It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to provide for
the adequate disposal of wastewater emanating from a proposal for
which approval is sought. The reviewing board shall determine both
the method and the effect which the proposed solution to the requirement
presents both to those who will be utilizing the applicant's tract
and to those who may be affected by the recommended solution.
If a sewage treatment and distribution system is accessible,
the developer shall construct facilities in such a manner as to provide
adequate sewerage within the development to transport all sewage from
each lot and the total development to said treatment and distribution
system. Where a treatment and distribution system is part of the adopted
Township capital improvements program or master sewer plan and said
system will be reasonably accessible to the proposed development,
the developer shall install dry sewers designed to tie into the proposed
facility upon its completion.
Any sanitary sewer collection system shall be adequate to handle all present and probable future development. Alignments outside streets shall require easements or rights-of-way in accordance with Article
29, Easements, of this chapter.
Any treatment plant and collection system, including individual
on-lot septic systems, shall be designed in accordance with the requirements
of the State Department of Environmental Protection and Township ordinances.
Each applicant proposing to utilize on-site disposal shall comply
with Public Law 199 as administered by the State Department of Environmental
Protection.
Each applicant proposing on-site sewage disposal shall demonstrate
that the area is suitable for septic treatment and in this regard,
each applicant is required to cause two percolation tests to be undertaken
in the immediate area where the septic field is proposed to be constructed
which demonstrates compliance with the Township ordinances dealing
with on-site wastewater disposal. Where, due to the nature of soil
conditions as set forth within plans prepared by Edgewater Park Township,
there is a question concerning the suitability of the lands for septic
system construction, the reviewing board may require that the applicant
produce soil logs in addition to the percolation tests suggested above
to demonstrate the suitability of the land in question for the use
proposed. In making this determination, the reviewing board shall
require one soil log per three acres of ground proposed for development.
The applicant shall be required subsequent to taking the soil log
to cover up all soil log pits to eliminate the potential of a nuisance.
Each applicant proposing to utilize on-site disposal of wastewater
shall demonstrate in his application that his proposal will not contaminate
both surface water and subsurface water quality to the extent that
they will become injurious to the health, safety and welfare of the
community at large or detrimental to the ecological balance in existence
prior to construction.