[Adopted 2-13-1978 by Ord. No. 18-1978 (§§ 9.61 to 9.68 of the 1986 Code)]
The following words and terms used in this article
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires
otherwise:
Any industrial waste having a suspended solid contend or
BOD appreciably in excess of that normally found in municipal sewage.
For the purposes of this article, any industrial waste containing
more than 320 parts per million (ppm) of suspended solids, or a chlorine
demand greater than 15 ppm, or having a BOD in excess of 320 ppm,
regardless of whether or not it contains other substances in concentrations
differing appreciably from those normally found in municipal sewage,
and/or industrial waste.
The Municipal Authority of Allegheny Township, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, and its successors.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township, and its successors
and assigns.
Designates the "biochemical oxygen demand," and shall mean
the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation or the
organic matter in sewage or industrial waste under standard laboratory
procedure in five days at 20° C., expressed in ppm by weight.
It shall be determined by one of the acceptable methods described
in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of
Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes," published jointly by the American
Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and
the Federation of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association (hereinafter
termed an "acceptable method") and acceptable to the Kiski Authority.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer which begins five feet outside the inner face of the building
wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Service for premises where the customer is engaged in trade
and/or commerce.
The owner or tenant as hereinafter defined which is furnished
sewage service by the Authority.
The date upon which a bill or notice is mailed, as evidenced
by the United States Post Office mark.
Sewage service for residential premises.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of food products and
produce. The term "garbage, properly shredded" shall mean the wastes
from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the
handling, storage and sale of food products and produce 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.
Horsepower.
Sewage service for premises where the customer is engaged
in manufacturing or processing.
Any liquid, gaseous or waterborne wastes from industrial
processes or commercial establishments as distinct from sanitary sewage.
[Amended 11-12-1984 by Ord. No. 9-1984]
A sewer into which the sewage from all main and other sewers
is discharged.
Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority and its successors.
A sewer which does not receive sewage from any other common
public sewer.
A sewer than is a main stem or artery of the sewerage systems.
One or more of the boroughs or townships serviced by the
Kiski Authority under the service agreement.
Sewage service to a municipal subdivision of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania or agency thereof or to other similar public bodies.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
Any premises erected and intended for continuous or periodic
habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals, and from
which premises sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, or either thereof,
may be discarded.
The person having an interest as owner or presenting himself
to be the owner, whether legal or equitable, sole or only partial,
in any premises which is, or is about to be, furnished sewage service
by the Authority; and the word "owners" means all persons so interested
in any premises.
Includes any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm,
company, corporation, association, or any other legal entity, or their
legal representatives, agents or assigns.
[Amended 11-12-1984 by Ord. No. 9-1984]
The logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the weight
of the hydrogen ion concentration expressed in grams per liter of
solution, and shall be determined by an acceptable method.
The property or area including the improvements thereon to
which sewage service is or will be furnished by the Authority, and
as used herein shall be taken to designate:
A building under one roof, owned or leased by
one customer and occupied as one residence or one place of business;
or
A group or combination of buildings owned by
one customer, in one common enclosure, occupied by one family or one
other person as a residence, or place of business, or for manufacturing
or industrial purposes, or as a hotel, hospital, church, parochial
school, or similar institution, except as otherwise noted herein;
or
The one side of a double house having a solid
vertical partition wall; or
Each side of a double house or building occupied
by one family even though the water closet and/or other fixtures are
used in common; or
Each apartment, office or suite of offices,
and/or place of business located in a building or a group of buildings
even though such buildings in a group are interconnected by a tunnel,
passageway, covered roadway, or a patio or by some similar means or
structure; or
A public building devoted entirely to public
use, such as a town hall, school house, fire engine house; or
A single lot, or park or playground; or
Each house in a row of houses; or
Each dwelling unit in a row of houses, a "dwelling
unit" being defined as a building or portion thereof with exclusive
culinary and sanitary facilities designed for occupancy and used by
one person or one family (household); or
Each individual and separate place of business
and/or occupancy located in one building or group of buildings commonly
designated as shopping centers, supermarket areas, and by such other
terms; or
Each dwelling unit in a public housing development
owned and operated by the United States of America, a municipal subdivision
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or an agency or instrumentality
of the Unites States or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; by a philanthropic
foundation or organization or some such similar body or organization;
or operated under private ownership.
Any property accessible to and whose principal building is
within 150 feet of the sewer system.
A sanitary sewer in which all owners of abutting properties
have equal rights to use the same, and is owned and controlled by
a public body or authority.
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, business establishments, institutions, industries and
commercial establishments, exclusive of stormwater runoff, surface
water, groundwater and industrial wastes.
[Amended 11-12-1984 by Ord. No. 9-1984]
A public sewer which carries sewage and/or industrial wastes
and to which stormwater runoff, surface waters, and groundwaters are
not intentionally admitted.
The Service Agreement, dated as of July 1, 1973, among the
Township, Kiski Authority and 12 other municipalities, as hereafter
amended and supplemented, pertaining to the acceptance, transportation,
treatment and disposal of acceptable sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes from users in the Kiskiminetas River watershed of the Township.
The connection of a sewer carrying sewage to the sewer system.
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
and other buildings, institutions, schools, churches, and industrial
and commercial establishments.
A municipal subdivision or an authorized representative thereof,
and/or an owner, having the power to negotiate and enter into an agreement
with Kiski Authority relative to the furnishing of sewage service
by the Kiski Authority.
All sanitary or combined sewers, all pumping stations, all
force mains, all sewage treatment works, and all other sewerage facilities
owned or leased and operated by the Kiski Authority for the collection,
transportation and treatment of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes,
together with their appurtenances, and any additions, extensions or
improvements thereto. It shall also include sewers within the Kiski
Authority's service area which serve one or more persons and discharge
into the public sanitary sewerage system of the Kiski Authority even
though those sewers may not have been constructed by the Kiski Authority
and are not owned or maintained by the Kiski Authority. It does not
include separate storm sewers or culverts which have been constructed
for the sole purpose of carrying stormwater and surface water runoff,
the discharge from which is not and does not become tributary to the
sewage treatment facilities.
An assemblage of devices, structures and equipment for treating
and disposing of sewage and industrial wastes, including the sewage
treatment plants of the Authority and of Kiski Authority.
A sewer which carries sewage or industrial wastes or a combination
of both and to which stormwater runoff, surface and groundwaters are
not intentionally admitted.
The extensions of sewer lines, exclusive of service connections,
beyond existing sanitary sewage facilities.
All public, sanitary sewers for the disposal of sanitary
sewage and/or industrial wastes nor or hereafter constructed or otherwise
acquired by the Township and/or the Authority in the Chartiers Run,
Kiskiminetas River and Allegheny River watersheds of the Township.
[Amended 1-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2-2005]
A pipe or conduit which carries stormwater runoff, surface
water and/or groundwater, to which sewage and/or industrial wastes
are not intentionally admitted.
That portion of the rainfall which reaches a channel, trench,
sewer or sink.
A sewer into which the sewage from two or more lateral sanitary
sewers is discharged.
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension
in water, sewage, industrial waste or other liquids, and which are
removable by laboratory filtration. Quantitative determination of
suspended solids shall be made by an acceptable method.
Sanitary sewage service for circuses, bazaars, fairs, construction
work, and similar uses, that because of their nature will not be used
steadily or permanently.
Anyone occupying premises owned by another, which premises
are furnished sewage service.
The Township of Allegheny, located in Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, and its successors.
At any particular time, customers, property owners and all
persons in the Township using, directly or indirectly, the sewer system
at such particular time, and their heirs, personal representatives,
administrators, successors and assigns.
Any water or wastes containing none of the following: free
or emulsified grease or oil; acids or alkalis, phenols or other substances
imparting taste and odor and color to receiving waters; toxic or poisonous
substances in suspension, colloidal state or solution; obnoxious or
odorous gases. It shall contain not more than 3,200 ppm by weight
of dissolved solids, of which not more than 1,500 ppm shall be as
chloride and not more than 3,200 ppm each of suspended solids and
BOD. The color shall not exceed 50 ppm. Analysis for any of the above-mentioned
substances shall be made by an acceptable method.
Includes, for sewer service charge and surcharge purposes,
metered water purchased from the Water Utility and in addition thereto
all water obtained from wells, springs, streams, etc., as determined
by:
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently. (Ord. No. 18-1978, enacted February 13, 1978.)
Any private water company or any other utility public or
quasi-public corporation or utility supplying water to the public
within the Township, and its successors and assigns.
A.
The economy and desirability of the combined collection,
transportation and treatment of industrial wastes and sanitary sewage
is recognized. Any and all industrial wastes and sanitary sewage may
be discharged into the sewer system except those which are deemed
harmful to the sewer system or the sewage treatment works or the operation
thereof or are specifically prohibited by this article, the Authority
or rules and regulations of the Kiski Authority with respect to sewage
and industrial wastes treated by the Kiski Authority's sewage treatment
works. However, it is also recognized that the collection, transportation
and treatment of any wastes and sewage from time to time determined
to be acceptable but which are abnormal industrial wastes and abnormal
sanitary sewage may add to the cost of operating and maintaining the
sewer system and the sewage treatment works. Such additional cost
should be borne by the person receiving the benefit of such collection,
transportation and treatment.
B.
The Board reserves the right to refuse connection to the sewer system for discharge of deleterious industrial wastes, or to compel users or the sewer system to discontinue the use of the sewer system for such wastes, or to require pretreatment thereof in order to prevent harmful or adverse effect upon the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works. The design, construction and operation of such pretreatment facilities shall be subject to the approval of the Board. The standards to be used by the Board in the enforcement of this article, and particularly this Subsection B and § 197-21A, C and D, shall be at least comparable to those used by the Kiski Authority in connection with its sewage treatment works with respect to sewage and industrial wastes from Township Vans treated and disposed of at the Kiski Authority's sewage treatment works.
C.
The Board reserves the right to require industries
having large variations in the rate of discharge of industrial waste
to install suitable regulating devices, approved by the Board, for
equalizing industrial waste flows, and as may be required by the Authority
and/or the Kiski Authority.
D.
Industrial waste and sanitary sewage will be considered
harmful to the sewer system and the sewage treatment works if it may
cause any of the following damaging effects:
(1)
Chemical reaction either directly or indirectly with
the materials of construction of the sewer system and/or the sewage
treatment works in such a manner as to impair the strength or durability
of such structures;
(2)
Mechanical action that will destroy such sewer structures;
(3)
Restriction of the hydraulic capacity of such sewer
structure;
(4)
Restriction of the normal inspection or maintenance
of such sewer structure;
(5)
Danger to public health and safety; or
(6)
Obnoxious condition inimical to public interest.
E.
The Board may, at its discretion, require any person
discharging industrial wastes or combined industrial wastes and sanitary
sewage into the sewer system to install a suitable manhole or manholes
on his connecting sewer or sewers to facilitate observation, sampling
and measurement of the flow of wastes from the premises. Such manhole
or manholes shall be installed by such person at his expense, maintained
by such person so as to be safe and accessible to the Board at all
times, and constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Board.
F.
The Board shall have the right of access at all reasonable
times to premises, dwelling units, residences, business and other
buildings, institutions, schools, churches and industrial or commercial
establishments and to any meters used for establishing, analyzing
or determining water consumption, water excluded from the sewer system
and/or industrial wastes discharged into the sewer system and/or the
sewage treatment works.
G.
No person shall contribute, cause to be contributed,
or discharge any industrial wastes to the public sanitary sewage facilities
of the Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority, except in accordance
with the rules and regulations governing industrial sewer use that
have been adopted, or may hereafter be adopted, by the Authority.
H.
Any person who is found to have violated or willfully or negligently fails to comply with any provision of the rules and regulations governing industrial sewer use adopted by the Authority and Subsections A to F above, or any order, regulation, service contract or permit issued by the Authority, shall, upon conviction, be subject to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $300 and costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days. Each day's continuance of a violation shall constitute a separate offense.
I.
Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to the Authority's rules and regulations governing industrial sewer use, and Subsections A to F above, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required pursuant to the Authority's rules and regulations governing industrial sewer use shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $300 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
[Amended 11-12-1984 by Ord. No. 9-1984]
A.
The discharge of excessive amounts of unpolluted water
or waste into the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works is
expressly prohibited. The Board reserves the right to define the amount
it deems excessive in each particular instance and to determine the
adequacy of a sewer's capacity to receive any such discharge.
B.
The discharge of garbage to the sewer system is expressly
prohibited except from single-family premises or dwelling units, and
in such cases the garbage must be first properly shredded by a mechanical
garbage grinder or disposer of a size and type approved by the Board
as not injurious to the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works
or the operation of either thereof.
C.
No person shall discharge or permit the discharge
or infiltration into the sewer system or the sewage treatment works
of any of the following substances:
(1)
Wastes containing construction materials, ashes, cinders,
sand, mud, greases, lime or acetylene sludges, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood sawdust, paunch, manure,
cotton, wax, chemical or paint residues, wool, plastic or other fibers,
fur, hair, hides, dead animals, spent mash and grain, pulp from food
processing, water or wastes containing grease, fat or oil in excess
of 100 ppm, coal tar and its derivatives and wastes, or any other
liquids, gases, solids, or viscous substances (including gasoline,
benzine, naphtha or other fuel oil) which by reason of their quality,
quantity or characteristics may cause fire, explosion, obstruction
to the flow in the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works,
or in any other way interfere with or be deleterious to persons, the
structures, or the proper operation of the sewer system and/or the
sewage treatment works.
(2)
Wastes or sanitary sewage having a temperature in
excess of 150° F. or less than 32° F.
(3)
Wastes or sanitary sewage having pH lower than 6.0
or higher than 9.0 or having any corrosive property capable of causing
damages or hazards to structures, equipment, or personnel or the sewer
system and/or the sewage treatment works. When the board deems it
advisable, it may require any person discharging wastes or sanitary
sewage to install and maintain, at his own expense, in a manner approved
by the Board, a suitable device to continuously measure and record
the pH of the wastes or sanitary sewage so discharged.
(4)
Garbage, whether ground or not, except properly shredded
garbage from a single-family premises or dwelling unit, resulting
from the proper use of a garbage grinder or dispenser or disposer
of a type approved by the Board as aforementioned and maintained in
good operating condition; provided, however, that no single-family
premises or dwelling unit shall operate more than one grinder or disposer
which shall not be greater than three hp in size and, when so required
by the Board, shall be equipped with an approved water meter and limited
in use to the consumption of an average of not more than 1,500 gallons
of water per day.
(5)
Acids and chemicals.
(a)
Wastes containing mineral acids, waste acid,
pickling or plating liquors from the pickling or plating of iron,
steel, brass, copper or chromium, or any other dissolved or solid
substance which will endanger health or safety, interfere with the
flow in, or attack or corrode, or otherwise interfere with or be detrimental
to, the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works or the operation
of either thereof. The maximum permissible concentration of the following
substances shall be regulated by the Kiski Valley Water Pollution
Control Authority:
[Amended 1-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2-2005]
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Substance
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Phenolic compounds as C6H5OH
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Cyanides as CN
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Cyanates as CNO
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Iron as Fe
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Trivalent Chromium as Cr
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Hexavalent Chromium as Cr
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Nickel as Ni
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Copper as Cu
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Lead as Pb
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Tin as Sn
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Zinc as Zn
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(b)
And wastes and sanitary sewage containing other
chemicals or other matter detrimental to the operation of, or causing
erosion, corrosion or deterioration in, the sewer system and/or the
sewage treatment works, provided that in any event applicable limitations
set forth in the then current rules and regulations of Kiski Authority
shall be applicable to sewage and/or industrial wastes to be treated
at the sewage treatment works of Kiski Authority.
(6)
Wastes or sanitary sewage containing more than the
maximum permissible concentration, as regulated by the Kiski Valley
Water Pollution Control Authority, of any of the following gases:
hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide, or any of the halogens.
[Amended 1-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2-2005]
(7)
Wastes or sanitary sewage containing a toxic or poisonous
substance in rate of flow or quantities sufficient to injure or interfere
with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or
animals or create any hazard in the sewer system and/or the sewage
treatment works operation and/or the receiving waters, and such toxic
substances shall include, but not be limited to, substances containing
cyanide, chromium and/or copper ions.
(8)
Wastes or sanitary sewage containing toxic substances
in quantities sufficient to interfere with the biochemical processes
of the sewage treatment works or that will pass through the sewage
treatment works and exceed the state requirements in respect thereof.
(9)
Wastes or sanitary sewage containing any toxic radioactive
isotopes, without a special permit.
(10)
Fats, entrails, and the like from meat processing
plants, rendering plants and similar industries and establishments.
(11)
Sludges or other materials from septic tanks
or similar facilities or from sewage or industrial waste treatment
plants or from water treatment plants.
(12)
Wastes or sanitary sewage containing any noxious
or malodorous gas or substance which either singly or by interaction
with sewage or other wastes is likely, in the opinion of the Board,
to create a public nuisance or hazard to life, or prevent entry to
the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works for maintenance
and repair.
(13)
Wastes or sanitary sewage containing gases or
vapors, either free or occluded, in concentrations toxic or deleterious
to humans or animals.
(14)
Wastes or sanitary sewage containing insoluble,
nonflocculent substances having a specific gravity in excess of 2.65.
(15)
Wastes or sanitary sewage containing soluble
substances in such concentration as to cause the specific gravity
of the waste to be greater than 1.1.
(16)
Any natural waters including lake and swamp
drainage or recycled stream waters.
(17)
Wastes or sanitary sewage which, in the Township's
opinion, will result in discoloration or other undesirable physical
change in the appearance of the receiving stream.
(18)
The Board may from time to time adopt by resolution
such further particular rules and regulations, in addition to those
set forth in this article, as the Board, with the advice of its consulting
engineer, shall deem necessary or appropriate for the efficient operation,
maintenance and preservation of the sewer system and/or the sewage
treatment works or the sewer business operation as consistent with,
and in addition to, applicable rules and regulations of the Kiski
Authority and of the Authority, in effect from time to time, which
additional rules and regulations of the Township and applicable rules
and regulations of Kiski Authority, and the Authority are hereby made
a part hereof. The construction, meaning and application of the prohibited
wastes and sanitary sewage regulations set forth in this section shall
be made by the Board and shall be binding and conclusive with respect
to users of the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works, as
the case may be, and shall be consistent with any such construction
meaning and application made by the Authority of any similar prohibited
wastes and sanitary sewage regulations.
D.
Any permit required by rules and regulations of the
Kiski Authority shall be obtained prior to connection of any premises
other than a residential premises, to the sewer system.
E.
The Authority is hereby authorized to establish an inspection and maintenance program, along with rules, regulations and standards to require commercial and industrial Township users whose use is likely to generate harmful grease, fats and oils, to install and maintain traps, interceptors and other recovery devices to prevent the introduction, disposal and/or discharge of such grease, fats, oils and other wastes and substances into the public sewers, sewage disposal system and sewer system (grease trap protection and maintenance system), including but not limited to those wastes and substances described in § 197-21C(1), and any other substance, grease, food particles, or organic or inorganic solid or semisolid waste that can be collected and intercepted by a grease interceptor, usually in layers of floatable, suspended, and settleable substances, which are or can be ultimately removed from a grease interceptor for proper disposal (hereinafter "harmful grease"). The grease trap maintenance and protection system shall be implemented and administered as follows:
[Added 7-14-2008 by Ord. No. 04-2008]
(1)
The objective of the grease trap protection and maintenance system
is to reduce the operational and maintenance costs of maintaining
the public sewers, sewage disposal system and sewer system by preventing
the accumulation of harmful grease within the sanitary sewer lines.
(2)
The Board of Directors of the Authority and/or its designee or agent,
and persons designated and under the instruction and supervision of
any of them, may inspect and investigate compliance with this chapter
and enforce violations hereof.
(3)
Commercial or industrial generators of harmful grease shall install,
operate and maintain a grease interceptor or interceptor approved
by the Authority, which shall mean a watertight receptacle to intercept,
collect, and prevent the passage of harmful grease into the service
connection and, ultimately, the sewer, sewer system and/or sewage
disposal system to which the receptacle is directly or indirectly
connected.
(4)
Commercial or industrial generators of harmful grease shall install,
operate and maintain grease recovery devices approved by the Authority,
which shall mean a type of grease interceptor that mechanically removes
harmful grease from the waste stream for later disposal.
(5)
Grease from grease interceptors and grease recovery devices shall:
(a)
Be stored on premises in an integral recovered grease container;
(b)
Be stored in such a manner as to minimize odors and insects;
(c)
Not be mixed with edible grease;
(d)
Be properly disposed of in accordance with all applicable rules
and regulations;
(e)
If stored on site, be stored in proper containers so as to prevent
odor and leaking.
(6)
The following facilities shall discharge all waste from sinks, dishwashers,
drains, and any other fixtures through which harmful grease may be
discharged, into an adequately sized, properly maintained and functioning
grease trap protection and maintenance system before the discharge
enters the service connection and, ultimately, the sewer, sewer system
and/or sewage disposal system to which the receptacle is directly
or indirectly connected, as well as providing a grease interceptor
inlet flow control device inspection port and a grease interceptor
effluent monitoring port:
(a)
Every commercial food preparation and food service facility,
including but not limited to bakeries, boardinghouses, butcher shops,
cafes, clubhouses, commercial kitchens, delicatessens, fat-rendering
plants, ice cream parlors, hospitals, meat packing plants, restaurants,
schools, slaughterhouses, soap factories, and similar facilities,
especially where meat, poultry, seafood, dairy products or fried foods
are prepared or served.
(b)
All shopping centers that have food processing facilities.
(c)
All food courts.
(d)
All other facilities discharging harmful grease that, in the
opinion of the Authority, will, alone or in concert with other substances
from the discharges of other facilities, have a reasonable chance
to impede or stop the flow in the sewer, sewer system and/or sewage
disposal system to which any service connection is directly or indirectly
connected.
(7)
Grease interceptors or recovery devices shall not be required for
single-family residences, duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, or apartment
complexes, unless the Authority first determines that there are discharges
from the property that will create problems in the sewer, sewer system
and/or sewage disposal system. The determination shall be made based
upon an investigation of the property and a comparison of the content
and amount of discharge from the property with the discharges of other
properties similar in size and use. Upon a determination that the
discharges will create problems in the sewer, sewer system and/or
sewage disposal system to which any service connection receptacle
is directly or indirectly connected, the Authority may require the
installation of a sufficiently sized grease interceptor or recovery
device to treat the discharges.
(8)
Those Township users of the sewer, sewer system and/or sewage disposal
system who are or may be determined to be subject to the requirements
of this article shall:
(a)
Describe the method or means by which harmful grease is being disposed of in accordance with applicable rules and regulations when providing records in accordance with Subsection E(8)(c) hereof;
(b)
Maintain and inspect the grease interceptor and/or recovery
device as often as necessary to properly dispose of harmful grease,
and no less often than every 90 days, and maintain on the premises
of the facility and produce, upon request by the Authority, backup
copies of trip tickets and/or a service log for at least two years.
(c)
Within 10 days after notice from the Authority, provide copies
of records to the Authority demonstrating service, cleaning and maintenance
of the interceptor and/or recovery device every 90 days.
(d)
Allow demand inspection of the facility and of records by inspectors
during reasonable hours.
(e)
Pay the cost of inspecting, administering, implementing and
enforcing this article in the event of failure to comply with the
provisions hereof.
(9)
It is unlawful for any generator of harmful grease to discharge into
the service connection and, ultimately, into the public sewer, sewer
system and/or sewage disposal system to which the receptacle is directly
or indirectly connected, in any manner that is in violation of this
article or of any condition set forth in this article. Additionally,
a person commits an offense if the person causes or permits the plugging
or blocking of or otherwise interferes with or permits the interference
of a grease interceptor or recovery device, including alteration or
removal of any flow-constricting devices so as to cause flow to rise
above the design capacity of the interceptor.
(10)
If any person, company, firm, corporation or other entity is
in violation of any of the conditions, restrictions or requirements
or any of the provisions of this chapter and/or neglects or refuses
to comply with the provisions of this chapter, he shall be guilty
of a violation and for each such violation, upon conviction thereof
before a District Justice, he shall be sentenced to pay a fine of
not more than $1,000, along with costs of prosecution, and imprisonment
to the extent allowed by law for the punishment of summary offenses,
provided that each day's violation shall constitute a separate
violation. In addition, the Township shall have the right to enforce
this article or remedy conditions occasioned by violations of this
article by actions instituted in equity or at law.
(11)
Suspension of service.
(a)
The Authority may suspend water or sewer service when such suspension
is necessary, in the opinion of the Authority, in order to stop an
actual or threatened discharge which:
[1]
Presents or may present an imminent or substantial endangerment to
the health or welfare of persons or the environment.
[2]
Causes stoppages or excessive maintenance to be performed to prevent
stoppages in the public sewer, sewer system and/or sewage disposal
system.
[3]
Causes interference to the public sewer, sewer system and/or sewage
disposal system.
[4]
Causes the Township or Authority to violate any condition of its
permits.
(b)
Any person notified of a suspension of the water or sewer service
shall immediately stop or eliminate the discharge. In the event of
a failure of the person to comply voluntarily with the suspension
order, the Authority shall take such steps as deemed necessary, including
immediate termination of water or sewer service, to prevent or minimize
damage to the sewer, sewer system and/or sewage disposal system to
which the receptacle is directly or indirectly connected or endangerment
to any individuals. The Authority shall reinstate the water or sewer
service when such cause(s) of the harmful discharge and the measure(s)
taken to prevent any future occurrence shall be submitted to the Authority
within 15 days of the date of occurrence;
(c)
A person is liable to the Authority for any expense, loss or
damage incurred by the Authority for reason of appropriate cleanup
and proper disposal of harmful grease. Additionally, an administrative
fee equal to 1/2 of assessed cleanup costs shall be levied by the
Authority against the responsible party.
(12)
If any part or parts of this subsection shall be held to be
invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of this
subsection. The governing body declares that it would have passed
the remaining parts of this subsection if it had known that such part
or parts thereof would be declared invalid.
(13)
This subsection shall take effect five days after enactment.
A.
There is hereby imposed upon the owners of, or the
users of water in or on, all properties situated within the geographical
limits of the Township and served by the sewer system, a sewer service
charge for the collection, transportation, treatment and disposal
of industrial wastes and sanitary sewage, payable as hereinafter provided
in the amounts hereinafter provided. Said owners and users shall be
jointly and severally liable for the payment of the sewer service
charge and the penalty herein prescribed for delinquent payment thereof.
The sewer service charge for the collection, transportation, treatment
and disposal of industrial wastes and sanitary sewage shall begin
to accrue with respect to any owners and users connecting, directly
or indirectly, to the new sanitary sewer lines to be constructed by
the Authority or any extensions or capital additions thereto, from
and after the earlier of a) when the owners and users connect to the
sewer system or b) on a date 60 days after notice to connect to the
sewer system is given as provided in the ordinances of the Township.
Sewage and/or industrial waste collection, treatment and disposal
shall only be provided in accordance with applicable rules and regulations
of the Township, the Authority and Kiski Authority and at the prevailing
sewage service charges for such services, including any applicable
charges pursuant to the service agreement.
B.
Sanitary sewer user fees.
[Amended 7-20-1979 by Ord. No. 101; 6-10-1996 by Ord. No.
9-1996; 4-13-1998 by Ord. No. 9-1998; 1-13-2003 by Ord. No. 7-2003]
(1)
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
DEBT REDUCTION COSTS
EDU
RESERVE COSTS
SEWAGE TREATMENT COSTS
USER RATES
Additional definitions. The following words and terms
used in this section shall have the following meanings, unless the
context clearly requires otherwise:
Budgeted monies, including contingencies, to cover salaries,
services and costs related to office operations, billing, engineering
studies, legal counsel and similar costs of administering to the treatment
of sewage.
The monies, including contingencies, required annually by
lenders for the payment of interest, to retire debt and/or to otherwise
create debt reduction reserves as provided and/or required in bond
indentures, loan provisions and/or other similar agreements properly
executed by or on behalf of the Municipal Authority of Allegheny Township.
Equivalent dwelling unit. Further described in Subsection B(2).
Monies accumulated for the sole purpose of establishing a
fund for the payment of unexpected and otherwise nonbudgeted emergency
costs not contemplated in the approved planned budget. Such reserves
are not to exceed 30% of the fiscal year budget and must be addressed
and approved as part of the budgetary process.
Those costs required for treatment of sewage at the Kiski
Valley Water Pollution Control Authority (KVWPCA) plant, including,
but not limited to, the transportation, treatment and disposal of
industrial wastes and sanitary sewage. Also, those costs required
to maintain existing sewage lines and to operate pump stations within
Allegheny Township as managed by the Municipal Authority of Allegheny
Township.
The rate established algebraically pursuant to this article
which is applied to each cubic foot and fraction thereof of sewage
treated on a quarterly basis.
(2)
Calculation of rates. Proposed rates will be calculated by the Municipal Authority of Allegheny Township in accordance with this article. The proposed rates shall be submitted to the Allegheny Township Board of Supervisors at their regularly scheduled public meeting each December. The Allegheny Township Board of Supervisors may approve, amend or otherwise adopt by resolution the proposed rates and those rates, as adopted, will comprise the user fees for the following year. The rate will be comprised of a sum to be collected for debt reduction costs, a sum collected for payment of administrative costs and a sum collected for reserve costs, if any, and will be borne equally by each EDU. The total of these elements will then be added to the volume usage rate as determined in Subsection B(2)(c), below.
(a)
EDU calculation. For purposes of this article,
a single unit residence, such as but not limited to, a residential
home, single mobile home, single apartment or single townhouse shall
be considered as one EDU. All other establishments, such as, but not
limited to, schools, churches, clubs and commercial businesses are
considered multiple EDUs with the value of the multiple as follows:
for metered customers, the water consumption each quarter is obtained
and then divided by the number of days in the quarter to yield an
average daily consumption. That value is subsequently divided by the
number of gallons per day permitted by standard and accepted practices
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The quotient rounded to the next
higher whole number is the number of EDUs. For nonmetered customers,
the EDU value will be determined for each customer using data for
each type of establishment listed in the Pennsylvania Code, Title
25, Chapter 73, Section 73.17, entitled "Sewage Flows."
(b)
Rates.
|
Debt
Reduction
Rate
|
=
|
Monies Required for Payment
of Debt Reduction Costs
Total Number of EDUs
| |
|
Administrative
Rate
|
=
|
Promised Administrative
Budget Less Reserves, if any
Total Number of EDUs
| |
|
Reserve
Rate
|
=
|
Reserves Established, if
any, in the Proposed Budget
Total Number of EDUs
|
(c)
Sewage treatment costs.
[1]
The individual sewage treatment costs will be
algebraically determined based upon the volume of sewage projected
to be generated by the customers or occupants of each EDU in the budget
year and will be established as follows:
|
System
Cost
|
=
|
KVWPCA Treatment Costs +
Pump station Costs + Line Maintenance Costs
Total Volume of Billed Sewage Projected
to be Treated by KVWPCA
|
[2]
This yields an annual treatment cost, which
will be converted algebraically to a monthly cost per 1,000 gallons
or to an equivalent monthly cost per 100 cubic feet.
(3)
All residential, commercial and municipal metered water users shall pay monthly billed, quarterly treatment charges as calculated in accordance with Subsection B(2), subject to any volume minimums imposed by the Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority.
(4)
Industrial metered water users. All owners of or users of water in or on all industrial premises having a metered water supply shall pay the monthly billed, quarterly treatment charge as set forth in Subsection B(2) plus a treatment surcharge as established in the pretreatment agreement, if any, between the individual industrial user and Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority, subject to any volume minimums imposed by the Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority.
(5)
Residential, commercial and municipal nonmetered water users. All owners of or users of water in or on all residential, commercial or premises having an unmetered private water supply and/or supplied with unmetered water service by any water utility shall pay a monthly billed quarterly treatment charge for 10,000 gallons per quarter (equivalent to 1,333 cubic per quarter) as calculated under Subsection B(2), subject to any volume minimums imposed by the Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority.
(6)
Industrial nonmetered water users. All owners of or users of water in or on all industrial premises having an unmetered water service by and water utility shall pay a treatment charge based on the number of employees working on the premises as reported by the industrial customer and verified by the Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority at the rate of 111 cubic feet per man-month as calculated under Subsection B(2), subject to any volume minimums imposed by the Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority.
(7)
The actual rates calculated in accordance with this
article shall become the proposed rates for the succeeding year after
any necessary adjustments are made for known changes in the KVWPCA
rate structure and any anticipated changes in the Municipal Authority
of Allegheny Township line maintenance and pump station operation
budgets from those costs prevailing for the current year. The sewer
user rate will thus be established in December and will be comprised
of four separate fee items to be used, once collected, by the Municipal
Authority of Allegheny Township for the purpose for which they are
collected as follows: a per-EDU rate for debt reduction; a per-EDU
rate for administrative costs; a per-EDU rate for reserve costs; and
a usage-based rate for sewage treatment costs. The rate structure
shall be reviewed annually by members of the Municipal Authority of
Allegheny Township and, as part of their fiscal budget process, new
rates needed to balance projected income for each item with projected
expenses for each item will be submitted to the Allegheny Township
Board of Supervisors for approval.
(8)
The rates approved and adopted by the Allegheny Township
Board of Supervisors in December will become effective on January
1 of the succeeding year.
C.
Owners and users shall be billed monthly. The first
two monthly billings shall be based upon the minimum applicable service
charge or upon estimated water being based in actual water usage shown
by the Water Utility's most recent available water meter reading or
upon the appropriate minimum sewer service charge, whichever is greater.
All bills for sewer service charges shall be due when rendered and,
if not paid within 15 days from the date the bill is rendered, shall
be subject to a penalty of 5%; and if the bill is not paid within
45 days the billing shall include interest of 1/2% per month or part
thereof upon 105% of the service charge until paid.
D.
The measurement by two or more meters of the quantity
of water used in or on one premises by one owner or user as though
the quantity of water was measured by one meter, if the Board so elects.
E.
Where two or more premises receive water through one
water meter, multiple minimum sewer service charges shall be billed.
F.
In the event the owner of, or the user of water in
or on, any industrial, institutional or commercial premises served
by the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works obtains part
or all of the water used in or on such premises from sources other
than the Water Utility, such owner or user shall, upon demand of the
Board and at no expense to the Township, install and maintain a water
meter or meters satisfactory to the Board for measuring all water
used other than that obtained from the Water Utility, and the quantity
of water used to determine the sewer service charge shall be the quantity
of water measured by all such meters plus the quantity of water obtained
from the Water Utility. The owner or user of any residential premises
using all or in part unmetered water may install and maintain at his
expense a water meter satisfactory to the Board for the aforementioned
purposes and with such effect.
G.
In the event it is established to the satisfaction
of the Board that a portion of the water used in or on any property
served by the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works does
not and cannot enter the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment
works, and in the event that the total water used in or on said property
exceeds 100,000 gallons per quarter, the Board may determine, in such
manner and by such method as it may deem practical, the percentage
of the water entering the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment
works, or the Board may require or permit the installation of additional
meters in such manner as to determine either the quantity of water
excluded from the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works or
the quantity of water, sewage and industrial wastes actually entering
the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works, exclusive of stormwater
runoff, surface water and groundwater. The sewer service charge shall
be based upon the quantity of water estimated, measured or computed
by the Board to be actually entering the sewer system an/or the sewage
treatment works exclusive of stormwater runoff, surface water and
groundwater, subject to the minimum charge set forth in this section.
H.
Any person requesting a reduction of the amount of
the sewer system charge because of water purchased which does not
enter the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works, shall make
written application to the Board, giving the name of such person,
his address and setting forth supporting data fully describing other
sources of water, if any, as well as the disposition of water alleged
not to be entering the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works.
The application shall be accompanied by a sketch to approximate scale
showing the plan of the property, the water distribution system, sewer
layout, existing meters, and proposed meters in the scheme to determine
the quantity of flow entering, or not entering, the sewer system and/or
the sewage treatment works. The cost of furnishing, installing and
maintaining any meters other than those utilized to measure water
purchased from the Water Utility shall be borne by the applicant.
The type, size, location, arrangement and maintenance of such meters
shall be subject to the approval of the Board and the Water Utility.
I.
The Board may require the exclusion from the sewer
system and/or the sewage treatment works of noncontaminated waste
waters and waters used for cooling purposes.
A.
There is hereby imposed a surcharge upon the owners of, and the users of water in or on, all properties discharging or permitting to be discharged or infiltrated into the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works abnormal industrial wastes, which surcharge is intended to cover the additional cost to the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works resulting from the treatment and disposal of such abnormal industrial waste. Such surcharges shall be in addition to the regular sewer service charge set forth in § 197-22 of this article, and shall be payable as hereinafter provided in the amount hereinafter provided.
B.
The strength of any industrial waste, the discharge of which is subject to surcharge, shall be determined monthly, or more frequently, from samples taken either at the manhole referred to in § 197-20 hereof or at any other sampling point mutually agreed upon by the Board and the producer of such wastes. The frequency and duration of the sampling period shall be such as, in the opinion of the Board, will permit a reasonably reliable determination of the average composition of such wastes, exclusive of stormwater runoff, surface water and groundwater. Samples shall be collected by the Board in proportion to the flow of wastes exclusive of stormwater runoff, surface water and groundwater, and composited for analysis in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage as published by the American Public Health Association. Except as hereinafter provided, the strength of such wastes so found by analysis shall be used for establishing the surcharge or surcharges. The Board may, if it so elects, accept the results of routine sampling and analyses by the producer of such wastes in lieu of making its own samplings and analyses.
C.
BOD surcharge rate.
(1)
In the event any industrial waste is found by the
Board to have a BOD in excess of 300 ppm, the owners of and the users
of water in or on the property from which such wastes are discharged
shall be surcharged an amount equal to the product of a) the actual
volume of wastes in thousand gallons per billings period, exclusive
of stormwater runoff, surface water and groundwater, discharged to
the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment words, and b) the BOD
surcharge rate. The BOD surcharge rate shall be determined by the
following formula:
|
Rc
|
=
|
0.00834 P (C -300)
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Where
|
Rc
|
=
|
The BOD surcharge rate in cents per 1,000 gallons
of water discharged
| |
|
P
|
=
|
The average annual fixed, operating and maintenance
cost of treatment processes per pound of BOD received at the sewage
treatment works including chlorination; (Prior to completion of the
first year of operation the value of "P" shall be deemed to be five
cents)
| ||
|
C
|
=
|
The average BOD of the industrial waste expressed
in ppm as determined in accordance with the provisions hereof
|
(2)
The figure 300 appearing in the above formula corresponds
to the maximum BOD permissible without surcharge. The figure 0.00834
is the factor to convert parts per million to pounds per 1,000 gallons.
No discount will be permitted for sewage or industrial wastes having
a BOD less than 300 ppm.
D.
Suspended solids surcharge rate.
(1)
In the event any industrial waste is found by the
Board to have an average suspended solid concentration in excess of
275 ppm, the owners of, and the users of water in or on, the property
from which such wastes are discharged shall be surcharged an amount
equal to the product of a) the actual volume of wastes in thousand
gallons per billing period, exclusive of stormwater runoff, surface
water and groundwater, discharged to the sewer system and/or the sewage
treatment works and b) the suspended solids surcharge rate. The suspended
solids surcharge rate shall be determined by the following formula:
|
RS
|
=
|
0.0834 x B (S -275)
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Where:
| ||||
|
RS
|
=
|
The suspended solids surcharge rate in cents
per 1,000 gallons of waste discharged
| ||
|
B
|
=
|
The average annual fixed, operating and maintenance
cost of the sludge digestion, sludge drying and sludge disposal operations
per pound of suspended solids received at the sewage treatment works.
(Prior to completion of the first year of operation the value of "B"
shall be deemed to be five cents.)
| ||
|
S
|
=
|
The average suspended solids concentration of
the abnormal industrial wastes expressed in ppm, as determined in
accordance with this section
|
(2)
The figure 275 appearing in the above formula corresponds
to the maximum suspended solids concentration permissible without
surcharge. The figure 0.00834 is the factor to convert parts per million
to pounds per 1,000 gallons. No discount will be permitted for sewage
or industrial wastes having a suspended solids concentration less
than 275 ppm.
A.
The sewer service charge and the surcharges, where applicable, provided for in this article shall be payable in monthly payments each year as provided in § 197-22C hereof.
B.
The Board, either directly or through any person whom
it may by resolution appoint or with whom it may contract, including
the Authority or its agent, will render such bills for the sewer service
charges and surcharges imposed by this article and will make collections
thereof in accordance with this article and the agreement.
C.
Bills and notices relating to the sewer service charges
and surcharges will be mailed or delivered to the property owner's
and/or the water user's last address as shown on the books of the
Board and/or the Water Utility, and the Board shall not be otherwise
responsible for delivery of such bills and notices. No change of address
will be honored unless and until such change shall have been furnished
in writing to the Board and the Water Utility.
D.
The Board shall have access at all reasonable times
to premises, residences, businesses and other buildings, institutions,
schools, churches and industrial and commercial establishments connected
to the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works and to any water
meters measuring water used in such places and establishments to inspect
such meters, the connection with the sewer system and/or the sewage
treatment works and/or the discharge of sanitary sewage, water of
any kind and industrial waste into the sewer system and/or the sewage
treatment works.
E.
The Board shall have the power and authority at any
time and from time to time to make such other rules and regulations
or to change the foregoing rules and regulations and provisions with
respect to the manner and procedure of billing and collections as
said Board, in its sole discretion, may determine consistent with
the provisions of the service agreement.
A.
Each sewer service charge, surcharge, penalty and
interest imposed by this article shall be a debt due the Township
and shall be a lien on the property served, and if not paid within
30 days after the date rendered shall be deemed delinquent. In such
event, the Township may proceed to file a lien in the office of the
Prothonotary of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and collect the
same in the manner provided by law for the filing and collection of
municipal claims; or the Township may proceed to collect such delinquent
sewer service charge, surcharge, penalty and interest by an action
in assumpsit or by distress of personal property on the premises,
or by any other legal or equitable remedy then available to the Township.
In the event of failure to pay the sewer service charge, surcharge,
penalty and interest after they become delinquent as herein provided,
the Township shall be authorized, in addition to any other remedies
authorized by law, and to the extent authorized by law, to shut off,
or cause to be shut off, the water to be delivered to such property,
and/or to remove or close the sanitary sewer connection, and shall
have the right to enter upon the property served for such purposes
and to take such steps as may be necessary to accomplish the same;
and any expenses with respect thereto, as well as the expense of restoring
any such water and/or sewer service connection, shall likewise be
a debt due the Township and a lien on the property served and may
be filed and collected as hereinabove provided, and such water and/or
sanitary sewer connection may not again be turned on or restored for
the same owner or user until all sewer service charges, surcharges,
penalties and interest, including the expense of removal, closing
and restoration, shall have been paid.
B.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof before a District Justice,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 for each and every
offense, and costs, and, in default of payment of said fine and costs,
to be imprisoned in the Westmoreland County Jail for a period not
exceeding 30 days until such fine and costs are paid. Whenever such
person shall have been notified in writing by the Board that he is
violating this article, each three-day period that he shall continue
such violation after receipt of such notification shall constitute
a separate offense punishable by a like fine hereunder upon conviction
thereof.
C.
Change of ownership or occupancy of any property served by the sewer system and/or the sewage treatment works as to which the service charge, surcharge, penalty or interest imposed by this article is delinquent, as provided in Subsection A hereof, shall not be a cause for reducing or eliminating the rights and remedies of the Township set forth in this section.
[Amended 12-8-1986]
A.
The Board may, by agreement with the Authority or
any other person or firm, delegate, transfer, set over and assign
to the Authority or to such other person or firm any and/or all administrative
duties, obligations and rights of the Board under this article. As
used herein, any discretionary findings or determinations by the Board
are to comply or be consistent with any similar findings or determinations
by the Kiski Authority and/or the Authority with respect to the same
matters to the extent such Authority has jurisdiction with respect
to the same.
B.
The proper officers of the Township are hereby authorized
and directed to make, execute and deliver the necessary drafts or
vouchers in payment for and discharge of the Township's obligation
or obligations of this article, if any, and the work herein directed,
and to do and perform all and every act and thing necessary or convenient
to work herein directed, and to do and perform all and every act and
thing necessary or convenient to fully and completely carry out the
obligations and purposes of the Township set forth in this article.
