Section 90. Sewage disposal

A. Every campground shall be provided with an approved method of collection, conveying and disposing of all sewage and liquid wastes.

B. Privies shall be an acceptable method of sewage disposal when the location, design, construction, and quantity have been approved by the Health Commissioner provided their use is not prohibited or restricted by local requirements.

C. All methods or systems of collecting and disposing of sewage and liquid wastes, whether temporary or permanent shall be subject to the approval of the Health Commissioner.

D. It shall be unlawful to discharge sewage, sink waste water, shower waste water, or other putrescible wastes in such a manner as to enter the ground surface or subsurface, or a body of water except following a treatment device or process approved prior to construction by the Health Commissioner.

E. A sanitary or dump station for the disposal of sewage and other liquid wastes from self-contained camping units shall be provided which complies with the following requirements:

1. Campgrounds having less than 200 campsites shall provide a minimum of one sanitary station.

2. Campgrounds having more than 200 campsites shall provide an additional sanitary station for each additional 200 campsites or major fraction thereof, provided that campsites equipped with sewer connections shall not be included in the total.

3. Where two or more sanitary stations are required they shall be so located as to facilitate the simultaneous discharge of sewage wastes from different units.

4. Each sanitary station shall be so located and designed as to be easily accessible and facilitate ingress and egress for camping vehicles.

F. The sanitary station shall consist of the following:

1. A four-inch sewer pipe trapped below the frost line connected to an approved sewage disposal system.

2. The sewer pipe, at the inlet, shall be surrounded by a reinforced, concrete apron sloped to drain to the sewer pipe.

3. The minimum dimensions of the concrete apron shall be 36 inches wide, 60 inches long and four inches thick. The sewer pipe shall be located such that the major portion of the apron will project under the camping unit when it is discharging.

4. The inlet of the sewer pipe shall be provided with a suitable fly-tight cover.

5. The sanitary station shall be provided with a water outlet to permit wash down of the immediate area after each use and so arranged as to prevent a cross-connection or back siphonage.

6. Each water outlet used for such purposes shall display a sign stating, in effect, "Notice: Unsafe Water Outlet-This water for wash-down purposes only."

G. Individual sewer connections for camping vehicles, if provided, shall be installed in accordance with the following provisions:

1. The individual sewer (equivalent to the building sewer for a permanent building), shall be at least four inches in diameter, shall be trapped below the frost line, and shall be laid at depths sufficient to provide adequate protection against physical injury.

2. The sewer inlet shall consist of four inch riser extending, at a minimum four inches above the surface of the surrounding ground to accommodate a hose connection from the camping vehicle, or so designed as to divert surface drainage away from the riser. The riser shall be imbedded firmly in the ground and be protected against heaving and shifting.

3. The sewer riser shall be equipped with a standard ferrule and close nipple provided with a tight cap or expanding sewer plug. The screw cap or sewer plug shall be fastened by a durable chain to prevent removal while the sewer riser is in use. When the sewer riser is not in use, it shall be capped or plugged.

4. The sewer hose between the camping vehicle drain and the sewer riser shall be watertight, and shall be of flexible, noncollapsible, corrosion and weather-resistant material of suitable diameter to fit the camping vehicle drain. Its lower end shall be secured into the open sewer riser with a gasket of rubber or other suitable material. All joints shall be effected so as to prevent the leakage of sewage, odor or prevent the entrance of rodents.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR355-35-04 § 1, eff. July 21, 1971.

Statutory Authority

§§ 35.1-11 and 35.1-17 of the Code of Virginia.