This Part 1 regulates the use of public and private sewers and
drains, private wastewater disposal, the installation and connection
of building sewers, the discharge of water and waste into the public
sewer system, and provides penalties for violations thereof; and levying
and collection of wastewater treatment user charges and cost recovery
charges, in the Village of Benton, County of Lafayette, State of Wisconsin.
A.
Words used
in the present tense include the future; the singular number includes
the plural number; and the plural number includes the singular number.
The word "shall" is mandatory and not directory, while the word "may"
is permissive.
B.
AMMONIA NITROGEN (NH3-N)
APPROVING AUTHORITY
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD5)
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
CHLORINE REQUIREMENT
COMBINED SEWER
COMMERCIAL USER
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
COMPOSITE SAMPLE (24 HOURS)
EASEMENT
FIXED CHARGE
FLOATABLE OIL
FLOW PROPORTIONAL SAMPLE
GARBAGE
GREASE
GROUND GARBAGE
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
INDUSTRIAL USER
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
INFILTRATION
INFILTRATION/INFLOW
INFLOW
INTERCEPTING SEWER
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
NATURAL OUTLET
NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) COST
PARTS PER MILLION
PERSON
pH
PHOSPHORUS (P)
PRETREATMENT
PUBLIC AUTHORITY
REPLACEMENT COST
RESIDENTIAL USER
SANITARY SEWER
SEGREGATED DOMESTIC WASTES
SEWAGE
SEWER
SEWER LATERAL
SEWER USER CHARGES
SLUG
STANDARD METHODS
STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed "STORM SEWER")
STORMWATER
STORMWATER RUNOFF
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
UNMETERED USER
UNPOLLUTED WATER
USER
USER CHARGES
USER CHARGE SYSTEM
USER CLASSES
UTILITY
VOLUME CHARGE
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
WATERCOURSE
WDNR
WPDES PERMIT
For the
purpose of this Part 1, the following definitions shall be used:
One of the oxidation states of nitrogen, in which nitrogen
is combined with hydrogen in molecular form as NH3or in ionized form as NH4. Quantitative determination
of ammonia nitrogen shall be made in accordance with procedures set
forth in the latest edition of "Standard Methods."
The Village Board or Sewer Utility of the Village of Benton;
or their duly authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter in five days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams
per liter. Quantitative determination of BOD5 shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in the latest
edition of "Standard Methods."
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer, beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of
the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal, also called house connection. The portion
of the building sewer located within the public right-of-way or easement
shall be considered an integral part of the public sewer with ownership
by the approving authority. The property owner shall have the responsibility
for maintaining the building sewer, including, but not limited to,
cleaning or clearing the building sewer by rodding or flushing.
The amount of chlorine, in milligrams per liter, which must
be added to wastewater to produce a specified residual chlorine content
in accordance with procedures set forth in the latest edition of "Standard
Methods."
Any sewer intended to serve as a sanitary sewer and a storm
sewer.
Any user whose premises are used primarily for the conduct
of a profit-oriented enterprise in the fields of construction, wholesale
or retail trade, finance, insurance, real estate or services, and
who discharges primarily normal domestic wastewater. This definition
shall also include multifamily residences having three or more units
served by a single water meter.
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH, or fecal
coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the WPDES
Permit for the publicly owned treatment works receiving the pollutants
if such works was designed to treat such additional pollutants, and
in part does remove such pollutants to a substantial degree.
The combination of individual samples taken at intervals
of not more than one hour.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
The charges for the cost of debt retirement associated with
the construction, erection, modification, or rehabilitation of the
wastewater treatment facility and collection system. This charge shall
be above the treatment, operation and maintenance and replacement
charges. Fixed charges are based on the size of water meter(s) serving
the user.
Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved treatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable oil if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
A sample taken that is proportional to the volume of flow
during the sampling period.
The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of food products
and produce.
A group of substances, including fats, waxes, free fatty
acids, calcium and magnesium soaps, mineral oils, and certain other
non-fatty materials as analyzed in accordance with procedures set
forth in "Standard Methods."
The residue from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food that has been shredded to such degree that all particles will
be carried freely in suspension under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in public sewers with no particle greater than 1/2 inch
in any dimension.
Any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant which will
adversely affect or disrupt the quality of wastewater treatment if
discharged to a wastewater treatment facility.
Any user whose premises are used primarily for the conduct
of a profit-oriented enterprise in the fields of manufacturing, transportation,
communications, utilities, mining, agriculture, forestry, or fishing.
Any trade or process waste as distinct from segregated domestic
wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
Water unintentionally entering sanitary sewers, building
drains, and building sewers from the ground through such means as,
but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manhole
walls.
The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow
without distinguishing the source.
The water discharged into the sanitary sewer, building drains,
and building sewers from such sources as, but not limited to, roof
leaders, cellar, yard and area drains, foundation drains, unpolluted
cooling water, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers,
cross connections from storm sewers and combined sewers, catch basins,
stormwaters, surface runoff, street wash waters or drainage.
A sewer whose primary purpose is to convey wastewater from
a collection system or systems to a wastewater treatment facility.
Size of the sewer is not a factor.
An industrial or commercial facility that is a user of publicly
owned treatment works and:
Has a waste discharge flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average
workday;
Has a waste discharge flow greater than 5% of the flow carried
by the municipal system receiving the waste;
Has in its waste a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined
in Ch. NR 215, Wis. Adm. Code; or
Has a waste which the approving authority determines has, or
in the case of a new source, will have a significant impact, either
singly or in combination with other wastes on the publicly owned treatment
works or on the quality of effluent from such works.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water
or groundwater.
Sanitary wastewater resulting from the range of normal domestic
activities, in which BOD5, SS or ammonia concentrations
do not exceed normal concentrations of:
All costs associated with the operation and maintenance of
the wastewater treatment facility and wastewater collection system,
as well as the costs associated with periodic equipment replacement
necessary for maintaining the capacity and performance of the wastewater
treatment and collection systems.
A weight-to-weight ratio; the parts per million value multiplied
by the factor 8.34 shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons
of water.
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company,
municipal, or private corporation, association, society, institution,
enterprise, governmental agency, or other entity.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen
ion concentration. The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions,
in grams, per liter of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a
pH value of 7 and a hydrogen-ion concentration of 10-7.
Total phosphorus in wastewater, which may be present in any
of three principle forms: orthophosphates, polyphosphates, and organic
phosphates. Quantitative determination of total phosphorus shall be
made in accordance with procedures set forth in the latest edition
of "Standard Methods."
An arrangement of devices and structures for the preliminary
treatment or processing of wastewater required to render such wastes
acceptable for admission to the public sewers.
Any user whose premises are used for the conduct of the legislative,
judicial, administrative, or regulatory activities of federal, state,
local, or international units of government; government-owned educational
facilities; government-owned health facilities; or government-owned
recreational facilities. This does not include government owned or
operated business establishments.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories,
and appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the
treatment facility and collection system to maintain their design
capacity and performance for which the systems were designed and constructed.
Operation and maintenance costs include replacement costs.
Any user whose premises is used primarily as a domicile for
one or more persons and discharges only domestic wastes, but not including
dwellings classified as commercial user (see the definition of "commercial
user" in this section).
A sewer that carries sanitary and industrial water-carried
wastes from residents, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and
institutions, together with minor quantities of groundwater, stormwater,
and surface water that are not admitted intentionally.
Wastes from nonresidential sources resulting from normal
domestic activities. These activities are distinguished from industrial,
trade, and/or process discharge wastes.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater"
(see the definition of "wastewater" in this section).
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
The portion of system located between the property line and
sanitary sewer.
A charge levied on users of the wastewater treatment facility
for capital-related expenses, as well as operation and maintenance
costs of said facilities.
Any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period
of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average
twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation and
shall adversely affect the system and/or performance of the wastewater
treatment works.
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water,
Wastewater, and Industrial Wastes published jointly by the American
Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and
the Water Pollution Control Federation.
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water, or unpolluted water from any source.
Not only stormwater (water from rain, snow, sleet, hail,
flood or other natural cause) but also roof water, overflow water
(from tank, cistern, well or sump) and other surface water. Stormwater
does not include industrial and domestic wastewater.
That portion of the rainfall that is drained into the sewers.
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in, water, wastewater, or other liquids, and that are removable by
laboratory filtering as prescribed in "Standard Methods" and are referred
to as nonfilterable residue.
Any substance whether gaseous, liquid or solid which, when
discharged to the system in sufficient quantities, interferes with
any wastewater treatment process, or constitutes a hazard to human
beings or animals, or inhibits aquatic life in the receiving stream
of the effluent from the treatment facility.
A user who is not connected to the municipal water system
thereby does not have his private water supply metered.
Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
Any person(s) discharging wastewater into the wastewater
collection system.
A sewer service charge levied on users of the wastewater
collection system and wastewater treatment facility for capital-related
expenses as well as operation and maintenance costs for said facilities.
That system which generates operation and maintenance (O&M)
and replacement revenues equitably for providing each user class with
services.
Categories of users having similar flows and water characteristics:
levels of biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, phosphorus,
ammonia nitrogen, etc. For the purposes of this Part 1, there shall
be four user classes: residential, commercial, industrial, and public
authority.
The Village of Benton Sewer Utility.
A user charge based upon the volume of normal strength wastewater
to be transported.
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source,
it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water, and stormwater that
may be present.
The treatment works defined in this section (see the definition
of "wastewater treatment works"), exclusive of interceptor sewers
and wastewater collection systems. All wastewater treatment is provided
by the Village of Benton wastewater treatment facility, and all references
to wastewater treatment facilities refer to those facilities owned
and operated by the Village of Benton.
An arrangement of devices and structures for the storage,
treatment, recycling, and reclamation of wastewater, liquid industrial
wastes, and sludge. These systems include interceptor sewers, outfall
sewers, wastewater collection systems, individual systems, pumping,
power, and other equipment and their appurtenances; any works that
are an integral part of the treatment process or are used for ultimate
disposal of residues from such treatment; or any other method or system
for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating,
or disposing of municipal or industrial wastes.
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
The Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit.
General provisions are stated in Ch. NR 205, Wis. Adm. Code.
