(A) No property owner shall operate and maintain an individual or community sanitary sewage disposal system in such a manner that it malfunctions. No system shall discharge untreated or partially treated sanitary sewage to the surface of the ground or into the waters of the Commonwealth (as defined in § 51.02).
(B) All property owners with gray water discharges to the ground surface shall correct such discharges and route the gray water to the sanitary sewer disposal system. All rerouting and connections of gray water discharge to the sanitary sewage disposal system shall be in accordance with requirements of BCHD. Gray water discharges are a violation of the 25 Pa.Code § 73.11, Environmental Protection, and may also be a violation of 35 P.S. §§ 691.202 and 691.207 of the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, if the discharge is to any waters of the Commonwealth (as defined herein). All violations shall be referred to BCHD.
(C) (1) Only normal domestic wastes shall be discharged into any on-lot sewage disposal system.
(2) The following shall not be discharged into the system:
(a) Industrial waste;
(b) Automobile oil and other non-domestic oil;
(c) Toxic or hazardous substances or chemicals, including, but not limited to, pesticides, disinfectants (excluding household cleaners), acids, paints, paint thinners, herbicides, gasoline and other solvents; and
(d) Clean surface or groundwater, including water from roof or cellar drains, springs, basement sump pumps and french drains.
(Ord. 167, passed 8-27-2013) Penalty, see § 51.99