it the use thereof, there
is hereby imposed a base charge per year, payable in quarterly installments,
as hereinafter provided. For each nonresidential property located
within the Township served by the sewer system and having available
to it the use thereof, there is hereby imposed a base charge per year,
payable in quarterly installments, as hereinafter provided. (In consideration
of payment of said base charge, usage of the sewer system, determined
as hereinafter provided, of up to 10,000 gallons per quarter, representing
approximately 0.57 EDU, shall be provided.) The Board of Supervisors
shall establish the amount of the sewer rental from time to time by
adoption of a resolution. For the purposes of this subsection, the
term "residential property" shall mean and include detached, semidetached,
and attached single-family residences possessed of a single and separate
water connection. The term "nonresidential property" shall mean and
include all other uses, including without limitation commercial uses,
boardinghouses, apartment buildings, and townhouse buildings, having
a water connection which serves one or more commercial or industrial
use or more than one residential dwelling unit.
[Amended 8-3-1981 by Ord. No. 172-81; 6-2-1986 by Ord. No. 200-86; 12-19-1991 by Ord. No. 244-91; 12-19-1994 by Ord. No. 278-94; 10-4-2004 by Ord. No. 355-04; 12-19-2005 by Ord. No. 365-05; 1-2-2007 by Ord. No. 374-07; 1-7-2008 by Ord. No. 381-08; 12-15-2008 by Ord. No.
388-08; 1-18-2011 by Ord. No. 402-11]
B.
Multiple use. In case of a combination of one or more commercial, industrial or institutional establishments, private dwellings (including each mobile home space, row house, semidetached house and townhouse and individual dwelling unit within a multiple-dwelling building), fire house, church, school or Township building in one property, all having the use of the sewer system through one sewer connection, each such establishment shall be charged the above-mentioned base charge as though each were separately connected to the sewer system, and if there is only one water meter for any such combination, the Township may estimate the amount of water used by each individual establishment if necessary for the purpose of establishing additional sewer rental charges imposed by § 345-70 hereof.
[Amended 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 424-14]
A.
Meter rates. For each residential property located within the Township served by the sewer system and having available to it the use thereof (except as provided in § 345-71A hereof), there is hereby imposed an additional sewer rental, payable quarterly, for all discharge to the sewer system in excess of 10,000 gallons for any three-month period, based on the quantity of water used, at the rate established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors from time to time. For each nonresidential property located within the Township served by the sewer system and having available to it the use thereof (except as provided in § 345-71A hereof), there is hereby imposed an additional sewer rental, payable quarterly, for all discharge to the sewer system in excess of 10,000 gallons for any three-month period, based on the quantity of water used, at the rate established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors from time to time. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "residential property" shall mean and include detached, semidetached, and attached single-family residences possessed of a single and separate water connection. The term "nonresidential property" shall mean and include all other uses, including without limitation commercial uses, boardinghouses, apartment buildings, and townhouse buildings, having a water connection which serves one or more commercial or industrial use or more than one residential dwelling unit.
[Amended 8-3-1981 by Ord. No. 172-81; 6-2-1986 by Ord. No. 200-86; 12-19-1991 by Ord. No. 244-91; 12-19-1994 by Ord. No. 278-94; 10-4-2004 by Ord. No. 355-04; 12-19-2005 by Ord. No. 365-05; 1-2-2007 by Ord. No. 374-07; 1-7-2008 by Ord. No. 381-08; 12-15-2008 by Ord. No.
388-08; 1-18-2011 by Ord. No. 402-11]
B.
Schools. Schools shall be charged additional sewer rental, based upon the quantity of water used by them, at the rates and in the manner provided in Subsection A hereof; provided, however, that notwithstanding said Subsection A, the additional sewer rental charge for each school for each quarterly billing period ending September 30 shall not be less than an amount equal to the average of the additional sewer rental charges for the three billing periods next preceding the period ending September 30 in each year.
C.
Other seasonal or intermittent use. Additional sewer rentals (for
any quarterly billing period) imposed upon seasonal or other intermittent
users of the sewer system, other than schools, at the sole discretion
of the Township, may be based upon actual flow or upon average peak
period flow; provided, however, that the Township shall not impose
additional sewer rentals on the basis of average peak period flow
until it shall have received at least one full year's flow records
with respect to the subject user.
D.
With respect to any property suspected of discharging sanitation sewage or industrial waste to the sewer system in amounts disproportionate to water usage, whether because of suspected infiltration or for any other reason, the Township reserves the right to require installation, at its own expense, of water or sewage measuring devices as provided in § 345-74 hereof. The readings from these meters or measuring devices shall be used in computing additional sewer rentals.
A.
For each residential property as defined in § 345-69A hereof, which residential property is not serviced by the water company and receives water services solely from an unmetered supply, in lieu of the additional sewer rental charge imposed pursuant to § 345-70A hereof, there is hereby imposed an additional sewer rental per year, payable in quarterly installments, as hereinafter provided. The Board of Supervisors shall establish the amount of the additional sewer rental charge from time to time by adoption of a resolution.
[Amended 8-3-1981 by Ord. No. 172-81; 6-2-1986 by Ord. No. 200-86; 12-19-1991 by Ord. No. 244-91; 12-19-1994 by Ord. No. 278-94; 10-4-2004 by Ord. No. 355-04; 12-19-2005 by Ord. No. 365-05; 1-2-2007 by Ord. No. 374-07; 1-7-2008 by Ord. No. 381-08; 12-15-2008 by Ord. No.
388-08; 1-18-2011 by Ord. No. 402-11]
B.
The owner of each such unmetered, private dwelling unit, in lieu of payment of the additional sewer rental imposed by Subsection A hereof, may elect to pay an additional sewer rental on a metered basis in accordance with the provisions of § 345-70A hereof. In such event, such owner shall notify the Township of his election to pay additional sewer rentals on a metered basis and shall install such additional water meter or meters as the Township in its sole discretion may direct.
In order to comply with applicable federal laws and regulations,
there is also imposed upon each industrial user of the sewer system,
as the term "industrial user" may be defined from time to time in
such laws and regulations, a charge (hereinafter referred to as the
"industrial repayment charge"). So long as the regulations in force
on the date of enactment hereof continue without relevant amendment,
the term "industrial user" shall include agriculture, mining, manufacturing,
transportation, public utilities and services activities, but shall
exclude any user producing solely the normal domestic-type wastes.
The charge payable by each industrial user shall be determined annually
as follows: First, there shall be determined, pursuant to applicable
federal regulations and guidelines, the total amount required to be
recovered by the Township or the Authority for service rendered during
the preceding year from all industrial grant repayment charges, which
generally shall be an amount equal to 1/30 of that part of all grants
received pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments
of 1972 toward the cost of construction of the sewer system, and grants
received by other authorities for the construction of joint transportation
and treatment facilities used by the Township, which is in the same
proportion to such grants as the greater of total usage by, or total
capacity reserved for, all industrial users of the sewer system and
such joint facilities respectively bears to the total rated capacity
of the sewer system and such joint facilities, respectively, on the
basis of aggregate flow and strength characteristics. Second, of such
total annual amount required to be charged to all industrial users,
the amount which shall be payable by each industrial user shall be
determined, which shall be that part of the total charges which is
properly allocable to each such user, based upon proportionate flows,
strength of waste and delivery rates from each industrial user. Charges
shall be payable annually based upon the preceding year's use
and shall be billed no later than January 31. All determinations referred
to above shall be made by the consulting engineers, whose written
decisions shall be final, except that charges for joint facilities
may be determined by the agency operating such facilities.
A.
In addition to sewer rents and charges imposed hereby, there is hereby imposed upon each committed basic billing unit (hereinafter defined) a reserve capacity charge of $240 per year, payable in equal quarterly installments in accordance with the provisions of § 345-76 hereof.
[Amended 8-3-1981 by Ord. No. 172-81]
B.
By appropriate action, the Township Board of Supervisors shall establish
rules and regulations regarding commitments of reserve capacity in
the sewer system to anticipated future users. Under such rules and
regulations, the owner of any property in the Township not connected
to the sewer system and the owner of any property already connected
to the sewer system but desiring to reserve the right to make additional
connections to the sewer system may make application for reservation
of capacity in the sewer system for such future anticipated use. From
and after granting of such reservation of capacity by the Township,
the reserve capacity charge hereinabove imposed shall be payable.
[Amended 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 424-14]
C.
For the purpose of this article, one reserve capacity charge shall
be payable with respect to each reservation of the following uses:
(1)
A private dwelling (including each mobile home space, row house,
semidetached house and townhouse and individual dwelling unit within
a multiple-dwelling building);
(2)
A fire house;
(3)
A church;
(4)
A Township building; and
[Amended 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 424-14]
(5)
With respect to any other use for which capacity is reserved, one
reserve capacity charge shall be payable for each 12,500 gallons of
flow (or any portion thereof) estimated by the Township or its consulting
engineer to be discharged from such property per quarter-annual period.
E.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require that the Township
grant any reserve capacity commitments.
A.
Methods of measuring volume.
(1)
Except as herein otherwise provided, whenever a person purchasing
all water used from the water company discharges sanitary sewage and/or
industrial waste into the sewer system, the volume of water used,
as determined from meter readings of the water company, shall be used
in computing the sewer rentals.
(2)
Except where water meter readings are not to be used in computing sewer rentals, where a person has a source of water supply in addition to or other than from the water company and discharges sanitary sewage and/or industrial waste into the sewer system, such person shall install (upon election or provided in § 345-71B hereof) or permit the Township or Authority to install a meter on such additional or other source of supply. The total amount of water consumed as shown by these meter readings will be used in computing the sewer rentals.
(3)
In cases where a person uses water from the water company and/or
from an independent supply such that all or any part of the water
so used is not discharged into the sewer system, the quantity of water
used to determine the sewer rentals, at the discretion of the sewer
manager, may be computed by one of the following methods as determined
by the sewer manager: Method No. 1: The readings from the meter or
measuring device shall be used in computing the sewer rentals. Method
No. 2: By placing a meter or measuring device on the effluent or water
not discharging into the sewer system. The reading from this meter
or measuring device will then be deducted from the total water meter
readings, and the remainder will be used in computing the sewer rentals.
Method No. 3: When it is not practical to install measuring devices
to determine continuously the quantity of water not discharged into
the sewer system, the sewer manager will determine, in such manner
and by such method as he may prescribe, the percentage of metered
water discharged into the sewer system, and the quantity of water
used to compute the sewer rentals shall be the percentage so determined
of the quantity measured by the water meter or meters. Any dispute
as to the estimated amount shall be submitted to the Board of Supervisors
of the Township after notice of the estimate, whose decision on the
matter shall be final.
B.
Measuring devices. All meters and measuring devices (except those provided by the water company) required by the Township or Authority to be installed pursuant to § 345-70D and Subsection A(2) of this section hereof shall be furnished and installed at the expense of the Township or the Authority. All meters and measuring devices (except those provided by the water company) installed at the election of the property owner (pursuant to § 345-71B hereof or otherwise) shall be furnished and installed by the Township at the expense of the property owner. All such meters or measuring devices (except those provided by the water company) shall be under the control of the Township and may be tested, inspected or repaired by Township employees or agents whenever the sewer manager 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. Bill for 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 services; such bills from and after their due date shall constitute a lien upon the property upon which such measuring device is installed.
C.
Meter readings. The Township shall be responsible for the reading
of all meters or measuring devices (except to the extent the water
company's readings are used), and they shall be made available
to Township employees or agents for meter reading at any reasonable
time.
D.
Any dispute or alleged inequity relating to sewer usage and any charges
therefor shall be submitted to the Board of Supervisors of the Township,
whose decision on the matter shall be final.
If use or classification of any property should change within
any quarterly period, the difference in the sewer rental, prorated
on a monthly basis to the nearest calendar month, will be charged
or credited, as the case may be, on the bill for the succeeding quarterly
period. Additional classifications and additional sewer rentals may
be established by the Township from time to time.
Sewer rentals and charges and reserve capacity charges shall
be billed quarterly. Bills for sewer rentals and charges for properties
using water company water meter readings for determination of a portion
of such quarterly billing shall be dated as of the water company billing
date for such quarter. Bills for sewer rentals and charges for properties
not using water company meter readings for determination of any portion
of such quarterly billing and for reserve capacity charges shall be
dated as of January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1. Bills for properties
connecting during a billing period will be prorated on the basis of
the applicable rate. Bills for the first billing period after the
rates established hereunder become effective shall be prorated.
[Amended 8-3-1981 by Ord. No. 176-81]
A.
Quarterly sewer rents or charges and reserve capacity charges shall
be subject to a ten-percent penalty if not paid within 30 days after
they are due and a twenty-percent penalty if not paid within 60 days
after they are due. The charges plus the penalty shall bear interest
from the due date at the rate of 1% per month or fraction thereof
until paid. The Township shall have the additional or independent
right to cut off sewer service, by cutting off water service, from
such premises and not to restore the same until all charges, penalties
and interest against the same and the cost of cutting off and restoring
service shall have been paid.
B.
All persons connected to the sewer system must give the Township
their correct address. Failure to receive bills will not be considered
an excuse for nonpayment, nor permit an extension of the period during
which bills are payable at face.
C.
All sewer rents or charges and reserved capacity charges, together
with all penalties and interest thereon, not paid on or before 120
days from the date of each bill shall be deemed delinquent. All such
charges shall constitute a lien, until paid, against the property
to which service is provided or for which capacity is reserved, and
the amount thereof may be recovered by due process of law.
[Amended 5-3-1982 by Ord. No. 181-82]
A.
The funds received by the Township from the collection of the sewer
rentals and charges and all penalties thereon, as herein provided
for, and any fines collected by the Township in connection with the
sewer system shall be segregated, earmarked and deposited in a separate
fund, to be designated "sewer revenue account."
B.
The funds received by the Township from payment of connection charges,
inspection charges and tapping fees and all penalties thereon, imposed
by the Authority and collected by the Township as its agent, shall
be deposited in the above-mentioned sewer revenue account.
C.
Said funds shall be used only for the purpose specified in any lease
or agreement it may enter into for and of, or in connection with,
said sewer system with the Authority, in accordance with the provisions
of the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
A.
Preliminary treatment.
(1)
In order to control the admission of industrial waste or any other
waste not defined as "sanitary sewage" into the sewer system, the
written approval of the Township must be obtained prior to the discharge
of such waste.
(2)
As the sewage treatment works cannot treat all waste, preliminary
treatment may be required before discharge into the sewer system.
Any waste containing substances which are not amenable to treatment
or reduction by the biological treatment processes employed within
the sewage treatment works, or are amenable only to such a degree
that such works' effluent cannot meet the requirements of other
agencies having jurisdiction over the discharge to the stream, will
require preliminary treatment.
B.
Permit requirements.
(1)
Each industry making application for permission to discharge any
industrial waste into the sewer system shall furnish to the Township
all the information necessary to determine the quantity of such waste,
the nature and quality of materials therein and the characteristics
thereof. Approval of such application shall be in the discretion of
the Township, provided all applicants of similar type shall be treated
similarly.
(2)
The rate of flow at which any industrial waste can be discharged
shall be at the discretion of the Township.
(3)
Any industry applying for a permit to discharge any industrial waste
into the sewer system from new or existing facilities are required
to furnish in quadruplicate a complete set of engineering reports,
plans and specifications covering the connections to and from the
plant waste treatment facilities. This applies also to alterations
or additions to such connections or treatment facilities. Reports
and supporting data herein referred to must be prepared by a professional
engineer registered in Pennsylvania. Such report shall be subject
to review by the Township consulting engineer, who shall be other
than the engineer making the report, and by the consulting engineer
for Valley Forge Sewer Authority.
(4)
Adequate means shall be provided at each industrial connection with
the sewer system for the periodic determination of all characteristics
and concentrations of the waste. Samples shall be collected in such
a manner as to be representative of the actual quality of the waste,
and standard methods of analysis shall be used. Waste shall also be
subject to analysis by the Township.
(5)
To facilitate observation, sampling and measuring of the waste being
discharged, a suitable manhole shall be installed between the building
discharging the industrial waste into the sewer system and the point
of connection to the sewer system. Such manhole shall be constructed
in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Township.
The manhole shall be installed and maintained in a safe condition
at the expense of the owner of the premises being served and be so
located as to be accessible at all times to authorized employees and
agents of the Township without the consent of such owner.
(6)
Any authorized employee or agent of the Township shall be permitted
to enter upon any private property discharging industrial waste into
the sewer system at any time for the purpose of observation, measuring,
sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewer system
which is an obligation of the Township.
(7)
No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, uncover,
deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which
is part of the sewer system. Any person violating this provision shall
be subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $300.
(8)
No statement in this article shall be construed as preventing any
special agreement between the Township and any person whereby an industrial
waste of unusual strength or character may not be accepted by the
Township subject to payment therefor by the industry.
(9)
Each discharge of industrial waste will be considered on its own
merits and will require a special agreement with the Township. The
agreement shall be for a period of one year. The Township reserves
the right to cancel or renew any agreement with an industry after
one year. If the Township elects not to cancel the agreement on or
before its anniversary, the agreement will automatically renew itself
for another period of one year.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff or subsurface drainage into
the sewer system.
B.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
into the sewer system:
(1)
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, fur, plastics, wood, paunch manure, butchers offal, hair
or any other solids or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction
to the flow in sewers or the interference with the proper operation
of the sewer system.
(2)
Any inert insoluble solids such as asphalt, clay, slag and mill scale,
or sludges and slurries.
(3)
Any waters or waste containing any quantities of formaldehyde, carbide
waste, or phenols.
(4)
Any waters or waste containing radioactive isotopes.
(5)
Any noxious or malodorous substances not mentioned in the foregoing
list that will pass through the sewage treatment works and exceed
the state and interstate requirements for the receiving stream.
(6)
Any effluent of such color that it will require special treatment
prior to discharge into the Schuylkill River.
C.
No cesspool or septic tank contractor shall dump cesspool or septic
waste into the sewer system.
A.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, no person shall discharge
or cause to be discharged any of the following described substances,
materials or waste into the sewer system:
(1)
Any cooling water, unpolluted industrial or commercial process water.
(2)
Any vapor or steam.
(3)
Any liquid having a temperature higher than 140° F.
(4)
Any fluid waste containing in excess of 100 parts per million of
fat, oil, wax, grease, either vegetable or mineral, or containing
substances which may solidify between 32° F. and 100° F.
(5)
Any liquids, solids or gases such as benzene, gasoline, naphtha,
fuel oil or other volatile, explosive or flammable substance which,
by reason of its nature or quality, may cause fire or explosion or
be in any way injurious to persons, to the sewer system or the operation
thereof.
(6)
Any unshredded garbage. The installation and operation of any garbage
grinder equipped with a motor of greater than 1/2 horsepower shall
be subject to review and approval by the Township, the County Authority
and the Joint Authority.
(7)
Any waste containing a five-day twenty-degree-centigrade BOD in excess
of 250 ppm.
(8)
Any waste containing a total solids content in excess of 800 ppm; or any waste containing average suspended solids in excess of 300 ppm, unless the user pays the additional charge provided in § 345-84 hereof.
[Amended 11-21-1977 by Ord. No. 143]
(9)
Any waste having a chlorine demand in excess of 10 ppm.
(10)
Any fluid having a pH lower than six and higher than nine.
(11)
Any water waste containing any substances which are not amenable
to treatment or reduction by the biochemical wastewater treatment
processes employed or are amenable to the treatment only to such a
degree that the effluent of the sewage treatment works cannot meet
the requirements of agencies having jurisdiction over the discharge
to the receiving stream.
(12)
Any toxic substance not mentioned in the foregoing list that
will pass through the treatment works and exceed the maximum permitted
levels for such substance under the requirements of state or other
governmental agencies.
(13)
Any substance prohibited by any permit issued by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
(14)
Any waste containing toxic or poisonous substance in excess
of the following limits, measured at the point of discharge into the
sanitary sewers:
|
Item
|
PPM
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Alkyl benzene sulfonate
|
0.5
| |
|
Arsenic
|
1.0
| |
|
Barium
|
1.0
| |
|
Beryllium
|
1.0
| |
|
Boron
|
1.0
| |
|
Bromide
|
0.0
| |
|
Cadmium
|
5.0
| |
|
Carbon chloroform extract
|
0.2
| |
|
Chloride
|
250.0
| |
|
Chromium (hexavalent)
|
3.0
| |
|
Chromium (trivalent)
|
3.0
| |
|
Cobalt
|
0.3
| |
|
Copper
|
5.0
| |
|
Cyanides
|
0.0
| |
|
Fluoride
|
10.0
| |
|
Hydrogen sulfide
|
0.0
| |
|
Iodide
|
0.0
| |
|
Iron
|
15.0
| |
|
Lead
|
1.0
| |
|
Manganese
|
0.5
| |
|
Mercury
|
1.0
| |
|
Nickel
|
5.0
| |
|
Nitrate
|
10.0
| |
|
Nitrites
|
3.0
| |
|
Nitrogen (as NH3)
|
15.0
| |
|
Ozone
|
0.0
| |
|
Organic surfactants
|
5.0
| |
|
Phenols
|
0.0
| |
|
Phosphates
|
40.0
| |
|
Selenium
|
0.01
| |
|
Silver
|
5.0
| |
|
Sodium
|
10.0
| |
|
Sulfate
|
250.0
| |
|
Sulfur dioxide
|
0.0
| |
|
Sulphydriles
|
3.0
| |
|
Tin
|
5.0
| |
|
Zinc
|
5.0
|
B.
Provided, however, that deviations from the above schedule may be
authorized by the Township, in its sole discretion, upon an affirmative
showing by the person requesting the same that such deviation will
not be harmful to the sewer system.
Floor drains used for washing and cleaning will be permitted
only on application to the Township and only after provisions have
been made for the removal of sand, grit, oil, grease, garbage or any
other materials.
In the event that the owner or operator of any industrial or
commercial establishment fails to conform or comply with the terms
and conditions of its agreement with the Township pertaining to the
discharge of its wastes, which failure causes damage to the sewer
system or to any employee thereof, the owner or operator shall be
liable for such damage, or, in the event of the discharge of any substance
that kills fish, the owner or operator shall be liable for the damages
thereof. The limit of the damage shall be determined by the Township,
and the owner or operator shall be billed therefor. Legal action may
be taken to enforce collection, and the Township may resort to the
termination of its connection to the sewer system.
Any industrial waste of unusual strength or character accepted by the Township shall be subject to a surcharge to be paid by the industrial or commercial establishment concerned. The basic rate for the surcharge shall be the rate per thousand gallons as set forth in § 345-70 above, as follows:
A.
The surcharge is based on a waste having a five-day twenty-degree-centigrade
BOD greater than 250 ppm.
B.
Average suspended solids content of greater than 300 ppm.
[Amended 11-21-1977 by Ord. No. 143]
C.
In the case of waste containing heavy metals, either in suspension
or solution or when in the opinion of the Township the suspended solids
do not represent the true characteristics of the solids loading, the
Township reserves the right to use total solids instead of suspended
solids.
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Industrial Waste Surcharge Factor
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F = (Si-Sa)\Sa + Bi-Ba\Ba
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F
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Factor applied to basic treatment rate.
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Si
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Industrial waste average suspended solids concentration in ppm.
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Sa
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Domestic sewage average suspended solids concentration in excess
of 300 ppm.
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Bi
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BOD industrial waste in parts per million.
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Ba
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Average BOD domestic sewage in parts per million (250).
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D.
In the case of waste containing substances or materials that only
can be treated with extra care and costs and where the surcharge as
stated above does not apply, they must accept after a study of the
waste has been made and a formula for the discharge has been established.
E.
In order to ascertain the strength of every industrial waste, the
Township shall cause appropriate analysis to be made at least four
times each year of every industrial waste entering the sewer system,
the average of which shall be used to establish the surcharge for
the ensuing year.
The Township reserves the right to, and may from time to time,
adopt, revise, amend and readopt such rules and regulations as it
deems necessary and proper for the use and operation of the sewer
system.
[Added 3-4-1985 by Ord. No. 186-85]
A.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article shall,
upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding
commenced by the Township before a Magisterial District Judge, pay
a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement of this
article. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination
of the violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant
neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce
the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure.
Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further,
the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized
to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance
herewith.
[Amended 10-7-1996 by Ord. No. 293-96]
B.
Any duly authorized employee or agent of the Township or of the Authority
shall be permitted and shall have the authority, at any reasonable
time, to enter upon any property subject to this article or the rules
and regulations adopted hereunder for the purpose of inspecting, observing,
measuring, sampling and testing as may be required to identify actions
affecting the Township sewer system and/or to implement and enforce
the terms and provisions of this article or the rules and regulations
adopted hereunder.
C.
In addition to summary proceedings provided for herein, the Township
may proceed at law or equity to seek appropriate injunctive or other
relief from actions adversely or improperly affecting the Township's
sewer system or the public health and welfare.
Except as hereinafter provided, this chapter and any rules and regulations hereunder shall become effective on the earliest date permitted by law and shall be applicable to all properties as soon as they respectively become connected with and have the right to use the sewer system. The Township reserves the right to make such changes from time to time as in its opinion may be desirable or beneficial and to amend this article or to change the rates or charges in such manner and at such times as in its opinion may be advisable or as may be required by any lease referred to in § 345-78 hereof.
