An organized sewage collection system (SCS) is any public or
private sewerage system for the collection and conveyance of sewage
to a treatment and disposal system that is regulated pursuant to
rules of the commission and provisions of
Chapter 26 of the Texas Water Code. A system includes:
- lift stations,
- force mains,
- gravity lines, and
- all appurtenances necessary for conveying wastewater from a
generating facility to a treatment plant.
A private sewerage system is the portion of the sewage system
for a privately owned commercial, industrial, or multifamily
development which extends downgradient from the convergance of two
or more private service laterals from wastewater-generating
facilities. This sewage collection system must be designed to meet
the requirements of
30 TAC Chapter 317 and
30 TAC Chapter 213.
Required Application
The forms for a complete SCS plan
specify additional information that must be attached such as maps,
site plans, geologic assessment, plan and profile views of the
sewage collection system lines, construction detail sheets,
calculations, and construction notes. The construction plans for
the system, which are included with the submittal, must be
designed, sealed, signed, and dated by a Texas licensed
professional engineer. The designed plans must be the final plans
intended to be used for bidding purposes.
A private service lateral (attachment of one wastewater
generating structure to an existing sewage collection system line)
does not require TCEQ approval, but must comply with local plumbing
codes.
An SCS plan must be submitted for
review and approved prior to the commencement of
construction.
SCSs are not required on the Edwards Aquifer transition
zone.
