A. 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, water from swimming pools, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer. This prohibition shall include but not be limited to the discharge and drainage of water from sump pumps and downspouts.
B. 
Any person desiring to install or use on a property abutting on the sanitary sewer system an air purifier, humidifier, dehumidifier or air conditioner which provides for the discharge of filter wash or wastewaters shall be required to connect the wastewater drain of said unit to the sanitary sewer system through an indirect waste connection, after having first obtained a permit therefor from the appropriate control authority.
C. 
Control of stormwater. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or occupying property in the Township to discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface water or drainage of any kind so as to cause a public health or safety hazard. This prohibition shall include but not be limited to the discharge and drainage of water from sump pumps, pipes or any other channel, whether natural or artificial.
D. 
Material and specifications for pipes and sump pumps. Sump pumps and other similar devices used for the discharge and drainage of water shall be permanently connected and maintained with rigid piping.
E. 
Inspection. The Township Building Inspector or his authorized representative from the appropriate control authority shall have the authority to enter at any reasonable hour any building, structure or premises within the Township to enforce the provisions of this article.
F. 
Enforcement of inspection. In the event that the owner or occupant of a premises does not consent to an inspection to enforce the provisions of this article, the Building Inspector or his representative from the appropriate control authority shall have the authority to obtain a warrant to search, which may be issued by an issuing authority having jurisdiction of the place to be searched in the manner provided by law.
G. 
Penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 and/or to undergo imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation continues beyond the date fixed for compliance shall constitute a separate offense.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Plumbing Inspector. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon approval of the Plumbing Inspector, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
A. 
Prohibited conduct. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, except an employee of this Township or of any control authority, to tamper or in any way meddle with or remove any sewer cover, storm drain grate or other appurtenances to the sewer, water and drain systems located within the Township.
B. 
Violations and penalties. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding before any Magisterial District Justice of Bucks County, be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs of prosecution for each and every offense or, upon default in payment of the fine and costs not caused by indigence or lack of sufficient assets, by imprisonment in the Bucks County prison for a period not to exceed 30 days. Each day that such violation is continued after notice shall constitute a new and separate offense, punishable by a like fine, penalty or imprisonment; and further notices to the offender shall not be necessary in order to constitute such continuance as an additional offense or offenses.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer:
A. 
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
B. 
Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 parts per million by weight of fat, oil or grease.
C. 
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
D. 
Any garbage in any form, including that ground by commercial garbage grinders, excepting only ground garbage from domestic garbage grinders of an approved type.
E. 
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, hair or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works.
F. 
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 7.0 or higher than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage system.
G. 
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or to interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
H. 
Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
I. 
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance.
J. 
Additional more-detailed restrictions appear in Article XIII or elsewhere within this chapter or Township Code.
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 parts per million by weight, or containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in § 184-29 or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the Township shall be subject to the review and approval of the appropriate control authority. Where necessary, in the opinion of the appropriate control authority, the owner shall provide, at the expense of such owner, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 350 parts per million and the suspended solids to 300 parts per million by weight, or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in § 184-29, or control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications and other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the appropriate control authority and of the Bureau of Engineering of the Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in § 184-29 shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes.
Before a building is demolished, the existing sanitary building sewer connection shall be capped off at the property line. Permit and inspection fees shall be designated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the Township, which fees shall be established from time to time. A permit shall not be issued until the designated fees have been paid. Failure to pay designated fees shall be considered a violation of the chapter. Any reuse of such connection shall require a new connection fee if there is an increase in sewer usage.