[Adopted 9-7-2016 by Ord.
No. 145]
A.
ACT 537 PLAN
AUTHORITY
COMMUNITY ONLOT SEWAGE SYSTEM
COMMUNITY SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
COMMUNITY SEWAGE SYSTEM
COMMUNITY SEWERAGE SYSTEM
DEPARTMENT or DEP
DESIGN STANDARDS
GRINDER PUMP
HOLDING TANK
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
IMPROVED PROPERTY
INDIVIDUAL ONLOT SEWAGE SYSTEM
INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE SYSTEM
INDIVIDUAL SEWERAGE SYSTEM
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
INFILTRATION
INFLOW
MUNICIPALITY
OFFICIAL PLAN REVISION
OWNER
PERSON
PROPERTY
PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM
SANITARY SEWAGE
SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
SEWAGE
SEWER LATERAL
STORMWATER
STREAM DISCHARGE SYSTEM
TOWNSHIP
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
A municipality's official plan as defined in the Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act, Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535 (1965),
No. 537, as amended, 35 P.S. §§ 750.1 to 750.20a ("Sewage
facilities Act" or "Act 537").
The Sewer Authority of Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County,
Pennsylvania, or such individuals or agents whom it may designate.
A community sewage system which uses a system of piping,
tanks or other facilities for collecting, treating and disposing of
sewage into a subsurface soil absorption area or retaining tank.
Any system, whether publicly or privately owned, providing
for the collection, treatment and/or disposal of sewage:
A sewage facility, whether publicly or privately owned, for
the collection of sewage from two or more lots, or two or more equivalent
dwelling units, and the treatment or disposal, or both, of the sewage
on one or more of the lots or at another site.
A community sewage system which uses a method of sewage collection,
conveyance, treatment and disposal other than renovation in a subsurface
absorption area, or retention in a retaining tank.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Refers to those provisions for holding tanks (retaining tanks)
as established by DEP at 25 Pa. Code § 73.61 et. seq. as
well as all relevant installation standards and relevant locational
standards established by such regulations. Said design standards are
incorporated herein by reference as fully as though set forth at length.
As used herein, the term "design standards" shall be deemed to include
"installation standards" and "locational standards."
Any electric, motor-driven, submersible, centrifugal pump
capable of macerating all material found in normal domestic sanitary
sewage, including reasonable amounts of objects, such as plastics,
sanitary napkins, disposable diapers, rubber and the like, to a fine
slurry, and pumping this material through a small diameter discharge.
A watertight receptacle which receives and retains sewage
and is designed and constructed to facilitate ultimate disposal of
the sewage at another site. Holding tanks include but are not limited
to the following:
CHEMICAL TOILETA toilet using chemicals that discharge to a holding tank.
RETENTION TANKA holding tank where sewage is conveyed to it by a water carrying system.
VAULT PIT PRIVYA holding tank designed to receive sewage where water under pressure is not available.
INTERIM HOLDING TANKA tank employed with the Authority's approval to hold sewage only until such time as a Pennsylvania DEP operating permit can be obtained for a permanent sewage disposal system.
REPAIR HOLDING TANKA tank used to hold sewage when no other approved method of disposing of sewage is available on the site of an existing, but ineffective, system.
Any property within the municipality upon which there is
erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure
sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall or may be discharged.
An individual sewage system which uses a system of piping,
tanks or other facilities for collecting, treating and disposing of
sewage into a subsurface absorption area or a retaining tank.
A sewage facility, whether publicly or privately owned, located
on a single lot and serving one equivalent dwelling unit and collecting,
treating and disposing of sewage in whole or in part into the soil
or into waters of this commonwealth or by means of conveyance of retaining
tank wastes to another site for final disposal.
An individual system which uses a method of sewage collection,
conveyance, treatment and disposal other than a renovation in subsurface
absorption area, or retention in a retaining tank.
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 strength sanitary
sewage. Industrial sewage to be treated by owner to domestic waste
strength and composition.
Groundwater that enters sanitary sewer systems through cracks
and/or leaks in the sanitary sewer pipes. Cracks or leaks in sanitary
sewer pipes may be caused by age related deterioration, loose joints,
poor design, installation or maintenance errors, damage or root infiltration.
Groundwater can enter these cracks or leaks wherever sanitary sewer
systems lie beneath water tables or the soil above the sewer systems
becomes saturated.
Stormwater that enters into sanitary sewer systems at points
of direct connection to the systems. Various other sources contribute
to inflow, including footing/foundation drains, roof drains or leaders,
downspouts, drains from window wells, outdoor basement stairwells,
drains from driveways, groundwater/basement sump pumps, HVAC condensate
lines and even streams and underground springs. These sources are
typically improperly or illegally connected to sanitary sewer systems,
via either direct connections or discharge into sinks or tubs that
are directly connected to the sewer system. An improper connection
lets water from sources other than sanitary fixtures and drains to
enter the sanitary sewer system.
Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
A change in the municipality's Act 537 Plan to provide
for additional or newly identified future or existing sewage facilities
needs, as defined fully in Section 1 of the Sewage facilities Act,
35 P.S. § 750.1.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property.
Any individual, legal entity, partnership, business, corporation
or company.
Any real property located within the boundaries of Chadds
Ford Township.
A community sewerage system owned or operated by the Township
or the Authority.
The liquid-carrying household and toilet wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and commercial and industrial establishments.
Pumps, piping, lines, sewers, laterals and connections thereto,
which transport wastewater to the Chadds Ford Township Sewer Authority's
destination for wastewater treatment.
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals
and any noxious or deleterious substance being harmful or inimical
to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life or to the use of
water for domestic water supply or for recreation or any substance
which constitutes pollution under the Clean Streams Law, 35 P.S. §§ 691.1
to 691.1001, as amended.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, then to the property line;
or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall mean
that portion of or place in a sewer which is provided for connection
of any building sewer.
All stormwater, rainwater, surface water, roof runoff or
surface drainage.
Any sewage disposal system discharging into a stream after
treatment.
The municipal government known as "Chadds Ford Township,
Delaware County, Pennsylvania."
