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ORANGE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY a <br />SEWER SERVICE EATENSION REGULATIONS <br />I, PQRPOSE <br />The purpose of this regulation i,s to set forCh the <br />conditions and standards for the extension of sewer <br />service and the attachment to the mains and Facilities <br />of the Orange Water and Sewer Authority as provided <br />under the Policy for Extension of Sewer Service adopted <br />by the OWASA Board of Directors on January 25, 1990. <br />II. GENERAL PRINCIPLES <br />A. The extension of sewer service from the system of <br />the Authority shall be in accordance with the policies, <br />standards and fees established by the Orange Water and <br />Sewer Authority. <br />B. Extension of service consists of: <br />i. construction of new sewer collectors, intercep- <br />tors, mains, pump stations and appurtenances to serve <br />the property. <br />2. the connection of a private sewer Lateral to the <br />main sewer Line. <br />III, GLOSSARY <br />SEWER LATERAL. The sewer lateral is the pipe which <br />connects the building to the coll.ec[or sewer located in <br />the street. It is usually four inches in diameter. In <br />the OWASA system, the sewer lateral is owned and main- <br />tained by the property owner. <br />SEWER COLLECTOR. The sewer collector is the pipe which <br />receives wastewater from one or more sewer laterals. The <br />minimum diameter of the collector sewer is eight (8) <br />inches. The collector sewer is owned and maintained by <br />the Authority. <br />SEWER MAINS. The sewer main is the pipe which receives <br />wastewater from one or more collector sewers. The term <br />is herein used [o mean interceptors, mains and collector <br />sewers. <br />SEWER INTERCEPTOR. The interceptor sewer is the pipe <br />which receives wastewater from the sewer mains and <br />collectors and conveys it to the wastewater treatment <br />