Current through September 9, 2024
(a) All
non-discharging sewage disposal systems shall be designed, installed and
operated in accordance with the Technical Standards and the requirements of
this section, unless an exception is granted by the Commissioner upon a
determination that system shall provide for the proper and complete disposal
and treatment of toilet wastes or gray water.
(b)
Composting toilets.
(1) The local director of health may approve
the use of a large capacity composting toilet or a heat-assisted composting
toilet for replacing an existing privy or failing subsurface sewage disposal
system, or for any single-family residential building where application is made
by the owner and occupant, and the lot on which the building will be located is
tested by the local director of health and found suitable for a subsurface
sewage disposal system meeting all the requirements of Section
19-13-B103d
of these regulations.
(2) All
wastes removed from composting toilets shall be disposed of by burial or other
methods approved by the local director of health.
(c)
Incineration toilets. The
local director of health may approve the use of incineration toilets for
non-residential buildings or for existing single-family residential dwelings
for the purpose of abating existing sewage problems or replacing the existing
non-water carriage toilets.
(d)
Chemical flush toilets and chemical privies.
(1) The local director of health may approve
chemical flush toilets or chemical privies for nonresidential use where they
are located outside of buildings used for human habitation. Chemical flush
toilets or chemical privies located inside human habitations shall be approved
by the Commissioner of Health Services and the local director of
health.
(2) Liquid waste from
chemical flush toilets or chemical privies shall be disposed of in a location
and manner approved by the local director of health. Such liquid shall not be
disposed of on a public water supply watershed or within five hundred feet of
any water supply well unless approved by the Commissioner of Health
Services.
(e)
Dry
Vault Privies.
(1) The local director
of health may approve dry vault privies for nonresidential use where they are
located outside of buildings used as human habitation.
(2) Wastes removed from dry privy vaults
shall be disposed of by burial or other methods approved by the local director
of health.
