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 D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017)
 Title 21. WATER AND SANITATION
 Chapter 21-9. DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN BODY WASTES

  Section 21-901. SEPTIC TANK AND SUBSOIL DISPOSAL SYSTEMS  

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    901.1Where no public sewer was, within a reasonable time, reasonably available while a septic tank was legitimately constructed, the septic tank may continue to be used so long as the use and the maintenance of the tank complies with both the D.C. Plumbing Code and the Wastewater System Regulation Amendment Act of 1985, unless the Health Officer finds the following:

     

    (a)That the local soil conditions will prevent the sanitary operation of the system;

     

    (b)That the water supply is not adequate to permit the sanitary operation of the system;

     

    (c)That the operation of the system will pollute a stream, pond, lake, or other body of water or contaminate a water supply, pool, or bathing place; or

     

    (d)That the operation of the system will endanger the public health or otherwise create a nuisance.

     

    901.2The use of septic tanks and subsoil sewage disposal systems shall comply with both the D.C. Plumbing Code and the Wastewater System Regulation Amendment Act of 1985, and other methods of disposal shall not only comply with those provisions, but shall also be maintained without endangering the public health or otherwise creating a nuisance.

     

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Section 17(b) of the Wastewater System Regulation Amendment Act of 1985, D.C. Law 6-95, 33 DCR 577. 594 (January 31, 1986).

EditorNote

The Plumbing Code referred to in this section has been superseded by D.C. Law 6-216, Construction Codes Approval and Amendments Act of 1986, effective March 21, 1987. Section 12 of D.C. Law 6-216 provides that the construction regulations existing prior to March 21, 1987, remain in effect for projects having reached specified stages of completion. D.C. Law 6-216 adopted the 1984 National BOCA Codes, and the 1985 D.C. Supplement to the National BOCA Codes. Effective November 27, 1992 (39 DCR 8665), the 1984 BOCA Codes, and the 1985 D.C. Supplement to the National BOCA Codes were superseded by the adoption of the 1990 BOCA Codes and the 1992 D.C. Supplement to the BOCA Codes.