Five copies of plans for proposed extensions shall be submitted to the Board on sheets 24 inches by 36 inches showing plan views to a scale of one inch equals 50 feet and profiles to a scale of one inch equals 10 feet vertically and one inch equals 50 feet horizontally, a North point, a suitable title block, date and the name of the engineer or surveyor and imprint of his registration seal.
All sewers shall be designed in accordance with the Sewerage Manual of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Quality, and these rules and regulations.
Construction of sewers will not be permitted until the proper state permits have been obtained.
Prior to final acceptance of any sewer extensions by the Board, it will be necessary for the developer to furnish to the Board "as-built plans" showing the angle and distance between manholes, the top and invert elevation of each manhole and the exact location of all house sewer connections relative to the nearest manhole both downstream and upstream.
Easements shall be recorded in the name of the Authority for all sewers to be constructed outside of dedicated street rights-of-way.
All sewer pipe shall be extra-strength vitrified clay pipe conforming to ASTM Specification C-200 or PVC pipe conforming to ASTM D3034-SDR 35 or ABS pipe conforming to ASTM D-2680 unless otherwise specified for extraordinary ground conditions by the Board.
All sewer pipe shall be a minimum of eight inches in diameter and have a minimum laying length of not less than five feet.
Jointing connections for clay pipe shall be the factory-fabricated type conforming to ASTM Specification C-425, Type III. Both the bell and the spigot of the pipe shall be especially prepared for the jointing connection selected. The details of any jointing connection which is proposed for use must be submitted to the Board for prior approval.
The installation of sewers shall start at the lower end of the line and proceed upstream so that the spigot ends point in the direction of flow. The pipe shall be carefully laid to line and grade. The handling, placing and jointing of pipe shall be in strict accordance with the pipe manufacturer's recommendation.
All manholes shall be constructed in accordance with the standards established by the Board. Frames and covers for all manholes shall be fabricated of cast iron and shall conform to the standards established by the Board.
See Chapter SD260, Sanitary Sewer Construction, for testing requirements.
The developer shall file all necessary connection permits and pay to the Board the applicable tap connection and inspection fee for each house or building, which shall become due and payable prior to inspection and approval by the inspector for each respective house service sewer.
The developer shall also reimburse the Board in full for all costs of engineering reviews and inspection of construction of all sanitary sewers. The amount and type of inspection required shall be determined by the Board during construction.
No sewer extensions constructed by a developer will be approved for use and acceptance by the Board until said sewers are formally approved by the Board, all building tap connection and inspection fees have been paid for each building connected to the system, and the Board has been reimbursed in full for all inspection costs incurred by the inspector during construction, testing and approval.
All such facilities shall be conveyed at no cost to the Authority unless the applicant has the franchise right to provide sewerage service and proposes to operate such facilities in accordance with the requirements of the Public Utility Commission.
The entire cost of all work shall be borne by the applicant except, if approved, for the difference in the cost of facilities required for the proposed use and the cost of more adequate facilities which will permit additional service for other areas.
The applicant shall deposit with the Authority, in advance, the estimated cost of each month's work; the amount will be adjusted at the end of each month, in connection with resident engineering, legal and/or inspection services.
The applicant shall enter into an agreement with the Authority, prior to the execution of any work. The agreement will contain such pertinent conditions as the following:
A. 
The cost of all work to be borne by the owner, except as otherwise indicated.
B. 
The highways, streets, alleys, and lanes in which sewer extensions are to be located must be dedicated to public use, the lines and grades thereof established, and the rough grading completed.
C. 
The ownership title to all installations to be conveyed to and vested in the Authority, except as otherwise indicated.
D. 
The Authority shall have the right to make further extensions beyond or laterally from the main extensions, such extensions not to be considered as connections subject to any refund, and to enlarge or improve sewage treatment facilities.
The applicant shall submit a general plan covering the entire area of the municipality or sewer district in the case of a new sewer system and of any extension or modification of any sewer system, unless such a general plan of the entire area of the municipality has already been submitted.
A. 
These plans must show the boundary line of the municipality or sewer district to be provided sewers, all existing and proposed streets, watercourses, and other salient topographic features, contour lines for intervals of not less than five feet, and the surface elevations at street intersections and at points where changes of slope occur. The plans must show clearly the locations of all existing sanitary and combined sewers.
B. 
In all cases, the plans must clearly show the size of the sewer, the character of the sewer material, the slope, the elevation at the location of all points of change of slope, the direction of flow, the location of all manholes, flushing manholes, inverted siphons, pumping stations, the elevations of all stream beds, the direction of stream flow, the high- and low-water elevations of all water surfaces, and such other data.
The applicant shall submit detailed plans accompanying the general plans.
A. 
Profiles shall be prepared with the horizontal scale at least as large as the scale of the corresponding plans, the vertical scale not smaller than 10 feet to one inch; the scales are to be indicated on the plans. The profiles shall indicate all the applicable details as set forth relative to the general plans.
B. 
Detailed plans shall include plans of all sewers and regular and special sewer appurtenances, pumping stations, structures of all types and such other features.
The application shall be accompanied by an engineer's report giving a full description of the proposed system and setting forth the basis of design, prepared in accordance with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection requirements. This report may be in the form of a "module" as submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
A. 
The report must include a statement and description of the extent of the area which is proposed to be included within the system at the present time and in the future, the estimated per-capita rates or volume of sewage to be provided for, the general character of the sewage and the proportion and nature of any industrial wastes, and such other data and information.
B. 
Report of industrial wastes. All applications for service, regardless of the location of the premises, where industrial wastes are involved must be accompanied by a detailed report setting forth the quantities and character of the wastes, the proposed rates of discharge, and such other facts as required.
[Added 9-8-1988]
A. 
Prior to acceptance of any portion of any line or lines from a developer, the developer must provide the Authority with a maintenance bond supplied by a bonding company licensed to do business with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania wherein the bonding company as surety will be firmly bound to the Authority to remedy, without cost to the Authority, any defect which may develop in the line during a period of two years from the date of acceptance of the work, the lines, including the work and material utilized by the developer in installing the lines that the Authority will accept. The maintenance bond must guarantee that any defect caused by defective or inferior material or workmanship will be remedied without cost to the Authority during a period of 18 months from the date of acceptance of the lines.
B. 
The maintenance bond will be in the amount of 15% of the cost of construction of the lines to be accepted by the Authority.
C. 
The cost of construction is to be determined by the Authority's engineers, who shall determine the cost of construction, and the developer must submit to the Authority all reasonable documentation requested by the Authority or its engineers so as to allow the Authority to set the amount of the bond.
D. 
No connection may be made into the lines and no sewer tap-in permits will be issued by the Authority until the Authority has accepted the line or any portion of the lines constructed by a developer.
E. 
The Authority's acceptance will be in writing and delivered to the developer indicating the exact date of acceptance, and no acceptance of the lines will be performed until all work is performed in complete satisfaction to the Authority's engineers and the maintenance bond is posted with the Authority.