ISDS 



Appendix 2.1 



Town of Dartmouth. Massachusetts Regularions Governing Installation and Maintenance of 

 Sewage Disposal Systems 



1. The Board of Health of the Town of Dartmouth, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 

 acting under the authority of Chapter 111, Section 3 1 of the General Laws and amendments 

 and additions thereto, and by any other power thereto, enabling and acting thereunder in 

 accordance therewith, have, in the the interest of and for the preservation of the public 

 health, duly rescind ail previous Rules and Regulations pertaining to the construction of a 

 disposal system adopted by the Board of Health, Town of Dartmouth, and have duly made 

 and adopted the following Rules and Regulations pertaining to the construction or 

 installation of local sewage disposal works. 



2. The owner or other person or persons having control of any existing building or 

 buildings hereafter converted into one or more stores or places of business, and in which 

 one or more persons are employed, shall provide sufficient toilet facilities, and wherever a 

 public sewer is accessible, shall, in a clean manner and within a reasonable period of time 

 cause such stores or places of business to be connected with such public sewer. 



3. When the water supply is to be from a private well, its production and purity must be 

 tested and approved before a disposal works construction permit will be issued by this 

 Board. 



4. If the well is to be dug before the location of the house and/or the location of the septic 

 system are determined, a plan must be submitted for approval showing the following: well 

 location, contour lines, location of neighbors' wells and septic systems, elevation, any 

 ledge or watercourse, lot dimensions, and percolation tests- if any. 



5. An individual sewage disposal system (ISDS) must be located upon ;the same lot of 

 land as the dwelling, building or premises to be served by it 



6. When a septage waste pipe is connected to a public sewer line, any abandoned septic 

 tank, leaching pit or cesspool must be removed or be filled with stone, sand or soil and 

 then be inspected by Board of Health Agent or Member. (Dec., 1974) 



7. All percolation and ground water tests and all septage system alterations requiring the 

 presence of a professional engineer must be wimessed by a sanitary inspector appointed by 

 the Board of Health. 



7 A. Before a lot is tested and wimessed for percola tion rate and/or groundwater levels, the 

 applicant shall submit a form A-1, REQUEST FOR FIELD TRIP, to tiie Conservation 

 Officer. The Conservation Officer will visit the site and delineate the wetiands on parcels 

 of five acres or smaller. Subdivisions or parcels greater than five acres shall have the 

 wetiands delineated by a botanist and have the botanist's delineation approved by the 

 Conservation Officer. Once the wetiands have been delineated or a delineation has been 

 approved by the Conservation Officer, then a signed fomi A-1 will be furnished to the 

 Board of Health as proof of compliance. The bounds of the lot shall be designated in the 

 field by an engineer or land surveyor. (4/86) 



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