This Part 2 shall be known as the "Revised Sewer
Code of East Whiteland Township, 1987."
A.Â
AUTHORITY
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
BUILDING SEWER
CAPPED SEWER
CHLORINE REQUIREMENT
COLLECTION SEWER
COLOR OF AN INDUSTRIAL WASTE
COMMERCIAL USER
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
CONNECTION UNIT
CONSULTING ENGINEER
COOLING WATER
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DEP)
DISSOLVED SOLIDS
DOMESTIC USER
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
FLOATABLE OIL
GARBAGE
GRAB SAMPLE
GROUND GARBAGE
GROUND WATER
HOLDING TANK WASTE
IMPROVED PROPERTY
INDUSTRIAL USER
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
INDUSTRIAL WASTE PERMIT
INFILTRATION
INFILTRATION/INFLOW
INFLOW
MANHOLE
mg/l
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or PRETREATMENT STANDARD
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT
NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD or PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE
STANDARD
NITROGEN, TOTAL KJELDAHL (TKN)
NONFILTERABLE RESIDUE
NORMAL DOMESTIC STRENGTH SEWAGE
OBJECTIONABLE WASTE
OWNER
PARTS PER MILLION (PPM)
PERSON
pH
PHOSPHORUS (P)
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION
PRETREATMENT or TREATMENT
RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL
(1)Â
(2)Â
(3)Â
(4)Â
SANITARY SEWAGE (also referred to herein as "sewage")
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE LATERAL
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEWER
SEWERED AREA
SEWER SYSTEM
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
SLUG
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
STANDARD METHODS
STORM SEWER
STREET
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS) or TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS)
TOTAL SOLIDS
TOWNSHIP
TOXIC POLLUTANT
UNPOLLUTED WATER OR WASTE
USER
WASTEWATER
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates
otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Part 2 shall be as follows:
East Whiteland Municipal Authority.
The quantity of oxygen expressed in milligrams per liter
(mg/l), utilized in the biochemical oxidation of the organic matter
in sanitary sewer or industrial waste under standard laboratory procedure
in five days at 20º C. It shall be determined by one of the acceptable
methods described in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater" published jointly by American
Public Health Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation,
or the latest edition of "Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and
Wastes" published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any structure
to the service lateral of a collection sewer.
A complete sanitary sewage system installed on any improved
property for future connection to the collection sewer system.
The amount of chlorine, in parts per million by weight, which
must be added to sewage or other liquid to produce a residual of 0.1
parts per million after 15 minutes of content, or to meet the requirements
of some other objective, in accordance with procedures set forth in
"Standard Methods."
The Township's sanitary sewers located under highways, roads,
streets and right-of-way with branch service laterals that collects
and conveys sanitary sewage or industrial wastes or a combination
of both and into which storm, surface, and ground waters or unpolluted
industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
The color of the light transmitted by the waste solution
after removing the suspended material, including the pseudocolloidal
particles.
A property which is intended to be used for the purpose of
carrying on a trade, business or profession, or for social, religious,
educational, charitable or public uses.
A sample consisting of a combination of individual samples
that are either time or flow proportioned or both, obtained at regular
intervals over a period of time and shall reasonably reflect the actual
wastewater discharge conditions for that period of time.
Each individual building or house whether constructed as
a detached unit or as one of a pair or row which is designed or adaptable
to separate ownership for use as a family dwelling unit or for commercial
or industrial purposes. A school, factory, apartment house, cooperative
or condominium apartment house, office building or other multiple-unit
structure whose individual apartments or units are connected to a
common internal sewage system and which are not commonly subject to
separate ownership shall be considered as one connection unit.
A duly qualified engineer designated by the Township or the
Authority as its consulting engineer.
The water discharged from any system of condensation, including
but not limited to air conditioning, cooling, or refrigeration.
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, or any department or agency of the Commonwealth succeeding
to the existing jurisdiction or responsibility of the Department of
Environmental Protection.
That concentration of matter in the sewage consisting of
colloidal particulate matter one micron in diameter or less, and both
organic and inorganic molecules and ions present in solution.
A property which is intended to be used for continuous or
periodic habitation by human beings.
The Environmental Protection Agency of the United States,
or any agency or department of the United States succeeding to the
existing jurisdiction or responsibility of the Environmental Protection
Agency.
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a pretreatment
facility approved by the Authority.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the commercial handling,
storage and sale of food products and produce.
A sample taken from a waste stream on a one time basis with
no regard to the flow in the waste stream and collected over a period
of time not exceeding 15 minutes but shall reasonably reflect actual
discharge conditions for that instant.
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
its particles will be carried freely under normal sewer flow conditions,
with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
Water which is standing in or passing through the ground.
Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks, and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
Any property within the sewered area upon which there is
erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure
sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
The property may or may not have public water or private water.
Any property discharging wastewater to the sanitary sewer
system, and which is intended to be used in whole or in part for manufacturing,
processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling any product, commodity
or article; or from which any process waste, as distinct from domestic
waste, is discharged.
Any liquid or gaseous substance, whether or not solids are
contained therein, discharged from any industrial establishment during
the course of any industrial, manufacturing, trade, or business process
or in the course of the development, recovery, or processing of natural
resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
A permit to deposit or discharge liquid industrial wastes
into any sanitary sewer discharging to the wastewater treatment plant
owned by the Valley Forge Sewer Authority.
The groundwater unintentionally entering the public sewer
system, including building foundation drains and sewers, from the
ground through such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes,
pipe joints, connections or manhole walls. Infiltration does not include,
and is distinguished from, inflow.
The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow
without distinguishing the source.
The water discharge into a sanitary sewer system, including
building drains and sewers, from such sources as, but not limited
to: roof leaders, cellar, yard and area drains; foundation drains;
unpolluted cooling water discharges; drains from springs and swampy
areas; manhole covers; cross connections from storm sewer and/or combined
sewers; catch basins; storm waters; surface runoff; street wash waters;
or drainage. Inflow does not include, and is distinguishable from,
infiltration.
A shaft or chamber leading from the surface of the ground
to a sewer, large enough to enable a man to gain access to the latter.
Milligrams per liter and is equivalent to parts per million
by weight.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1347) which applies to a specific category of industrial
users.
A permit issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) for discharge of wastewaters to the navigable waters
of the United States pursuant to Section 402 of Public Law 92-500,
as amended.
Any regulation developed under the authority of 307(b) of
the Act and 40 CFR 403.5.
The sum of the organic nitrogen and ammonia nitrogen, expressed
in milligrams per liter.
Solids that either float to the surface or are in suspension
in water, sewage, industrial waste or other liquids, and which are
removable by laboratory filtration. The quantity of nonfilterable
residue shall be determined by one of the acceptable methods described
in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of
Water and Wastewater" or "Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and
Wastes," cited above.
Wastewater or sewage having an average daily suspended solids
(SS) concentration of not more than 250 milligrams per liter and an
average daily BOD of not more than 250 milligrams per liter and excluding
toxic and/or inflammable wastes.
Any wastes that can in the Authority's judgment harm either
the sewers or sewage treatment process or equipment; can have an adverse
effect upon the receiving stream; can otherwise endanger life, health
or property; or which constitutes a public nuisance.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in the sewered area.
A weight-to-weight ratio; the parts-per-million value multiplied
by the factor 8.345 shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons
of water.
An individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation,
a joint-stock company, a trust, an unincorporated association, a governmental
body, a political subdivision, a municipality, a municipality authority
or any other group or legally recognized entity. The masculine gender
shall include the feminine, and the singular shall include the plural
where indicated by the context.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution, indicating the degree of acidity
or alkalinity of a substance. A "stabilized pH" will be considered
as a "pH" which does not change beyond the specific limits when the
waste is subject to aeration. It shall be determined by one of the
accepted methods described in the latest edition of "Standard Methods
for Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American
Public Health Association.
The sum of the orthophosphate, polyphosphate, and organic
phosphate form of phosphorus expressed in milligrams per liter.
Any material that, when added to water, shall render that
water (either because of the nature of quantity of the material) unacceptable
for its original intended use; including, but not limited to, dredged
spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge,
chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat,
sand, cellar dirt, and industrial, municipal, and agricultural wastes.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological, and/or radiological integrity of water.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging
or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the sanitary sewer system.
The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical
or biological processes, or process changes by other means.
The chief executive officer or the chief operating
officer of the user facility if the industrial user is a corporation;
A partner or the general manager of the user
facility if the industrial user is a partnership;
The owner or the general manager of the user
facility if the industrial user is a proprietorship; or
The person duly designated as the responsible
individual by a corporation, partnership or proprietorship, provided
that such person shall be actually responsible for overall operation
of the user facilities.
Wastewater originating from residential users containing
human and customary household wastes, or such wastes from commercial
or industrial establishments, but excluding industrial wastes.
A sewer that conveys sewage or industrial wastes or a combination
of both, and into which storm-, surface, and ground waters or unpolluted
industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
Part of the sewer system from the collection sewer to the
curb line or right-of-way line.
The Valley Forge Treatment Plant and facilities operated
for such purpose by the Valley Forge Authority to which the sewer
system is to be connected.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sanitary sewer
system used or usable for sewage collection purposes and to which
ground-, surface and storm water is not intentionally admitted.
That portion of the Township of East Whiteland in which there
shall be constructed a sewage collection system of the Authority in
accordance with the plans of the Authority's designated consulting
engineer, as from time to time constructed and extended.
All facilities, as of any particular time for collecting,
pumping, treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes, situated in the sewered area and owned and/or operated by
the Authority.
Any industrial user of the Valley Forge Wastewater Treatment
Facility who has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average
work day or is found by the Authority, EPA or DER to have significant
impact, either potential or realized, either singly or in combination
with other contributing industries, on the sanitary sewer system and/or
the wastewater treatment facility (either its operational efficiency,
effluent quality or quality of the sludge produced by said facility).
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which,
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow,
exceeds for any period of longer duration than 15 minutes, more than
five times its average hourly concentration or flow during a normal
working day.
A classification pursuant to the latest Standard Industrial
Classification Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget.
The laboratory procedures set forth in the following sources:
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, Latest
Edition, as amended, prepared and published jointly by the American
Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, and Water
Pollution Control Federation; Methods for Chemical Analysis for Water
and Wastes, prepared and published by the Analytical Quality Control
Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; "Guidelines Establishing
Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants," enumerated in 40
CFR 436.1 et seq. (1975), as amended; and/or any other procedures
recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A sewer that carries storm-, surface and ground water drainage
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes.
Any street, highway, road, lane, court, alley and public
square.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtration. The standard laboratory procedure shall be that found
in the latest edition of "Standard Methods."
The sum of suspended and dissolved solids.
East Whiteland Township or its authorized representatives,
including the East Whiteland Municipal Authority where appropriate.
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic
in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency under the provision of CWA 307(a) or other Acts.
Water that has not had its pollutant level raised by the
user, or any water or waste containing none of the following: free
or emulsified grease or oil; pH less than 6.0 or greater than 9.0;
phenols or other substances imparting taste and odor to receiving
waters; toxic or poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state
or solution; obnoxious or odorous gases. It shall contain not more
than 1,000 milligrams per liter by weight of dissolved solids of which
not more than 250 milligrams per liter shall be as chloride and not
more than 10 milligrams per liter each of nonfilterable residue and
BOD. The color shall not exceed 50 color units. Analysis of the above-mentioned
substances shall be made in accordance with the latest edition of
"Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" or
"Methods of Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes," cited above.
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the sanitary sewer system.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may
be present, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into
or permitted to enter the treatment plant.
B.Â
"May" is permissible; "shall" is mandatory.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place,
deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner upon public
or private property within the Township of East Whiteland, or in any
area under the jurisdiction of said Township, any human or animal
excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any creek,
stream or other area which may continuously or from time to time carry
a natural flow or surface or subsurface water within the Township
of East Whiteland or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Township,
any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters,
except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with
subsequent provisions of this Part 2 and any applicable laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania relating to sewage and industrial waste.
A.Â
Notice.
(1)Â
Whenever any sewer constituting a branch or extension of the Township sanitary sewer system has been completed and is ready for public use, it shall be the duty of the Authority to cause a printed or written notice of the completion of such sewer, together with a copy of this Part 2, to be served in the manner hereinafter provided on the owner as defined in Subsection B(3).
(2)Â
If the Authority shall so elect, notice of such completion
may also be advertised in one newspaper circulated in the Township.
B.Â
Duty to connect.
(1)Â
It shall be the duty of every owner, as defined in Subsection B(3) hereof, of the existing premises to cause each old or new building erected thereon requiring sewage drainage to be separately connected to the Township sewer within 60 days from the time of the receipt of the aforesaid notice.
(2)Â
If a new building is erected on any premises the duty
to connect shall arise upon completion of said building and must be
completed within 60 days of said completion.
(3)Â
"Owner" for the purpose of this § 154-17 shall mean the owner or owners of any type of building or structure which contains sewage facilities where some point of the structure is within 150 feet of a Township collection sewer.
(4)Â
Special exceptions to this requirement may be granted
by the Authority upon the showing of unusual hardship or circumstance.
(5)Â
If at any time the Authority shall deem it necessary
for the public health to require that any building erected on premises
abutting on, adjoining, or adjacent to any Township sewer, wheresoever
any such building may be located on such premises, shall be connected
with such sewer, it shall cause to be served upon the owner or owners
of any such building, in the manner hereafter provided, a copy of
this Part 2 and a printed or written notice directing that the necessary
connections be made within 60 days from the date of its service.
C.Â
Failure to connect. If any owner of premises situated
along the line of a Township sewer shall fail to heed the notice,
the Authority shall cause the necessary connections to be made, and,
upon completion of the work for the same shall render a bill covering
the cost of said work to the owner of such premises. All such bills
shall contain a notice that, if bills be not paid within 60 days after
date thereof, the same shall be collected in the manner provided by
law.
D.Â
Obtaining permit to connect.
(1)Â
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into or use, alter or disturb, in any manner, any sewer or sewer system without first obtaining written permission from the Authority. Such permission will be issued to owners required to connect to a Township collection sewer by this Part 2. The improved property owner shall apply to the Authority for the required permit, stating his desire and intention to connect to the sewer system and noting the type of existing facilities to be abandoned. At least 48 hours' notice prior to the connection shall be given the Authority so arrangements can be made to inspect and test the connection works. (See also §§ 154-60, 154-62, 154-67, 154-68 and 154-77.)
(2)Â
Before commencing any phase of the construction for
building sewer connection, the plumbing contractor shall locate and
expose the existing wye or stub provided to connect to the Township
sewer. No cap, stopper or plug shall be removed or punctured until
permission has been granted by an authorized Municipal Authority Engineer.
If no connection is provided, the contractor shall locate and expose
the Township sewer main at the point where the connection is to be
made.
(3)Â
A 1/4 inch per foot gradient is required from point
of entry at the building to sewer main. A check shall be made to verify
that there is a 1/4 inch per foot gradient by obtaining the differential
elevation using approved methods. If the elevations are such that
the connection cannot be made at 1/4 inch per foot gradient, he shall
contact the Municipal Authority Engineer for permission to install
the line at a minimum grade of 1/8 inch per foot. Under no circumstances
shall the trench between connections be excavated before it is ascertained
that the minimum can be obtained.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this Part 2 shall become liable to the Authority for any expense,
loss, or damage occasioned to the Authority by reason of such violation.
Each property owner shall give the Authority
written notice of any change of ownership of any improved property.
When the premises are vacated, the owner of
improved property shall give written notice to the Authority, and
the owner will be responsible for all sewer charges and fees until
such notice is given.
A.Â
In addition to the requirements of § 154-17, where there exists on the premises abutting, adjoining, or adjacent to a Township sanitary sewer a privately owned, operated, or maintained sewage treatment plant or other process designed and maintained for the purpose of processing or packaging sanitary sewage, the Authority shall submit to the Board of Township Supervisors proposals as to the disposition of such privately owned, operated, or maintained sanitary sewage packaging plant or processing plant.
B.Â
The aforementioned proposals may include, but are
not limited to, one or more of the following:
(1)Â
That the sewage treatment plant or similar sewage
processing system be condemned according to law and closed down.
(2)Â
That the sewage treatment plant or similar processing
system be converted into a sanitary sewage pretreatment plant, designed
for the purpose of treating and processing sewage or industrial effluence
so as to conform such sewage or effluence to the requirements of this
Part 2 regarding the permissible content of matter permitted to enter
the Township's sanitary sewage system.
(3)Â
That the sewage treatment plant or similar processing
system be condemned according to law and be purchased by the Authority
for use by the Authority in any manner consistent with a design for
promoting the public health and welfare, and consistent with the provisions
of this Part 2.
Where pursuant to the provisions of this Part
2, the owner of improved property is required by the Authority to
install sewage facilities in quantities, sizes and/or capacities in
excess of the minimum requirements as provided in this Part 2, the
owner of said improved property shall be responsible for all costs
incident to the construction, installation and connection of such
facilities; provided that the Authority shall be responsible for,
but only for, that portion of the costs of such construction, installation
and connection which would not have been incurred by the owner had
the owner not been required to install sewage facilities in quantities,
sizes and/or capacities in excess of the minimum requirements as provided
for in this Part 2; but provided further, that the Authority shall
not be responsible for costs incident to any requirements for sewage
facilities in excess of the minimum requirements, where such excess
was necessary in order to accommodate the larger sewage disposal needs
of a building or buildings erected on a particular property.
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt
of written notice of the Authority, to remedy any unsatisfactory conditions
or violations of this Part 2 within 60 days of receipt of such notice,
the Authority may refuse to permit such person to discharge sanitary
sewage and industrial wastes into the sewer system until such unsatisfactory
condition shall have been remedied to the satisfaction of the Authority
or consulting engineer.
In order to prevent discharge into the sewer
system of wastes, the discharge of which is in violation of the provisions
of this Part 2 or which may be deemed by the Authority to be harmful
to the sewer system or to have a deleterious effect on sewage treatment
process, or to have a deleterious effect on the public health, welfare
or safety, the Authority shall refuse to any person the privilege
of connection of any improved property to a sewer, or to compel discontinuance
of use of a sewer by any person, or to compel the pretreatment of
industrial and harmful wastes.
A.Â
The Authority shall not be liable for any damages,
expenses, costs, or other injury resulting from leaks, stoppages or
defective plumbing, or from any other cause occurring to any premises
or within any house or building.
B.Â
The Authority shall not be liable for damages, expenses,
costs, or other injury caused by the breakage or stoppage of, or any
damage or expense to, any lateral or house connection when the cause
thereof is found to be in the lateral or house connection.
C.Â
The Authority shall not be liable for any breaking,
stoppage or any damage or expense to any service lateral or building
sewer, where the cause thereof is found to be in the building sewer.
D.Â
The Authority shall not be liable for any costs, damages,
expenses or other injury caused or occasioned by or in connection
with a deficiency or failure of service when occasioned by an emergency,
required repairs, or failure from any cause beyond control.
A.Â
The Authority will furnish sewage service only in
accordance with the prevailing, and as hereafter revised, rates, rules
and regulations of the Authority, which rates, rules and regulations
are made a part of every application, permit and contract entered
into between the property owner or customer and the Authority.
B.Â
The Authority hereby reserves the right, so often
as it may deem necessary, to alter, amend and/or repeal the rates,
rules and regulations in part or in whole, to substitute new rates,
rules and regulations which altered and/or amended new rates, rules
and regulations shall forthwith, after due notice, become and thereafter
be a part of every application, permit and contract for sewage service
in effect at the time of such alteration, amendment and/or adoption.
