HARRISON TOWNSHIP FREE

Smoke or Dye Testing and Inspection Application (PDF)įrom the Bureau of Clean Water: “Modern Stormwater management frequently includes the installation of “Best Management Practices” (BMPs).

Prior to the sale of property that is tapped into the Township’s sanitary sewer system, the property owner must have the sewer connection dye tested to assure that there are no illegal storm sewer and surface rain runoff entering the sanitary sewer lines.

Harrison Township Ordinance – Chapter 18: Sewers and Sewage Disposal (PDF).

Please click on the Township ordinance summary for the illegal surface rainwater connections to the sanitary sewer lines. This requirement is to prevent excessive storm water from entering the sanitary sewer lines and causing potential sewer backup into residents’ basements. Gutters, driveway drains, French drains, and open outside stairway drains must flow to the street or alley or yard.

IT IS ILLEGAL TO HAVE SURFACE RAINWATER CONNECT TO THE SANITARY SEWER LINES.

Residents who observe a clogged or broken catch basin along their street, please call the Public Works Department at 72 or click “contact us” on the Township’s website and leave a message describing the catch basin problem and location. Although the Public Works Department checks the catch basins on a regular basis, we are not able to monitor clogged or broken catch basins every day.

The Township maintains 673 storm sewer catch basins.

The Township owns and operates a jet vac sewer truck and is able to clean out Township sewer lines without contracting out to commercial companies. Harrison Township has replaced many miles of sanitary sewer lines, rebuilt many “manholes”, and replaced many sewer lids. As in all regional municipalities, the sewer lines are old and in constant need of maintenance. The Township Public Works Department maintains all Township rain/storm sewers and sanitary sewers. Rain/Storm Water and Sanitary Sewer Maintenance Please come during daylight hours and help yourself.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP FREE

The compost is FREE and available all year for residents of Harrison Township. The Public Works Department processes the leaves and garden residues in a compost facility and deposits the aged compost across from the Township Municipal Building. Grass clippings are to be bagged in plastic garbage bags for the regular bi-weekly garbage pickup by the contracted refuse company. LEAVES CANNOT BE PLACED OUT IN PLASTIC BAGS as they cannot be processed by the compost machinery. Leaves must be in the commercial paper leaf bags and branches up to 4” thick must be bundled and left at the curb or alley where the bi-weekly garbage and recycle pick up occurs. Public Works employees pick up leaves and bundled tree branches on the day of recycle pickup. Scheduled street cleaning throughout spring, summer, and fall in Natrona, streets are cleaned from April through October on the 3 rd Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday of each month.Pot hole patching in the spring and as needed during the year.

The Public Works Department serves Harrison Township residents and businesses by maintaining approximately 100 miles of Township roadways and alleys year-round, maintaining the storm and sanitary sewer systems, collecting leaf bags and small branches for the processing of rich garden compost free to Township residents, and grass cutting of parks and Township-owned properties. All nine workers are truck drivers, and two of them are also mechanics. Harrison Township’s Public Works Department includes ten employees, including the Superintendent.

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