[Adopted 4-4-1980 by Ord. No. 45 (Ch.
91 of the 1987 Code)]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "1980 Sewer Rate and Regulation Ordinance of the Township of
Girard."
A.Â
When not inconsistent with the context, words used
in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number
include the singular number and words in the singular number include
the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely
directory.
B.Â
ABNORMAL WASTES
ACCESSIBLE PREMISES
BOD (DESIGNATES "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
BOROUGH
COMBINED SEWER
COMMONWEALTH
CONNECTION
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INSPECTOR
LATERAL
OCCUPIED BUILDING
OWNER
PERSON
pH
PROHIBITED WASTES
PRIVATE LATERAL
PRIVATE SEWER
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWAGE
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWER
SEWER ADMINISTRATOR
SEWERAGE
SEWER PERMIT
SEWER SYSTEM
STORM SEWER
STORMWATER RUNOFF
SUPERVISORS
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOWNSHIP
UNPOLLUTED WATER OR WASTE
For the purpose of this chapter the following terms,
phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning given
herein:
Any industrial or commercial waste having a suspended solid
content or BOD appreciably in excess of that normally found in municipal
sewage. For the purposes of these regulations, any industrial or commercial
waste containing more than 350 milligrams per liter of suspended solids
or having a BOD in excess of 300 milligrams per liter shall be considered
an "abnormal waste" regardless of whether or not it contains other
substances in concentrations differing appreciably from those found
in municipal sewage. The Township reserves the right to add to the
stated pollutants and modify the pollutant concentration as necessary
to maintain the operating efficiency of the sewerage systems to which
the abnormal wastes are being discharged. The Township shall implement
a surcharge for all abnormal wastes based on the annual cost to collect,
transport and treat abnormal wastes.
[Amended 2-12-2013]
Any real estate abutting on or adjoining or having access
to any street, alley or right-of-way in which a sewer is located which
ultimately connects to the public sanitary sewage system.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter in sewage or industrial waste under standard laboratory
procedure in five days at 20° C. (under aerobic conditions), expressed
in milligrams per liter 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 and Wastewater.
The Borough of Girard, specifically relating to its Sewer
Ordinance No. 517 and/or the Borough of Lake City.
[Added 2-12-2013[1]]
A sewer that was designed and approved by the Township and
commonwealth to carry stormwater, groundwater, sanitary sewage and
industrial wastes. The Township does not allow the use of combined
sewers in the Township.
[Added 2-12-2013]
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, its governmental agencies,
otherwise known as "the state."
[Added 2-12-2013]
The physical connection between the lines of an owner of
property and the lateral or sewer at the public easement or right-of-way
line.
[Added 2-12-2013]
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
Any liquid, gaseous or water-borne wastes from industrial
processes or commercial establishments, as distinct from sanitary
sewage.
The Township authorized representative responsible for the
review of all construction related to connections made to the public
sewer.
[2]The pipe-conduit between the public sewer and the right-of-way
or easement line. This section of the lateral shall be part of the
public sewer.
[3]Any structure erected and intended for continuous or periodic
habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which
structure sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, or either thereof,
are or may be discharged.
The owner of the real estate to which a public sewer connection
is made or for which a permit is applied for.
Includes natural persons, partnerships, associations and
corporations, public or private.
The logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the hydrogen
ion concentration, expressed in moles per liter. It shall be determined
by one of the acceptable methods described in the latest edition of
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published
jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water
Works Association and the Water Environment Federation.
[4]As defined in § 157-8 and shall not be discharged to the Township's sewerage system unless otherwise approved by the Township and Borough.
[5]The pipe-conduit that transports sewage, industrial wastes,
stormwater or groundwater from a building connecting to the appropriate
lateral line of the public sewer at the right-of-way or easement line,
otherwise known as the "building sewer." This private lateral shall
be owned, operated and maintained by the property owner and not the
Township.
[6]A sewer not owned, operated or maintained by the Township.
[7]The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce that have
been shredded to such 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.
A gravity flow or pressure flow pipe or conduit used for
collecting and transporting sewage or industrial wastes (hereinafter
also referred to as a "public sanitary sewer"), stormwater, groundwater
that is owned, operated and maintained by the Township.
[8]The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions, industrial and commercial
establishments, exclusive of stormwater runoff, surface water or groundwater.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwaters are not admitted.
[9]A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions, industrial and commercial establishments,
excluding groundwater, surface water or stormwater.
[10]A pipe or conduit designed for carrying liquid flows, such
as sanitary sewers, storm sewers or combined sewers.
[11]The person designated by the Township to issue sewer permits
and enforce sewer regulations.
Referring to the actual collection, transport and pumping
systems and treatment plant of the Township and Boroughs.
[12]A permit issued by the Township allowing the connection and/or
discharge of sewage, stormwater, groundwater or industrial wastes
to a permitted public sewer system.
[13]All sanitary sewers, all pumping stations, all force mains,
all sewage treatment works and all other sewerage facilities owned
or leased and operated by the Township for the collection, transportation
and treatment of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, together with
their appurtenances and any additions or improvements thereto. It
shall also include sewers within the Township's service area which
serve one or more persons and discharge into the public sanitary sewerage
system even though those sewers may not have been constructed by the
Township and are not owned or maintained by the Township. It does
not include separate storm sewers or culverts which may have been
constructed for the sole purpose of carrying storm and surface runoff,
the discharge from which is not and does not become tributary to the
sewage treatment facilities.
[14]A sewer which is intended to carry stormwater runoff, surface
waters, groundwater, drainage, etc., but which is not intended to
carry any sanitary sewage or polluted industrial waste. No sanitary
sewage or industrial waste is to be discharged to a storm sewer without
direct approval of the Township and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[15]That portion of the rainfall which reaches a channel, trench,
storm sewer or sink.
[16]The elected officials of the Girard Township Board of Supervisors.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage, industrial waste or other liquids and which are
removable by laboratory filtration. The quantity of suspended solids
shall be determined by one of the acceptable methods described in
the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater, cited above.
The Township of Girard and its ordinances.
[17]Any water or waste containing none of the following: free
or emulsified grease or oil; pH less than 6.0 or greater than 9.0;
phenols or other substances imparting taste and odor to receiving
waters; toxic or poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state
or solution; obnoxious gases. It shall contain not more than 750 milligrams
per liter by weight of dissolved solids, of which not more than 250
milligrams per liter shall be as chloride and not more than 10 milligrams
per liter each of suspended solids and BOD. The color shall not exceed
five color units. Analyses for any of the above-mentioned substances
shall be made in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, cited above.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed the former definition
of "branch sewer," which immediately followed this definition.
All owners of any property on which a building now or hereafter is erected, having potable water service, whether private or public or one which produces sewage or industrial wastes, as defined herein, which abuts or adjoins any highway, street, right-of-way or easement in the Township on which a public sewer is located, shall connect, at their own expense, the property with such sewer in such manner and within such time as the Township may require and as prescribed in Chapter 174, Subdivision and Land Development, of the Code of the Township of Girard.
A.Â
Application for permits to connect to the public sanitary
sewer system shall be made by the owner of the property to be served
or his property authorized agent to the Sewer Administrator. Application
shall be upon such form as is designated by the Township.
B.Â
All information required on said form shall be furnished
by the applicant, including the character and use of each structure
located upon the property to be sewered.
C.Â
Any tap connection and/or inspection fees required
by the sewer rate resolution shall be paid at the time of making application
for the sewer connection permit.
D.Â
No work shall commence prior to the payment of the
tap connection and inspection fee and issuance of the connection permit.
E.Â
Unless written permission is obtained from the Board
of Supervisors, separate connections and separate tap connection and
inspection fees will be required for each individual occupied building,
whether constructed as a detached unit or as one of a pair or row,
but a single connection with payment of the tapping fees for the appropriate
number of actual units served will be permitted to serve a school,
factory, commercial building, apartment house or other permanent multiple-unit
structure whose individual apartments or units may not normally be
subject to separate ownership.
F.Â
Connections to sanitary sewers shall be completed
within 90 calendar days after issuance of the approved permit. In
the event that the connection is not completed within the required
time, the applicant must file an application for a new permit and
pay all costs associated therewith, including a second connection
fee as defined in the current sewer rate resolution. Previously paid
fees will be forfeited unless waived by the Board of Supervisors.
H.Â
The designated Sewer Administrator shall be given
at least 72 hours' notice of the time when such connection shall be
made in order that an inspection can be made to approve the work of
connection. The inspector shall signify his approval of the connection
by endorsing his name and the date of approval on the aforementioned
connection permit in the possession of the permittee.[2]
I.Â
At the time of inspection of the connection, the owner
or owners of properties shall permit the inspector full and complete
access to all sanitary and drainage arrangements and facilities in
each building and in and about all parts of the property. No building
sewer line shall be covered over or in any manner concealed until
after it is inspected and approved by the inspector. It is the intention
of these rules and regulations that the entire connection be inspected
at one time; however, if the property owner feels that special conditions
warrant more than one inspection, he may request the same, subject
to such additional inspection fees as the Township shall determine.
J.Â
All construction materials and methods must comply
with the requirements of this chapter.
K.Â
Installation, maintenance and repair of all building
sewers shall be the responsibility of the property owner.
L.Â
Whenever any excavating is to be performed within
the limits of any state highway right-of-way, the permittee shall
also obtain a highway occupancy permit from the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation.
M.Â
All permits must be returned to the Township's Sewer
Administration office signed by the contractor installing the sewer.[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Original § 91-5 of the 1987 Code, Connection materials, and § 91-6, Installation, which immediately followed this subsection, were repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A.Â
All work must be done by a competent plumber or technician
hired by the owner, whose qualifications have been approved by the
Township.
B.Â
Notice of completion of construction of any branch
sewer shall be given to the Sewer Administrator immediately upon completion
of said construction.
A.Â
Prior to submittal of any proposed development, the
developer shall arrange for a preliminary meeting with the Township.
It is the intention of this meeting for the developer to become aware
of the procedure for processing and the requirements of the Township
for a development.
B.Â
Four copies of plans and profiles for proposed extensions
shall be submitted to the Township 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 arrow, a suitable title block, date
and the name of the professional engineer responsible for the design
and the imprint of his registration seal.
C.Â
All sewers shall be designed in accordance with the
Sewerage Manual of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection,
such other agencies as may have jurisdiction and this chapter.
D.Â
Construction of sewers will not be permitted until
the proper state permits have been obtained.
E.Â
Prior to final acceptance of any sewer extensions
by the Township, it will be necessary for the developer to furnish
to the Township as-built plans showing the bearing 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.
F.Â
Easements shall be recorded in the name of the Township
for all sewers to be constructed outside of dedicated street rights-of-way.
Minimum easement width shall be 20 feet unless otherwise approved
by the Township.[1]
G.Â
All construction materials and methods must comply
with these regulations.
H.Â
The developer shall also pay in advance to the Township
in full for all estimated costs of inspection of construction of all
sanitary sewers. Such payment shall include all fees and charges required
by the Borough of Girard for those sewers in the Township which discharge
ultimately into the sewerage system of the Borough of Girard.
I.Â
The Township may, at its option, designate certain
charges to be paid by the developer for engineering and/or legal services
required of the Township for the proper completion of any proposed
development which includes sewer extensions. Such fees, if charged,
shall be designated in writing or established by proper resolution
prior to the approval of a plan of development.
J.Â
No sewer extensions constructed by a developer will
be approved for use and acceptance by the Township until said sewers
are formally approved by the Township and all inspection and other
fees have been paid and the Township has been reimbursed in full for
all costs incurred during construction for inspection, testing and
approval.
A.Â
All persons connecting to the public sanitary sewer
system shall provide adequate means for excluding stormwater runoff
at their own expense, and the discharge of stormwater runoff to public
sanitary sewers is prohibited.
B.Â
No person connecting to a public sanitary sewer shall
connect any roof drain or foundation drain thereto or permit any such
drains to remain connected thereto, nor shall be permit, allow or
cause to enter into any public sanitary sewer any springwater or surface
water from any other source.
C.Â
No person shall connect a cellar floor drain into
the public sanitary sewer unless and until he proves to the satisfaction
of the authority that such drain receives nothing more than laundry
water, other approved sanitary sewage or such water as is necessarily
used to keep his cellar clean.
D.Â
No groundwater seepage, French drains, downspouts,
surface drains, foundation drains or other drainage of stormwater
or groundwater shall be permitted to enter the sewer system.
E.Â
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or other similar
receptacle shall at any time now or hereafter be connected with the
sewer system, nor shall any privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or
other similar receptacle hereafter be maintained upon any premises
from which connection with the sewer system shall have been made.
Every such privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or other similar receptacle
shall, within 30 days after connection with a public sanitary sewer,
be abandoned, cleansed and filled under the direction and supervision
of the Township. Any such privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or other
similar receptacle not abandoned, cleansed and filled as required
by this section shall constitute a nuisance and such nuisance may
be abated by order of the Supervisors as provided by law, at the expense
of the owner of such property.
A.Â
The discharge of excessive amounts of unpolluted water
or waste to a sanitary sewer is expressly prohibited. However, such
discharges to storm sewers will be permitted wherever such sewers
are of adequate capacity. The Township reserves the right to define
the amount it deems excessive for any particular sewer.
B.Â
The discharge of garbage to the public sanitary sewer
system is expressly prohibited unless the garbage is first properly
shredded, and the use of garbage grinders is restricted to single-family
residences or their equivalent in number of persons housed. Grinders
are specifically prohibited in hotels, restaurants, clubs, dormitories,
boardinghouses of more than seven rooms, apartment houses except where
installed in individual apartments and in retail or wholesale food
stores or any similar establishments where food is processed or prepared
for group feedings larger than single-family units.
C.Â
No sanitary sewage or industrial waste from any property
other than that for which a permit has been issued as provided in
this chapter shall be discharged to the public sanitary sewer system.
D.Â
No person shall discharge to the public sanitary sewer
system any sanitary sewage or industrial wastes having any of the
following characteristics:
(1)Â
Wastes containing liquids, solids or gases which by
reason of their nature or quality may cause fire, explosions or be
in any other way injurious to persons, the structures of the public
sanitary sewer system or its operation.
(2)Â
Wastes having temperatures in excess of 150° F.
or less than 32° F.
(3)Â
Wastes having a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0
or having any corrosive properties capable of causing damage or hazards
to structures, equipment or personnel of the public sanitary sewer
system. Where the Township deems it advisable, it may require any
person discharging industrial wastes to install and maintain, at his
own expense, in a manner approved by the Township or its designated
representative, a suitable device to continuously measure and record
the pH of the wastes so discharged.
(4)Â
Wastes containing insoluble, nonflocculent substances
having a specific gravity in excess of 2.65.
(5)Â
Wastes containing soluble substances in such concentration
as to cause the specific gravity of the waste to be greater than 1.1.
(6)Â
Wastes containing any of the following substances
in solution or in suspension in concentrations exceeding those shown
in the following table:
Substance
|
Maximum Permissible Concentration
(milligrams per liter)
| |
---|---|---|
Phenolic compounds as C5H6OH
|
1.0
| |
Cyanides as CN
|
0.00
| |
Cyanates as CNO
|
0.00
| |
Iron as Fe
|
0.3
| |
Trivalent chromium as Cr plus hexavalent chromium
as Cr
|
0.5
| |
Nickel as Ni
|
1.00
| |
Copper as Cu
|
0.03
| |
Lead as Pb
|
0.5
| |
Zinc as Zn
|
0.15
| |
Manganese as Mn
|
0.05
|
(7)Â
Wastes containing more than 90 milligrams per liter
by weight of fat, oil or grease.
(8)Â
Wastes containing more than 10 milligrams per liter
of any of the following gases: hydrogen sulfide, sulfurdioxide, nitrous
oxide or any of the halogens.
(9)Â
Wastes containing gases or vapors, either free or
occluded, in concentrations toxic or dangerous to humans or animals.
(11)Â
Wastes containing radioactive materials without a
special permit.
(12)Â
Wastes containing any noxious or malodorous gas or
substance which, either singly or by interaction with sewage or other
wastes, is, in the opinion of the Township, likely to create a public
nuisance or hazard to life or prevent entry to sewerage structures
for their maintenance and repair.
(13)Â
Wastes containing ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw,
shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, hair,
chemical or paint residues, greases, lime slurry or viscose materials
of such character or in such quantity that, in the opinion of the
Township, they may cause an obstruction to the flow in the sewers
or otherwise interfere with the proper operations of the public sanitary
sewer system. Attention is called to the fact that the maximum permissible
concentration will vary throughout the public sanitary sewer system,
depending upon the size of the particular sewer receiving the same
and the flows therein.
E.Â
The Township or its agent or employees shall have
the right at any time to make an inspection to satisfy itself that
any branch sewer system receives sewage or industrial wastes which
are proper, under Township resolutions, rules and regulations, to
be disposed of through the Township sewer system.[2]
A.Â
The economy and desirability of the combined treatment
of industrial wastes and sanitary sewage is recognized. In general,
any and all industrial wastes may be discharged to the public sanitary
sewer system except those which are deemed harmful to the system or
are specifically prohibited by this chapter. It is also recognized,
however, that the treatment of abnormal wastes may add to operating
costs and maintenance expense of the public sanitary sewer system.
Such added cost must be borne by the person or persons receiving the
benefit of such treatment.[1]
B.Â
The Township reserves the right to refuse connection
to the public sanitary sewer system for objectionable industrial wastes
or to require pretreatment and/or equalization of flow thereof in
order to prevent harmful or adverse effects upon the system. The design,
construction and operation of such pretreatment and/or flow equalization
facilities shall be made at the sole expense of the person discharging
said wastes and shall be subject to the approval of the Township or
its designated representative.
C.Â
Generally, industrial waste shall be considered harmful
to the public sanitary sewer system if it may cause any of the following
damaging effects:
(1)Â
Chemical reaction, either directly or indirectly,
with the materials of construction of the public sanitary sewer system
in such a manner as to impair the strength or durability of any sewerage
structures.
(2)Â
Mechanical action that will damage any sewerage structures.
(3)Â
Restriction of the hydraulic capacity of any sewerage
structure.
(4)Â
Restriction of the normal ability to inspect or maintain
any sewerage structures.
(5)Â
Danger to public health and safety.
(6)Â
Obnoxious conditions inimical to the public interest.
D.Â
When required by the Township, any person discharging
to the public sanitary sewer system any industrial wastes or industrial
wastes and sanitary sewage together shall install a suitable manhole
or manholes or metering chamber on his connecting sewer or sewers
to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the flow of
wastes from his premises. Such manhole or manholes or metering chamber
shall be accessible and safely located and shall be constructed in
accordance with plans approved by the Township or its designated representative.
The manhole, manholes or metering chamber shall be installed by such
person at his own expense and shall be maintained by him so as to
be safe and accessible to the Township or its designated representative
at all times. The construction and maintenance of such manhole or
metering chamber shall be mandatory for the producers of abnormal
industrial wastes, and, if deemed necessary by the Township, flows
from such manhole or metering chamber shall be continuously monitored,
transmitted and recorded by means of an approved receiving device
to be located at the treatment plant or such other location as shall
be designated.
A.Â
There is imposed upon the owners of, or the users
of water in or on, all properties served by the public sanitary sewer
system, sewage collection, transportation and treatment charges for
the use of said system, payable in the amounts and as provided in
the sewer rate resolution and as it is hereinafter from time to time
adopted, amended and modified by the Board of Supervisors. Said owners
and users will be jointly and severally liable for the payment of
said sewage collection, transportation and treatment charges and the
penalties therein prescribed for delinquent payments thereof.
B.Â
All bills for sewage collection, transportation and
treatment charges shall be due when rendered and shall be subject
to the penalty provisions set forth in this chapter. Owners and, where
adequate arrangements have been made with the Township, users will
be billed periodically for the sewage collection, transportation and
treatment charges in accordance with billing practices of the Township.
C.Â
Bills notices and relating to the sewage collection,
transportation and treatment charges and surcharges will be mailed
or delivered to the property owner's last address or, where proper
arrangements have been made with the Sewer Administrator, to the user's
last address, as shown on the billing books of the Township.
D.Â
The Township's sewage collection, transportation and
treatment charges may be based upon water usage or on a flat rate
basis or on such other basis as the Supervisors shall designate from
time to time by resolution. When water usage is used as the basis
for said charges or for surcharges, the volume of water to be used
for billing purposes shall be based upon water meter readings or upon
estimates made by the Township if no meter readings are available.
E.Â
When water usage is used as the basis of charges,
then if any owner or user obtains part of all of the water used in
or on a property from sources other than the portion that is metered,
such owner or user shall be charged on the flat rate basis in accordance
with the Township's sewer rate resolution.
F.Â
If it is established to the satisfaction of the Township
that a portion of the water used in or on any property served by the
public sanitary sewer system does not and cannot enter said system
and in the event that the total water used in or on said property
exceeds 50,000 gallons per quarter, the Township may determine, in
such manner and by such method as it may deem practical, the percentage
of the water entering the public sanitary sewer system or the Township
may require or permit the installation of additional meters in such
manner as to determine either the quantity of water excluded from
the public sanitary sewer system or the quantity of water, sewage
or industrial waste actually entering the public sanitary sewer system.
In such case, the sewage collection, transportation and treatment
charge shall be based upon the quantity of water estimated, measured
or computed by the Township to be actually entering the public sanitary
sewer system.
G.Â
Any person requesting consideration for a reduction
of the amount of the sewage collection, transportation and treatment
charges because of water not entering the public sanitary sewer system
shall make written application to the Township for such consideration,
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 public sanitary
sewer system. 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 public
sanitary sewer system. The cost of furnishing, installing and maintaining
any meters other than those utilized to measure water purchased shall
be borne by the applicant. The type, size, location, arrangement and
maintenance of such meters shall be subject to the approval of the
Township.
A.Â
Although the sewage treatment works will be capable
of treating certain abnormal wastes as heretofore defined, the actual
treatment of such wastes may increase the cost of operating and maintaining
the public sanitary sewer system. Therefore, there may be imposed
upon each person discharging such abnormal waste into the public sanitary
sewer system a surcharge or surcharges which are intended to cover
such additional cost. Such surcharges shall be in addition to the
regular sewage collection, transportation and the treatment charges
set forth in the sewer rate resolution of the Township and shall be
payable as therein provided.
B.Â
The strength of any abnormal waste, the discharge
of which is to be subject to surcharge, shall be determined monthly,
or more frequently as the Township shall determine, from samples taken
either at the manhole or metering chamber or at any other sampling
point mutually agreed upon by the Township and the producer of such
waste. The frequency and duration of the sampling period shall be
such as, in the opinion of the Township, will permit a reasonably
reliable determination of the average composition of such waste. Samples
shall be collected or their collection supervised by a representative
of the Township and shall be in proportion to the flow of waste, exclusive
of stormwater runoff, and composited for analysis in accordance with
the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater, as hereinbefore cited. Except as hereinafter provided,
the strength of the waste so found by analysis shall be used for establishing
the surcharge or surcharges. However, the Township 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.Â
BOD surcharge rate.
(1)Â
In the event that any abnormal waste is found by the
Township to have a BOD in excess of 300 milligrams per liter, the
producer of said waste may be surcharged an amount equal to the product
of the actual volume of wastes in thousand gallons per billing period,
exclusive of stormwater runoff, discharged to the public sanitary
sewer system and the BOD surcharge rate. The BOD surcharge rate shall
be determined by the following formula:
BOD surcharge rate = 0.00834 x P(C-300)
| ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Where the BOD surcharge rate is expressed in
cents per 1,000 gallons of waste discharged, and
| ||||
Where
| ||||
P
|
=
|
The average annual fixed operating and maintenance
cost of secondary treatment processess per pound of BOD received at
the treatment works.
| ||
C
|
=
|
The average BOD of the industrial waste expressed
in milligrams per liter as determined in accordance with this chapter.
|
(2)Â
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 milligrams per liter to pounds per 1,000
gallons.
D.Â
Suspended solids surcharge rate.
(1)Â
In the event that any abnormal waste is found by the
Township to have an average suspended solids concentration in excess
of 350 milligrams per liter, the producer of such waste shall be surcharged
an amount equal to the product of the actual volume of wastes in thousand
gallons per billing period, exclusive of stormwater runoff, discharged
to the public sanitary sewer system and the suspended solids surcharge
rate. The suspended solids surcharge rate shall be determined by the
following formula:
Suspended solids surcharge rate = 0.00834 x
B(S-350)
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Where the suspended solids surcharge rate is
expressed in cents per 1,000 gallons of waste discharged; and
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Where
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B
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=
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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 treatment works.
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S
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=
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The average suspended solids concentration of
the abnormal industrial waste expressed in milligrams per liter as
determined in accordance with this chapter.
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The figure 350 appearing in the above formula corresponds
to the maximum suspended solids concentration permissible without
surcharge. The figure 0.00834 is the factor to convert milligrams
per liter to pounds per 1,000 gallons.
E.Â
No discount will be permitted for sewage or abnormal
wastes having a BOD less than 300 milligrams per liter or for a suspended
solids concentration less than 350 milligrams per liter.
F.Â
Where surcharges are imposed by the Boroughs for wastes
which are transported by the Township sewer system into the Borough
sewer system, the Township may impose such charges directly on users
as though they were surcharges for wastes entering the Township sewage
treatment facilities. In such cases, the Township may add billing,
administrative and engineering costs, not to exceed 5% of the surcharge
amount, if deemed necessary by the Township to pay for costs incurred.
G.Â
The Township reserves the right to add additional
surcharge fees based on pollutants that may cause harm or additional
operational costs to the public sewer system and the Borough's sewerage
system.
H.Â
The surcharges provided for in this section shall
be added to the sewage collection, transportation and treatment charges
imposed by the Township under the sewer rate resolution.
[Amended 5-14-1985 by Ord. No. 65]
The net amount of the quarterly sewer bill is payable by the 10th day of the month following receipt of the bill. If the net bill is not paid within five days of the due date, a surcharge of 10% will be added to the bill. If said bill is not paid within an additional five days, the Township may initiate collection procedures and may add to the bill all costs incurred by the Township in collecting the bill as set forth in § 157-13 of this chapter. Should a bill remain delinquent for a period of 20 days after the due date, the Township may discontinue service.
[Added 2-15-1984 by Ord. No. 45-A; amended 5-14-1985 by Ord. No.
65]
All sewer rental fees which are delinquent in
excess of five days shall be subject to the following charges:
A.Â
The cost of preparation of all notices required by
statute or ordinance in an amount not to exceed $5.
B.Â
The actual cost of service of all required notices.
C.Â
Attorneys' fees for collection of any delinquent sewer
account in an amount not to exceed $100.
D.Â
All court costs incurred in the collection of any
delinquent sewer rental fee.
[Added 2-15-1985 by Ord. No. 45-A; amended 5-14-1985 by Ord. No. 65]
Whenever any notice must be served personally,
said notice may be served by any adult, including but not limited
to a constable. The actual cost of the service shall be included as
a charge on the sewer rental bill.
[Added 5-14-1985 by Ord. No. 65]
The Township may require a security deposit
of $45 as a condition of continued service in the following cases:
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought
before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of
Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default
of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that
such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute
a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense.