Wednesday, April 29, 2015

04-29-2015 ECWSA RESOLUTION 2015-3A - REVISION TO STORMWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM RESOLUTION 2015-3


FEE RESOLUTION
NO. 2015- 3A
OF THE EVANS CITY WATER
AND SEWER AUTHORITY



A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF THE EVANS CITY WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY, BUTLER COUNTY, PA ESTABLISHING THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY CANNOT OCCUR WITHOUT SUFFICIENT PROOF OF COMPLIANCE THAT STORMWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS ARE NOT EMPTYING INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM.



            WHEREAS, the Evans City Water and Sewer Authority ("ECWSA") has responsibility for treating the waste water in its sewer system; and
            WHEREAS, the ECWSA does not want to increase its labor and costs by treating stormwater that has entered the sewer system; and
            WHEREAS,   the ECWSA has chosen to revise the testing and fee options that were previously established in Fee Resolution No. 2015-3.
            NOW THEREFORE, let it be resolved and enacted that residences and businesses that are served by the ECWSA are not permitted to connect any stormwater collection systems to the sewer system or otherwise allow stormwater from their property to enter the sewer system; and let it be further
            RESOLVED, that prior to the sale of improved property owned by any residents or businesses served by the ECWSA, the seller must either 1) receive confirmation by an authorized representative of the ECWSA that no stormwater is connected to or entering the sewer system or 2) must have entered into an escrow agreement, approved by the ECWSA, in which the necessary remedial work to comply with this resolution is described by a licensed or approved plumber and security is deposited in an escrow account to guarantee that the work is performed; and let it be further



            RESOLVED, that the ECWSA has the right to inspect and, if deemed necessary by the ECWSA, to perform a dye test, to determine if stormwater is entering the sewer system at an improved property that is scheduled for sale and that the seller shall be charged $200.00 for an inspection and, if necessary, dye test (unless otherwise agreed to by the ECWSA):

            RESOLVED AND ENACTED this 29th day of April, 2015.