SECTION 98-2 [SEWER CONSTRUCTION AND SERVICE]
The construction, operation and maintenance of all sanitary sewer lines under the County’s jurisdiction is the responsibility of the Clayton County Water Authority. All existing and future sanitary sewer lines laid in the County and all areas served by the sanitary sewer lines are within the jurisdiction of CCWA except those areas within the corporate limits of municipalities unless arranged by prior agreement or ordinance. The Manager supervises all resources of CCWA to effectively carry out the responsibilities of constructing, operating and maintaining the sanitary sewer system.
CCWA shall be expressly authorized and empowered to contract for a period not exceeding fifty (50) years with any public agency, public corporation, city, town, county or authority, and they with CCWA, for water, sewer or other activities and transactions as such subdivisions are by law authorized and any and all contracts concerning water and sewage heretofore so entered into by CCWA are expressly ratified and approved. That contract may be extended for an additional period if changes in the law occur during the contract running period. This authorization shall be cumulative of all other powers authorized and delegated to CCWA and other governmental subdivisions, cities, towns and counties by other laws of whatever kind and nature; and this enactment shall not limit or restrict such power or authority in any way.
- Septic tanks shall be constructed, repaired, altered, enlarged and maintained in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the Health Officer. Septic tanks shall be maintained in sanitary working order.
- No person shall construct, repair, alter, or enlarge any septic tank unless he shall hold a valid permit for such work issued by the Health Officer. The Health Officer may withhold the issuance of such a permit pending an inspection and approval by the Health Officer of the site and location of the proposed work. Before any septic tank or any part thereof may be covered after it has been constructed, repaired, altered, or enlarged, it shall be inspected and approved by the Health Officer.
- The type, capacities, location, and layout of a private wastewater disposal system shall comply with all the recommendations of the Georgia Department of Human Resources. No permit shall be issued for any private wastewater disposal system employing subsurface soil adsorption facilities where the area of the lot is less than 22,000 square feet. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.
- No septic tank or other subsurface disposal facility shall be installed where a public sewer is accessible to the premises involved, nor in any place where the Health Officer deems the use of same to be a menace to human health or well being.
- At such time as a public sewer becomes available within 200 feet of the property served by a private wastewater disposal system, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer within thirty (30) days after notice. Any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private wastewater disposal facilities shall then be cleaned of sludge and filled with suitable material.
- It shall be unlawful to empty, dump, throw or otherwise discharge, into any manhole, catch basin or other opening, into the CCWA wastewater system, or any system connected with and discharging into the sewer system, the contents of any septic tank, sludge, sewage or other similar matter or material, except as provided in Section 98-7 (D) (1) of this ordinance.
- Premises with private wastewater disposal systems that do not function in a sanitary manner shall be corrected within thirty (30) days from the receipt of written notification from the Health Officer.
- No statement contained in this section shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health Officer.
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