A request to connect to the municipal sanitary sewer system based upon a failure of the individual sewerage disposal system servicing the property must be accompanied by proof of inspection by a qualified professional and adequate testing evidencing the failure.
[Adopted 7-17-2014 by Ord. No. 20-14]
The required inspection and tests of an individual subsurface sewage disposal system shall be made by a person engaged by the applicant who is licensed by the State of New Jersey either as a professional engineer or as a registered environmental health specialist. The person making the inspection and tests shall sign the report, which shall be submitted to the Health Department.
The status of the system shall be determined by one of the following methods:
A.
On-site inspection. The on-site inspection shall consist of a visual check of the ground surface of the subject property both above and in the vicinity of the individual subsurface sewage disposal system for purposes of determining whether there is any evidence of recent overflow of the system or any seepage from the system into any watercourse as such term is defined in N.J.A.C. 7:9A-2.1; or
B.
Hydraulic load test. The hydraulic load test shall be conducted to ascertain whether the system can accept an appropriate discharge of water into the system without creating evidence of the system being noncompliant as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:9A-3.4. The test shall be conducted in compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:9A-12.7. In no case shall the design capacity, as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:9A-7.4, of the system be exceeded during the test.
The report of inspection and tests shall be filed with the Township before any request for a connection based on the hardship of a failed individual sewerage system is considered by the Township.