Radnor Township hereby adopts and incorporates by reference
the City of Philadelphia Water Department ("PWD") Wastewater Control
Regulations, effective January 1, 2013, which shall apply to all Radnor
Township wastewater flowing into the Lower Merion Township Wastewater
System. A copy of the January 1, 2013, PWD Wastewater Control Regulations
is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A.
The Township's adoption of the PWD Wastewater Control Regulations
shall be implemented and enforced in accordance with the following
additional requirements:
A. The PWD and/or Township may enforce the PWD Wastewater Control Regulations,
including inspections and penalties, and shall provide notice of such
enforcement.
B. All notifications and reports required by a user subject to the PWD
Wastewater Control Regulations shall be provided to both the PWD and
the Township.
C. Any industrial user responsible for any accidental discharge of wastewater
must immediately notify both the PWD and the Township of said discharge.
D. The knowing transmittal of false information by an industrial user
to either the PWD or the Township is prohibited and constitutes a
wastewater control regulation violation.
E. The PWD or the Township may require an industrial user to install
monitoring and pretreatment facilities, and these shall be provided
and operated at the user's own expense.
F. Any authorized officer or employee of the PWD may, upon 24 hours'
notice to the Township, enter and inspect, sample or test at any reasonable
time any part of the Township's wastewater collection system
and, as permitted by law, enter onto private property to inspect,
sample or test waste discharges of industrial users; the Township
may also choose to inspect, sample and test waste discharges of the
industrial users subject to the PWD Wastewater Control Regulations.
G. Where a discharge to the wastewater collection system appears to
present an imminent danger to the health and welfare of persons, or
presents or may present an imminent danger to the environment, or
threatens to interfere with the operation of the PWD's wastewater
treatment system, the PWD or the Township may immediately initiate
steps to identify the source of the discharge, and to prevent said
discharge.
H. In addition, to those penalties for violations specified in the PWD
Wastewater Control Regulations, effective January 1, 2013, any user
who is found to have violated, continues to violate or fails to comply
with any provisions of the regulations and permits issued hereunder
shall be liable to the Township for a civil penalty not to exceed
$1,000 plus attorneys' fees and costs of prosecution for each
and every violation or, in default of payment of such fine and costs,
to undergo imprisonment for not more than 90 days for each violation.
Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.