[Adopted 6-13-1983 by Ord. No. HR-73 (Ch.
V of the 1979 General Laws of the Municipality of Tredyffrin)]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of the terms used in this article shall be as follows:
The laboratory and analytical procedures set forth in the
latest revised edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of
Water and Wastewater, as published jointly by the American Public
Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water
Pollution Control Federation, the latest revised edition of Methods
for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes, compiled by the Environmental
Protection Agency, or the latest revised edition of ASTM Standards.
All wastewater analyses shall be performed in accordance with the
above-prescribed publications.
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in milligrams per liter,
utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard
laboratory procedure for five days at 20º C. The standard laboratory
procedure shall be found in the latest edition of Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American
Public Health Association, Inc.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage
system which receives the discharge from other drainage pipes inside
the walls of the building and conveys it to the lateral, beginning
five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
A measure of the oxygen-consuming capacity of inorganic and
organic matter present in sewage. It is expressed as the amount of
oxygen consumed from a chemical oxidant.
The difference between the amount of chlorine applied to
sewage and the amount of residual chlorine remaining at the end of
a contact period of 15 minutes.
Any structure intended to be used wholly or in part for the
purposes of carrying on a trade, business or profession or for social,
amusement, religious, educational, charitable or public uses.
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids and pH, plus
additional pollutants the sewage treatment facilities were designed
to treat and, in fact, does remove to a substantial degree. The term
"substantial degree" is not subject to precise definition, but generally
contemplates removals on the order of 80% or greater. Minor incidental
removals on the order of 10% to 30% are not considered substantial.
The physical attachment of a sewer lateral or other sewage
piping to the sewer main.
The person discharging sanitary sewage or industrial waste
to the sewer system.
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions and commercial and industrial
establishments.
Solid wastes from the preparation of cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
Electric-driven mechanical shredding equipment installed
as part of residential plumbing system or specifically equipped commercial
or industrial system to properly shred garbage prior to its discharge
into the system.
Any pollutant which is not defined as a compatible pollutant.
Any structure intended to be used wholly or in part for the
manufacturing, fabricating, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembly
of any product, commodity or article or from which any process waste,
as distinct from domestic waste, shall be discharged.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or waterborne wastes
or form of energy rejected or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or from the development, recovery or processing
of natural resources, as distinct from domestic waste.
The written approval of the Township to discharge or to continue
to discharge industrial waste to the sewer system and to construct
and operate any facilities required for the pretreatment of the industrial
waste.
The sewage piping between the building drain and the sewer
main.
The ratio of weight to volume expressing the concentration
of a specified component in a dilute sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, ditch, pond, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration
expressed as moles per liter of the solution.
Milligrams per liter (mg/l) or weight to weight ratio.
Treatment of wastes from industrial sources before their
introduction into the sewer system.
Any structure intended to be occupied as a whole by one family
or an apartment intended to be occupied by one family or any other
one-family living unit, containing plumbing for kitchen or for toilet
facilities.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
Includes books, documents, papers, apparatus, data, readings,
records of analysis, plans and graphs.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and
the Environmental Protection Agency or their successors, holding jurisdiction
with regard to the enforcement of the terms of any permit given for
permission to the Township to operate the sewer system.
A pipe or conduit which carries sewage and to which stormwater,
surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
That portion of a lateral between the sewer main and the
edge of cartway or to the curbline or, if there shall be no edge of
cartway or curbline, then to the right-of-way line of the street or
alley or, if there is no street or alley, then to the property line.
Any combination of water-carried wastes from residences,
buildings, industrial establishments, institutions, manufacturing
plants, processing plants, commercial establishments or other places
in which such wastes are produced, together with such groundwater,
surface water, stormwater or other water as may be naturally present.
Any devices and/or structures and facilities used for treating
sewage discharged to and conveyed through the Township sewer system.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, transporting, treating
and disposing of sewage.
The sanitary sewers which are at least eight inches in diameter,
which are owned by the Tredyffrin Township Municipal Authority and
which are operated and maintained by the Township.
Any person who may, from time to time, be placed in general
charge of the sewer system.
All facilities operated by the Township for the collection
and conveyance of domestic waste and acceptable industrial waste in
and for the Township.
All sewer system facilities and all streetlight and traffic
signal facilities operated by the Township.
[Added 9-16-2002 by Ord. No. HR-310]
"Shall" is mandatory; and "may" is permissive.
Any discharge of domestic waste or industrial waste exceeding
a concentration or flow greater than five times that of an average
rate of discharge, during the normal period of operation, occurring
for a period of 15 minutes or more.
A pipe or conduit which carries stormwater or surface water,
drainage and some industrial water discharges, such as cooling and
air-conditioning waters, but which excludes domestic waste and polluted
industrial wastes.
That part of the Township to be served by the portion of
the sewer system discharging sewage by gravity into interceptors located
in the Township of Radnor, as more particularly described in Exhibit
A to an agreement dated March 3, 1960, between the Township and the
Authority and the Townships of Haverford, Marple and Radnor and Radnor
Township Municipal Authority.
[1]The additional charge in excess of the basic charge for the
treatment of industrial waste, based upon the extra strength of such
sewage applied as a factor against charges of domestic waste.
Suspended solids, expressed in milligrams per liter, in the
sewage as determined pursuant to the procedure set forth in the latest
edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,
published by the American Public Health Association, Inc.
The Township of Tredyffrin, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
The engineer employed by the Township of Tredyffrin or an
authorized member of his staff.
That part of the Township served by the portion of the sewer
system discharging sewage into sewers located in Upper Merion Township
for treatment in the Upper Merion Trout Run or Matsunk Sewage Treatment
Plants.[2]
All streetlight and traffic signal facilities operated by
the Township.
[Added 9-16-2002 by Ord. No. HR-310]
That private or public water company providing water service
to the customer.
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit
or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private
property within the Township or in any area under the jurisdiction
of the Township, human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable
waste.
B.Â
It shall be unlawful to discharge domestic waste into
any natural outlet within the Township or to discharge industrial
waste or other polluted water into said outlets unless the person
so doing is operating with the approval of or under a permit issued
by the appropriate government regulatory agency.
C.Â
It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any
privy, privy vault or a septic tank, intended or used for the disposal
of sewage within the limits of the sewered area in the Township.
D.Â
Each owner of any house, building or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated in the Township and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there has been constructed a sanitary sewer operated by the Township and the principal building is within 150 feet of said sanitary sewer, shall at his own expense install suitable sanitary facilities therein and connect such facilities and industrial waste outlets directly with the sanitary sewer operated by the Township in accordance with the provisions of this article within 60 days after the date of official notice to do so given in the manner provided by law. In the event that any owner of property shall refuse or neglect to connect with such sewer system within said sixty-day period, the Board of Supervisors of the Township or its agents may enter upon such property and construct such connection. In such case, the Board of Supervisors shall forthwith, upon completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of the construction of such connection to the owner of the property to which connection has been made, which bill shall be payable forthwith. In case of the neglect or refusal by the owner of such property to pay said bill, it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors to file municipal liens for said construction of said connection, the same to be subject in all respects to the general law provided for the filing and recovery of municipal liens. The above regulations shall not apply to the owner of any property who is operating under a permit from or with the approval of the Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or such other governmental regulatory agency having jurisdiction. Such private sanitary facilities may not be connected to the sanitary sewer operated by the Township until the owner of the premises has received a sewer permit from the Township as set forth in Subsection E below; provided, however, that the Board of Supervisors of the Township or its agents may construct such a connection under this Subsection D, even though the owner of the premises has not received such sewer permit.
E.Â
Permit.
(1)Â
Each owner of any premises as set forth in Subsection D above shall make application, in writing, to the Township for a permit to make the required connection to the public sanitary sewer. Such application shall set forth the name of the owner or owners, the location of the lot, including the street and number and a description thereof, together with a plan of said premises showing the proposed lateral, the connection and the sanitary facilities, and shall agree to pay all lawful charges for sewage service to the premises.
(2)Â
Upon approval of the application to connect and the
payment of a connection charge as set from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors and the payment of any applicable tapping
fee, the applicant shall be entitled to a permit to make such connection.
A.Â
The construction of all laterals and the making of
all connections to the Township's sewer system shall be performed
in accordance with the provisions of this article, the provisions
of the Township's Building and Plumbing Codes, the Township's specifications
for making connections with Tredyffrin Township sewers, the Tredyffrin
Township Municipal Authority's standard construction and material
specifications for sanitary sewer extensions or any other applicable
rules and regulations of the Township which may be adopted from time
to time.
B.Â
Where a property is to be served by an existing sanitary
sewer and a service connection has not been provided from the sewer
main to the edge of the property, the property owner shall, at his
expense, construct (or cause to be constructed) any and all laterals
from the building or buildings to be served to the sewer main.
C.Â
A separate and independent lateral and connection
shall be provided for every building, except for buildings owned by
the same owner on one lot as hereinafter provided. Notwithstanding
the above, it is the intention of this section to require a separate
and distinct permit, lateral and connection for each individual building
or housing unit whether constructed as a single-detached unit or as
one of a pair of row houses or as one of a group of townhouses or
buildings; provided, however, that a single connection may be permitted
to serve a school, a factory, an apartment house or other permanent
multiple-unit structure where the entire building is served through
a single building drain and could not, under prevailing circumstances,
be split into two or more separate and sole ownerships or where the
Township determines it to be impractical to provide separate connections.
In cases where a single connection is allowed, it shall be so noted
on the connection permit.
D.Â
Old laterals may be used where new buildings replace
old buildings or the use of an old building is substantially changed
only when approved by the Township. At its discretion, the Township
may require the examination or testing of old laterals, at the owner's
expense, prior to approving or disapproving the lateral use.
E.Â
Whenever possible, the lateral shall be brought to
the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings
in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the
public sanitary sewer, sewage carried by such building drain shall
be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the lateral.
F.Â
No person shall connect roof downspouts, exterior
foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff
or groundwater to the sewer system, either directly or indirectly.
G.Â
The applicant for the connection permit shall notify
the Township when the lateral is ready for inspection and connection
to the sewer system. The connection shall be made under the inspection
of the Township or its representative.
H.Â
All excavations for lateral installations shall be
adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the
public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public
property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in
a manner satisfactory to the Township and, for work in state highways,
in a manner satisfactory to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
I.Â
The owner of any property served by the sewer system
shall be responsible for the operation, maintenance and repair, all
at his expense, of each lateral serving his property or properties
from the building to the sewer main. The property owner shall notify
the Township in advance of all repairs, modifications or replacements
of any lateral.
A.Â
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, springwater, groundwater, roof runoff,
subsurface drainage, building foundation drainage, cellar drainage,
drainage from roof leader connections, overflow or drainage from cesspools,
uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters
to the sewer system.
B.Â
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall
be discharged into such facilities as are specifically designated
as storm sewers, if available or to a natural outlet approved by the
Township Engineer. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process
waters shall be discharged into a storm sewer approved by the Township
Engineer or into a natural outlet if such storm sewer or outlet is
not available, as may be approved by the appropriate governmental
regulatory agencies.
C.Â
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any of the following described waters or wastes into any public sanitary
sewer.
(1)Â
Any liquids or vapors having a temperature greater
than 120º F.
(2)Â
Any garbage which has not been properly shredded.
(3)Â
Any radioactive isotopes whatsoever.
(4)Â
Any wastewater having a pH less than 6.0 or greater
than 9.0 or having a corrosive property capable of causing damage
or hazards to structures. In the event that the pH of wastewater is
not continuously maintained within the acceptable limits, the Township
shall require adequate pretreatment facilities, including but not
limited to a pH monitoring and recording device to be installed at
the expense of the industry.
(5)Â
Any wastewaters containing amounts of animal or vegetable
fats, oils, greases or wax in excess of 100 parts per million or wastes
containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures
between 32º F. and 100º F.
(6)Â
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha or any other flammable
or explosive solids with a flash point less than 100º F.
(7)Â
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, fur, plastics, wood, paunch manure, hair, clay,
slag, mill scale, sludge and slurries or any viscous substance capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in the sewer systems or the interference
with the proper operation of the sewer system or the receiving sewage
treatment plant.
(8)Â
Any waters or wastes having corrosive toxic or poisonous
characteristics capable of damaging or interfering with any sewage
works or to other humans or to animals or create any hazard in the
receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant. Toxic wastes shall
include any pollutant identified pursuant to Section 3.07(a) of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
(9)Â
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
of creating a public nuisance.
(11)Â
Any chemical vapors or steam.
(12)Â
Any waters or wastes containing total solids of such
character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the receiving sewage treatment plant.
(13)Â
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling
wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
(14)Â
Materials which exert or cause:
(a)Â
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids
(such as but not limited to fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime
residues) or of dissolved solids (such as but not limited to sodium
chloride and sodium sulfate).
(b)Â
Excessive discoloration, such as but not limited
to dye wastes, chromates and vegetable tanning solutions.
(c)Â
Unusual biochemical oxygen demand or chlorine
demand in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the
sewage treatment plant.
(15)Â
Any waters or wastes having a biochemical oxygen demand
concentration in excess of 250 mg/l or a suspended solids concentration
in excess of 300 mg/l.
(16)Â
Any waters or wastes having a total solids concentration
in excess of 1,100 mg/l.
(17)Â
Water or wastes containing substances which are not
amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes
employed or which are amenable to treatment only to such degree that
the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of
regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving
waters.
D.Â
Grease, oil and sand traps shall be provided for outlets
connected with the public sanitary sewers when, in the opinion of
the Township Engineer, they are necessary for the proper handling
of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable
wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients; except that such traps
shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units.
All traps shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Township
Engineer and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible
for cleaning and inspection. Grease and oil traps shall be constructed
of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme
changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction,
watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which when bolted
in place will be gastight and watertight.
E.Â
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand traps shall
be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient
operation at all times.
F.Â
Domestic garbage grinders.
(1)Â
Requirements. Garbage, fruit, vegetable, animal or
other solid kitchen waste materials may be admitted to the Township
sewer system, provided that they shall first be passed through a mechanically
operated garbage grinder which shall be approved by the Tredyffrin
Township Plumbing Inspector and installation must be in accordance
with Township specifications sheet, as from time to time amended.
(2)Â
Electric work. The mechanically operated garbage grinder
shall have a three-prong plug-in receptacle 18 inches from the grinder
in the sink cabinet. Wiring shall be done in accordance with the National
Electric Code, and a certificate to this effect shall be issued by
a recognized inspection agency.
A.Â
In order to control the admission of industrial waste
for discharge into the sewer system, the written approval of the Township
must be obtained prior to the discharge of such waste and as evidenced
in writing by an industrial waste connection permit. Also, the consent
of the owner of the receiving sewage treatment plant or its designated
representative must be obtained prior to the discharge of such waste
to the sewer system.
B.Â
The application for an industrial waste connection
permit shall include the following information:
(1)Â
Name and address.
(2)Â
Name and title of responsible official and name and
title of person preparing the application.
(3)Â
Location of establishment.
(4)Â
The type of industry and nature of the business conducted
in such establishment.
(5)Â
Description of process or processes which produce
the industrial waste.
(6)Â
Description of types and characteristics of the industrial
waste, volume and rates of flow and methods of measuring the same,
frequency and duration of discharge.
(8)Â
For existing discharges of industrial waste, a chemical
analysis of the waste.
(9)Â
The average daily number of employees employed or
to be employed in each establishment by shifts.
(10)Â
The source of water supply of each industrial establishment
and the volume of water used by each industrial establishment daily,
specified separately as to each source.
(11)Â
Description of proposed or existing pretreatment facilities
and a schematic diagram of such facilities.
(12)Â
An indication as to whether or not the proposed discharge
will comply with this article.
(13)Â
Such additional information as is deemed applicable
to ascertain the volume, nature and composition of the waste so discharged
or as may be required by the Sewer Manager or the Township Engineer.
C.Â
Any person, firm or corporation now discharging industrial
waste into the sewer system, either directly or indirectly, shall
file an application for an industrial waste connection permit within
90 days after notification by the Township.
D.Â
Any person, firm or corporation that plans to change
operations so as to materially alter the characteristics and volumes
of industrial waste discharged to the sewer system, either directly
or indirectly, shall file an application for an industrial waste connection
permit.
E.Â
As not all waste can be satisfactorily treated at
the sewage treatment plant, pretreatment may be required before acceptance
into the sewer system. Any waste containing substances which are not
compatible to treatment or reduction by the treatment processes employed
or are amenable only to such a degree that the sewage treatment plant
effluent cannot meet the degree of treatment required by regulatory
agencies having jurisdiction over the discharge to the stream, such
waste will require pretreatment to the degree as required by the terms
of the industrial waste connection permit.
F.Â
Where pretreatment facilities are provided for any
waters or wastes, they shall be constructed and be maintained continuously
in satisfactory and effective operation by the discharger at his expense.
No pretreatment facilities shall be constructed until they have been
approved, in writing, by the Township and by the owner of the receiving
sewage treatment plant.
G.Â
The Township reserves the right to cancel any agreement
or industrial waste connection permit between the industry and the
Township upon the industry's violation of the conditions of this article
or the industrial waste connection permit. The Township has the right
to amend the permit when required by the owner of the receiving sewage
treatment plant, by appropriate regulatory agencies or by technical
revelations. The industrial waste connection permits will be written
for a one-year period. If the Township elects not to cancel the permit
on or before its anniversary, the permit will automatically renew
itself for another period of one year.
H.Â
Adequate means shall be provided in each lateral carrying
industrial waste to the sewer system for periodic sampling. A suitable
manhole shall be installed in the lateral discharging the waste into
the sewer system, to facilitate observation, sampling and measuring
of the waste being discharged. The Township may require sampling,
metering and/or measuring devices. Such manhole shall be constructed
in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Township
and by the owner of the receiving sewage treatment plant. The manhole
shall be installed and maintained in a safe condition, at the expense
of the discharger, and be so located as to be accessible at all times
to authorized representatives of the Township or of the owner of the
receiving sewage treatment plant, without consent of the discharger.
Samples for the determination of all physical and chemical characteristics
and concentrations of the waste shall be collected in such a manner
as to be representative of the waste, using the current edition of
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater as a
basis.
I.Â
In lieu of introducing untreated or partially treated
industrial wastes and polluted waters into the sewer system of the
Township, the owner of premises producing such wastes may construct
and operate at his expense private waste treatment facilities, with
the effluent discharged to a natural outlet, provided that such facilities
are constructed and operated in compliance with the Statutes of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the regulations of any regulatory
agency.
J.Â
Where such private waste treatment facilities are
provided, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and
effective operation by the owner at his expense.
K.Â
Any authorized representative of the Township or of
the receiving sewage treatment plant, bearing proper credentials and
identification, shall be permitted to enter upon any private property
discharging industrial waste into the sewer system at any time, for
the purpose of observation, measuring or sampling.
L.Â
The discharger is liable for any cost, damage, injury
and/or fines on or to the Township or to the owner of the receiving
sewage treatment plant as a result of his industrial waste discharge.
M.Â
Every person discharging any industrial waste mixture
into the sewer system shall keep and maintain records of the data
required to be furnished in the application for an industrial waste
connection permit, as defined above, and such records shall be available
for inspection during regular business hours by authorized representatives
or employees of the Township or the owner of the receiving sewage
treatment plant upon presenting written credentials of their authority
and such representatives or employees shall be permitted to make and
retain copies of such records.
N.Â
Limits.
(1)Â
The following limits shall be applied to all industrial
discharges to the sewer system of the Township:
|
Item
|
Limits
(mg/l)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Acetates
|
100.0
| |
|
Aluminum
|
2.0
| |
|
Arsenic
|
0.05
| |
|
Barium
|
1.0
| |
|
Beryllium
|
1.0
| |
|
Biochemical oxygen demand (5-day)
|
250.0
| |
|
Boron
|
50.0
| |
|
Bromides
|
250.0
| |
|
Cadmium
|
0.01
| |
|
Chemical oxygen demand
|
500.0
| |
|
Chlorides
|
500.0
| |
|
Chlorine demand (15 minutes)
|
50.0
| |
|
Maximum combination of  chromium (hexavalent)
and chromium cobalt (trivalent)
|
0.05
| |
|
Cobalt
|
1.0
| |
|
Copper
|
1.0
| |
|
Cyanides
|
0.1
| |
|
Fluorides
|
25.0
| |
|
Iodides
|
25.0
| |
|
Iron
|
10.0
| |
|
Lead
|
0.05
| |
|
Manganese
|
2.0
| |
|
Mercury
|
0.002
| |
|
Nickel
|
2.0
| |
|
Ammonia (as N)
|
30.0
| |
|
Nitrates (as N)
|
10.0
| |
|
Oil and grease:
| ||
|
  Animal/vegetable
|
100.0
| |
|
  Petroleum
|
20.0
| |
|
Pesticides
|
None
| |
|
Phenols
|
0.2
| |
|
Phosphates (as P)
|
10.0
| |
|
Selenium
|
0.01
| |
|
Silicates
|
5.0
| |
|
Silver
|
0.05
| |
|
Sulfates
|
500.0
| |
|
Sulfides
|
0.02
| |
|
Suspended solids
|
300.0
| |
|
Tin
|
2.0
| |
|
Total dissolved solids
|
1000.0
| |
|
Zinc
|
1.0
| |
(2)Â
Limits are subject to change and additional parameters
may be added as required by the Township, the owner of the sewage
treatment plant, regulatory agencies or as technical revelations may
dictate.
O.Â
The industrial waste discharged into the sewer system
shall be sampled and analyzed by and at the expense of the discharger
and results of laboratory analyses shall be submitted to the Township
within 15 days. Analytical parameters shall be determined by the Township
and the owner of the receiving sewage treatment plant. Frequency of
sampling and analysis shall be quarterannually, as a minimum. Discharges
having a significant contribution to the system or which are variable
in composition, will require more frequent monitoring, possibly monthly,
weekly or daily. The Township reserves the right to require, at any
time, an analysis of a sample taken by Township personnel or personnel
of the receiving sewage treatment plant at the expense of the discharger.
The laboratory analyses shall be made on a representative twenty-four-hour
composite wastewater sample in accordance with analytical methods.
The choice of analytical laboratory shall be subject to approval by
the Township and the owner of the receiving sewage treatment plant.
P.Â
Upon notice from the Township or if analytical evidence
indicates that the discharge to the sewer system has a biochemical
oxygen demand concentration greater than 250 mg/l and/or a suspended
solids concentration greater than 300 mg/l, the discharger will take
immediate corrective action and, within 15 days, advise the Township
as to what action has been taken to bring the discharge within the
allowable limits. During the period that the discharger is, in good
faith, taking corrective action, the Township may accept the substance
on a surcharge basis.
(1)Â
Where the biochemical oxygen demand and suspended
solids concentrations exceed the allowable limits, the following formula
will be used to calculate the surcharge multiplier:
|
(BOD - 250)
|
+
|
(suspended solids - 300)
| |
|
  1,000
|
1,000
|
(2)Â
Any member of the surcharge formula giving a negative value shall be disregarded. BOD and suspended solids values used in the formula shall be the average of Township sewage analyses and such other analyses, as are provided pursuant to Subsection O of § 163-5 of this article, of samples collected over the semiannual billing period during which the discharge limits are exceeded.
(3)Â
The amount of the surcharge payment shall equal the product of the surcharge factor times the discharger's semiannual sewer rental (as calculated under § 163-7 of this article) for the period during which the discharge limits are exceeded. The surcharge payment shall be added to the discharger's semiannual sewer rental billing.
The requirements of this section shall apply
to each customer of the sewer system whose sewer rental is based upon
the amount of water used.
A.Â
Methods of measuring volume.
(1)Â
Whenever a person discharges domestic and/or industrial
waste into the sewer system, in cases where all of the water used
is obtained from the water company, the volume of water to be used
in computing the sewer rental shall be the volume of water company
water used, as determined from meter readings, during the billing
period.
(2)Â
In cases where persons have sources of water supply
in addition to or other than the water company and discharge domestic
waste and/or industrial waste into the sewer system, those persons
shall permit the Township to install a meter on such additional or
other source of supply. The total amount of water consumed, as shown
by these meter readings, will be used in computing the sewer rentals.
(3)Â
In cases where persons use water from the water company
and/or from an independent supply such that all or any part of the
water so used is not discharged into the sewer system, the quantity
of water used to determine the sewer rentals shall be computed by
one of the following methods:
(a)Â
Method No. 1: By placing a meter or measuring
device on the sewer connection to each structure being served. The
readings from this meter or measuring device shall be used in computing
the sewer rentals.
(b)Â
Method No. 2: By placing a meter or measuring
device on the effluent not discharging into the sewer system. The
reading from this meter or measuring device will then be deducted
from the total water meter readings and the remainder will be used
in computing the sewer rentals.
(c)Â
Method No. 3: When, in the opinion of the Sewer
Manager, it is not practical to install measuring devices to determine
continuously the quantity of water discharged or not discharged into
the sewer system, the Sewer Manager will determine, in such manner
and by such method as he may prescribe, the percentage of total water
used which is discharged into the sewer system and the quantity of
water used to compute the sewer rentals shall be the percentage so
determined. Any dispute as to the percentage of such discharge determined
by the Superintendent of the Sewer Department shall be submitted to
the Board of Supervisors, whose decisions on the matter shall be final
for the current calendar year.
B.Â
Measuring devices. All meters or measuring devices
required to be used under provisions of these rules and regulations
except those provided by the water company shall be furnished and
installed by the Township at the expense of the property owner. All
such meters or measuring devices (except those provided by the water
company) shall be under the control of the Township and may be tested,
inspected or repaired by the Township employees whenever the Sewer
Manager shall deem necessary. The owner of the property upon which
such measuring device is installed shall be responsible for its maintenance
and safekeeping, and all repairs thereto shall be made by the Township,
at the property owner's expense, whether such repairs are made necessary
by ordinary wear and tear or other causes. Bills for such installation
and repairs shall be due and payable at the same time and collected
in the same manner as are the bills for sewer services; such bills
from and after their due date shall constitute a lien upon the property
upon which such measuring device is installed.
C.Â
Meter readings. All meter or measuring devices shall
be made available to Township employees for meter reading at any reasonable
time.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sections 107, Additional
Regulations Applicable to the Trout Run/Panhandle Drainage Areas,
and 108, Additional Regulations Applicable to the Strafford Drainage
Area, which immediately followed this subsection, were deleted 10-19-1998
by Ord. No. HR-278.
[Amended 11-16-1987 by Ord. No. HR-113; 10-16-1991 by Ord. No. HR-131; 9-16-2002 by Ord. No. HR-310]
A.Â
Imposition of sewer and utility rent or charge. There
is hereby imposed upon each property located within the limits of
the Township served by the sewer/utility system and having the use
thereof, sewer/utility service district rents or charges payable as
hereinafter provided, for the use, whether direct or indirect, of
the system, based on the current utility rental rate, as set forth
in Schedule A, attached hereto, and the Schedule of Equivalent Dwelling
Unit (EDU) values, as set forth in Schedule B, attached hereto.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedules A and B are on file
in the Township offices.
B.Â
Certifications. Periodic certifications as to factors
upon which the aforesaid EDU determinations are to be computed may
be required by the Township from owners of property served or to be
served by the sewer/utility system.
C.Â
Changes in classification, additional classifications
and modifications. If use or classification of any property should
change within any six-month period, the difference in rental, prorated
on a monthly basis to the nearest calendar month, will be charged
or credited, as the case may be, on the bill for the succeeding six-month
period. Additional classifications and additional utility rentals
may be established by the Township from time to time.
D.Â
Time and method of payment. Rentals or charges shall be paid annually. Billings for utility rentals shall be made each year, for the prior full calendar year period immediately preceding the date of the bill. The bills for utility rentals under § 163-7, Subsection A, for the utility billing period during which a property is not connected to the system for a full twelve-month period will be prorated on the basis of the annual rate. All bills shall be due and payable on their respective dates.
No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the municipal sewage
works.
The Township Engineer and other duly authorized
employees of the Township bearing proper credentials and identification
shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purposes of
inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance
with the provisions of this article.
A.Â
Semiannual charges for sewer service shall be subject
to a ten-percent penalty if not paid within 30 days after they are
due. If not paid within 60 days after becoming due, the bill plus
the penalty shall bear interest from the due date at the rate of 1/2
of 1% per month or fraction thereof until paid. The Township shall
have the right to cut off sewer service from the delinquent premises
and not to restore the same until all delinquent bills against the
same and the cost of cutting off and restoring service shall have
been paid.
[Amended 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. HR-178]
B.Â
All persons connected to the sewer system must give
the Township their correct address. Failure to receive bills will
not be considered an excuse for nonpayment nor permit an extension
of the period during which bills are payable at face.
C.Â
All sewer rentals, together with all penalties thereon,
not paid on or before the end of one year from the date of each bill
shall be deemed to be delinquent. All delinquent sewer rentals and
all penalties there on shall be a lien on the property served and
shall be entered as a lien against such property in the office of
the Prothonotary of Chester County and shall be collected in the manner
provided by law for the filing and collection of such liens.
D.Â
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article, other than § 163-8, shall be served by the Township with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. Any person who shall violate § 163-8 or who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit fixed as provided above shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement of this article. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination of the violation by the District Justice and/or Court. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance herewith.
[Amended 9-23-1991 by Ord. No. HR-178[1]]
E.Â
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
article, in addition to becoming liable for a fine and penalty, shall
become liable to the Township for any expense, loss or damage occasioned
the Township by reason of such violation.
