When commercial development, such as a data center, is proposed and sewage will be generated, sewage planning is required. There are three methods of sewage disposal typically proposed: construction of an on-lot sewage disposal system; construction of a private sewage facility; or connection to a sewerage system that leads to a centralized wastewater treatment facility. This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document was developed to generalize sewage planning for commercial new land development.
DEP oversees the municipal implementation of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, Act 537 of 1965 (Act 537). The purpose of this FAQ is to provide guidance regarding the implementation of Act 537 with respect to the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc, et seq.
