42Meaning of “operate a system of sewage management”

42 Meaning of “operate a system of sewage management”

42 Meaning of “operate a system of sewage management”

(1) In this Subdivision, operate a system of sewage management means hold or process, or re-use or otherwise dispose of, sewage or by-products of sewage (whether or not the sewage is generated on the premises on which the system of sewage management is operated).

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), operate a system of sewage management includes the following—

(a) use artificial wetlands, transpiration mounds, trenches, vegetation and the like in related effluent application areas,

(b) hold or process sewage that is to be subsequently discharged into a public sewer.

(3) However, operate a system of sewage management does not include any of the following—

(a) any action relating to the discharge of sewage directly into a public sewer,

(b) any action relating to sewage or by-products of sewage after their discharge into a public sewer.