Section Env-Wq 1203.02 - Required Connection to Public Sewers; Discontinuance of Other Systems(a) Pursuant to RSA 147, RSA 485-A, and any other relevant statutory authority, the owner of any improved property that is not connected to a public sewer but to which any public sewer is available shall connect such improved property within the time outlined in law or the community's ordinances, as applicable, unless a waiver is granted by the community pursuant to RSA 147:8.(b) Connection to the public sewer shall be for the purpose of discharging all sewage, commercial discharges, and industrial discharges from improved property into the sewage collection system, subject to limitations and restrictions as established in these rules, by the community, or Env-Wq 700.(c) Each property owner connecting to the public sewer shall, within the same time limit, cease and desist from all further discharge of sewage, commercial discharges, and industrial discharges into any other conduit or pre-existing system, whether privately or publicly owned.(d) As specified in RSA 147:8, a public sewer shall be deemed available to improved property if such improved property is within 100 feet of the public sewer, measured from the closest part of any structure that contains plumbing on the improved property along or across the shortest available alignment to the center line of the sewage collection system, unless a greater distance as has been specified by community code or ordinance as authorized by RSA 485-A:45, V.(e) Subject to (f) and (g), below, no privy, vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank, or similar receptacle shall be used or maintained at any time upon any improved property that has been connected to a public sewer or that is required by (a), above, to be connected to a public sewer.(f) In the case where a building drain connected to a septic tank on any improved property is at an elevation that is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, the septic tank or similar receptacle may be used and shall be retrofitted with a submersible sewage pump.(g) If the retrofit of a septic tank or similar receptacle is allowed by (f), above, the receptacle shall conform to:(1) The requirements of the community's building and plumbing codes, or other applicable rules, regulations, and ordinances of the community; and(2) The applicable requirements of this chapter and Env-Wq 700.(h) Receptacles prohibited by (e), above, shall be abandoned and filled with non-liquid material that will prevent any further use of the receptacle, such as sand, gravel, or concrete.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Wq 1203.02
#8235, eff 12-22-04 (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Wq 1200) (formerly Env-Ws 1203.02 ); ss by #9798-A, eff 10-9-10 (from Env-Wq 1203.01)
Amended by Volume XXXIX Number 16, Filed April 18, 2019, Proposed by #12739, Effective 3/19/2019, Expires 3/19/2029.