PRINTER'S NO. 1142
No. 80 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY CONTI, THOMPSON, GERLACH, SCHWARTZ, BOSCOLA AND
STOUT, MAY 17, 1999
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MAY 17, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the Department of Environmental Protection to develop and
2 establish new wastewater technologies for on-lot systems and
3 small flows.
4 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's investment in "green technologies" is
5 continuing to pay off; and
6 WHEREAS, Drip irrigation technology has been developed by the
7 Delaware Valley College Research and Demonstration Project and
8 sponsored by the Department of Environmental Protection; and
9 WHEREAS, The technology has been performed successfully at
10 the Delaware Valley College site in Doylestown, Bucks County;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, Malfunctioning on-lot septic systems are a
13 significant source of groundwater pollution in many Pennsylvania
14 communities; and
15 WHEREAS, Providing more options to homeowners will allow the
16 Department of Environmental Protection to fit the right
17 technology to the site conditions; and
18 WHEREAS, Monitoring and sampling collected at the Delaware
1 Valley College site since 1994 indicates the process has a
2 steady and reliable design and the drip irrigation system
3 continuously produces a high-quality discharge; and
4 WHEREAS, There are currently six technologies under
5 evaluation at Delaware Valley College; therefore be it
6 RESOLVED, that the Senate of Pennsylvania urge the Department
7 of Environmental Protection to further develop viable
8 technologies for on-lot systems and small flows and to provide
9 siting, design, construction, operation and maintenance
10 requirements for these developed on-lot systems.
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