Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart A - Preliminary Provisions
Article I - Administrative Provisions
Chapter 9 - ENVIRONMENTAL MASTER PLAN
Subchapter B - POLICIES FOR CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOR PRIME FARMLANDS
Section 9.115 - Wastewater renovation

(a) In the metropolitan areas of the Commonwealth, large quantities of wastewater are generated which require expensive treatment and add pollutants to nearby streams. The national no-discharge goal of the Federal Water Pollution Act (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1251-1376), is placing increased burdens on municipalities to seek other wastewater treatment alternatives. In many portions of the Commonwealth, extensive prime farmlands exist in close proximity to urban areas providing the potential for the land application of wastewater. This use of the land can serve to protect these lands and also renovate wastewater, enhance agricultural production, and recharge groundwater tables.

(b) It shall be the environmental policy of the Commonwealth to encourage wastewater renovation practices which utilize the natural filtration capabilities and enhance the productive potential of the prime farmlands of the Commonwealth.