Beacon now requires proof of termination
The Beacon City Council on Monday (June 3) adopted a law that requires anyone found with an illegal connection to the city’s sanitary sewer system, such as through stormwater drains or downspouts, to provide documentation that the connection has been permanently terminated.
Illegal connections must be closed because Beacon’s wastewater treatment plant, which is designed to take in 6 million gallons per day, has been inundated at times during heavy rains with more than 18 million gallons, which “impairs the biological systems that break down our sludge,” City Administrator Chris White explained.
The council also approved a resolution allowing the Building Department to impose a $100 quarterly fee for illegal sanitary sewer connections that are not “reasonably practical or possible” to terminate.
