1. This Part sets forth uniform requirements for direct and indirect contributors, (hereinafter called “user”), into the wastewater collection and treatment system of the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Dauphin.
2. The objectives of this Part are:
A. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the wastewater system which will interfere with the operation of the system or contaminate the resulting sludge or otherwise be incompatible to the system.
B. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the wastewater system which will pass through the treatment system, inadequately treated, into receiving water or the atmosphere.
C. To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewaters and sludges from the system.
D. To provide for equitable distribution of the cost of the wastewater system operation and maintenance.
E. To require that every owner of property, which is accessible to the sewer system shall connect such property to the sewer system before generating sanitary sewage for the first time.
F. To prohibit the operation, maintenance or use of a privy cesspool, vault, septic tank, or similar receptacle for sanitary sewage upon any property, which is accessible to the sewer system.
3. This Part provides for the regulation of users of the wastewater system through the execution of agreements and the issuance of permits to certain non- domestic users and through enforcement of general requirements for domestic and other users, authorizes monitoring and enforcement activities, requires user reporting, assumes that existing customers’ capacity will not be preempted, and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein.
(Ord. 91-4, 10/8/1991, §1.01)