Section 9-1109 - Individual sewerage system. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-1109. Individual sewerage system.
 

(a)  "Individual sewerage system" defined.- In this section, "individual sewerage system" means a privately owned system of sewers, piping and treatment tanks or other facilities that: 

(1) Serves only a single lot for the disposal of sewage; and 

(2) Discharges to the surface waters of the State. 

(b)  Prohibition.- Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person may not install an individual sewerage system in the State. 

(c)  Exception.- Subject to the Department's approval, a person may install an individual sewerage system in the State for residential use if an existing on-site sewage disposal system fails and cannot be repaired or replaced by any means. 
 

[2009, ch. 708.]