Definitions. The following definitions are applicable to this chapter:
ACT or THE FEDERAL ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, 33 U.S.C.
§ 1251 et seq., as amended, known as the "Clean Water Act"
or as implemented by Ch. 147, Wis. Stats., or appropriate sections of the Wis. Adm. Code adopted
pursuant to Chapter 147, as well as any applicable guidelines, limitations
and standards promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency pursuant to the Federal Act.
APPLICABLE PRETREATMENT STANDARD
The most restrictive provisions contained in any pretreatment
limitations or prohibitive standards (enacted by any federal, state
or local governmental entity) and incorporated in this chapter, which
applicable pretreatment standard shall be complied with by nondomestic
wastewater users of the sewerage system.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs)
Structural or nonstructural measures, practices, operating
procedures, schedule of activities, treatment requirements, techniques
or devices employed to minimize or treat the discharge of pollutants
into the sewerage system; to implement prohibitions listed in § NR
211.10(1) or (2), Wis. Adm. Code, or to control plant site runoff,
spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw
materials storage areas. BMPs may be specified:
(1)
By EPA and/or DNR categorical regulations; or
(2)
By the Village for nonsignificant industrial users, public authority
users, and commercial users.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter in five days at 20° C., expressed as milligrams
per liter or pound. Quantitative determination of BOD shall be made
in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods." Acceptable
test method(s) shall be as indicated in Ch. NR 219, Wis. Adm. Code.
BUILDING DRAIN
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.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal beginning outside the inner face of the
building wall.
CAMBRIA WWTF
The Village of Cambria wastewater treatment facility.
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
National pretreatment standards specifying quantities or
concentrations of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be
discharged or introduced into a sanitary sewer collection system by
specific industrial discharges.
CLEAR WATER
Wastewater other than stormwater, having no impurities or
where impurities are below a minimum concentration considered harmful
by the Village, including but not limited to noncontact cooling water
and potable water discharge to the sewerage system to prevent freezing
of underground pipes in the water system.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
BOD suspended solids, phosphorus, pH, or fecal coliform bacteria,
and such additional pollutants as are now or may be in the future
specified and controlled in the WPDES permit issued to the Cambria
WWTF.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning,
cooling or refrigeration whose character undergoes no chemical change
during such use.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGE
The annual payment of principal and interest for the retirement
of debt issued to finance the cost of capital improvements to the
sewerage system. This shall include the administrative costs associated
with the debt retirement.
DETRIMENTAL EFFECT
A discharge to the sewerage system that either alone or in
combination with other discharges would pass through or interfere
with the operation of the sewerage system, cause the Cambria WWTF
to violate its WPDES permit, or create or constitute a hazard to human
health or the environment.
DISCHARGER
Any person, municipality, or other entity that discharges
anything, without limitation, directly or indirectly into a sewer
system or any part thereof. Also, see definition for "user."
DNR
The State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
The combination of liquid- and water-carried wastes discharged
from toilets and other sanitary plumbing facilities in the amount
of approximately 100 gallons per capita per day from residential users
and 15 to 20 gallons per employee per day from a place of business
or industry and in which five-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD),
total suspended solids (TSS), total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), and total
phosphorus meet the following levels:
(1)
A BOD]5 concentration less than or equal
to 250 mg/l;
(2)
A TSS concentration less than or equal to 250 mg/l;
(3)
A TKN concentration less than or equal to 40 mg/l as N;
(4)
A total phosphorus concentration less than or equal to eight
mg/l as P.
EFFLUENT
Wastewater, water or other liquid after some degree of treatment
flowing out of any wastewater treatment facility.
EQUIVALENT METER
One unit per water meter. One unit is defined as one residential
housing unit or 175 gallons per day and which utilizes a meter size
of either 5/8 inch or 3/4 inch.
FATS, OILS, AND GREASE
A group of substances, including fats, waxes, free fatty
acids, calcium and magnesium soaps, mineral oils, and certain other
nonfatty materials as analyzed in accordance with procedures set forth
in "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater."
Acceptable test method(s) shall be as indicated in Ch. NR 219, Wis.
Adm. Code.
GARBAGE
The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of food products and
produce.
HAULED WASTE
Wastewater or waste sludges transported to and discharged
to the collection system. This includes but is not limited to holding
tank wastes and septage.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS
Wastewater with pollutants that will adversely affect or
disrupt the transmission of wastewater in the collection system and
the quality of wastewater treatment if discharged to the sewerage
system.
INDUSTRIAL USER
A user who engages in the manufacture or production of goods
and discharges wastewater other than sanitary sewage into the sewage
system. [§ 185.12(10e), Wis. Adm. Code]
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
The wastewater from industrial process, trade or business,
as distinct from sanitary sewage, including cooling water and the
discharge from sewage pretreatment facilities.
INFILTRATION
The water entering a sanitary sewer system and service connections
from the ground through such means as, but not limited to, defective
pipes, pipe joints, connections or manhole walls.
INFLOW
The water discharged into a sanitary sewer system and service
connections from such sources as, but not limited to; roof leaders,
cellar, yard, and area drains, foundations drains, cooling water discharges,
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.
INTERCEPTOR
Any sewer which receives flow from a number of sanitary sewers
or outlets, except as defined separately within the context of this
chapter.
INTERFERENCE
A discharge that alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources inhibits or disrupts the flow of
sewage in the sewerage system, and/or inhibits or disrupts the sewage
treatment plant, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge
processes, use or disposal, and, therefore, is a cause of a violation
of the Cambria WWTF permit or of the prevention of sewage sludge use
or disposal in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state
and local regulations.
LATERAL
The extension from the building drain beginning at the immediate
outside foundation wall to its connection with the sewage system or
other point that conveys sanitary and/or industrial wastewater. See
also "building sewer."
MAIN
The principal pipe or conduit in the sewerage system that
collects and conveys sanitary and/or industrial sewage.
MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USER
A user taking service for a building that is intended primarily
for residential purposes, has three or more dwelling units, and is
served by a single water meter. [§ PSC 185.12(1lm), Wis.
Adm. Code]
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) COST
All cost associated with the operation and maintenance of
the sewerage system, as well as the cost associated with periodic
equipment replacement necessary for maintaining capacities and performance
of the sewerage system.
PASS-THROUGH
A discharge which exits the sewage treatment plant into the
waters of the State of Wisconsin in quantities or concentrations which,
along or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other
sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of Cambria's
WPDES permit, including an increase in the magnitude or duration of
a violation.
PERSON
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company,
municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution,
enterprise, governmental agency, or other entity.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogenion concentration
in moles per liter of solution. The concentration is the weight of
the hydrogenions, in grams per liter of solution. Neutral water, for
example, has a pH value of seven and hydrogenion concentration of
10-7. Determination of pH shall be made
in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods." Acceptable
test methods shall be as indicated in Ch. NR 219, Wis. Adm. Code.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, refuse, oil, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological
materials, radioactive substance, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment,
rock, sand, cellar dirt, and industrial, municipal and agricultural
waste discharged into water.
PPM (PARTS PER MILLION)
A ratio by weight as the parts per million value (or milligram
per liter value) multiplied by the factor 8.345 and shall be equivalent
to pounds per million gallons of water.
PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
A program administered by the Village of Cambria WWTF that
follows the criteria established in Ch. NR 211, Wis. Adm. Code.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
All applicable federal, state and local statutes, laws, ordinances,
rules, and regulations which apply to industrial users or which contain
pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the DNR in accordance with
Ch. 283, Wis. Stats. This term shall include both prohibited discharge
standards set forth in or established under Ch. NR 211, Wis. Adm.
Code and categorical pretreatment standards set forth in Wis. Adm.
Code Ch. NR 21 Ch. NR 211, Wis. Adm. Code and in Chs. NR 221 through
NR 297, Wis. Adm. Code.
PRIVATE INTERCEPTOR MAIN SEWER
A private (nonpublic) sewer serving two or more buildings
and not part of the municipal sewer system per § NR 110.03(26m),
Wis. Adm. Code.
PRIVATE SEWAGE SYSTEM
A system comprised of a septic tank and effluent absorptions
area designed for the purpose of on-site processing of sewage. This
term shall also include holding tanks and other private sewage storage
or disposal systems.
PROPERLY SHREDDED WASTE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of foods that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles
will be carried freely with the flow conditions normally prevailing
in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in dimension.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions,
together with minor quantities of groundwaters, stormwaters and surface
waters that are not admitted intentionally.
SEPTAGE
The liquid or solid contents of septic tanks, dosing chambers,
seepage beds, seepage pits, seepage trenches, or privies. Septage
does not include waste from a grease trap or grease interceptor.
SEWAGE
Any combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from
residential, multifamily residential, commercial, public authority,
and industrial users, together with unintentionally admitted infiltration/inflow;
also referred to as "wastewater."
SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM
System of sanitary sewer mains owned, maintained, operated,
and controlled by the Village of Cambria. The facilities which convey
wastewater from individual structures, from private property to the
street right-of-way, or its equivalent, are specifically excluded
from the definition, with the exception of pumping units and pressurized
lines for individual structures or groups of structures when such
units are owned and maintained by the Village.
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
A service charge levied on users of the sewerage system and
shall include the "user charge" and the "debt service charge" as defined
in this chapter.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing
of sewage, except plumbing inside and in connection with buildings
served, and service pipes, from building to street right-of-way. See
"sewage collection system."
SHOCK
Any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow could cause a violation
of the prohibited discharges of this chapter. Also known as "slugs,"
such discharge is defined as a discharge of a nonroutine, episodic
nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or a noncustomary
batch discharge, which has a reasonable potential to cause interference
or pass-through, or in any other way violate the Cambria WWTF permit
conditions.
SPECIAL WASTEWATER PERMIT
A permit, as provided in this chapter, that specifically
prescribes the terms for a special wastewater discharge (typically
industrial user but not limited to industrial users) to the Village's
sanitary sewer collection system that is ultimately treated by the
Village's WWTF. Such permit shall not allow receipt of industrial
wastewater but may allow a unique sewer connection agreement stipulating
the allowance of strictly domestic wastewater (also as defined herein)
produced by the industrial facility and including provisions for illicit
accidental, acute or chronic discharges.
STANDARD METHODS
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
most recent edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater" published jointly by the American Public Health Association,
the American Water Works Association, and the Federation of Sewage
and Industrial Wastes Association.
TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN (TKN)
The total of organic and ammonia nitrogen present in a wastewater
sample. Determination of TKN shall be made in accordance with procedures
set forth in "Standard Methods." Acceptable test method(s) shall be
as indicated in NR 219, Wis. Adm. Code.
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS
Total phosphorus in wastewater which may be present in any
of three principal forms: orthophosphate, polyphosphate, and organic
phosphate. Determination of total phosphorus shall be made in accordance
with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods." Acceptable test methods
shall be as indicated in Ch. NR 219, Wis. Adm. Code."
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS)
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 for the Examination of
Water and Wastewater" and are referred to as "nonfilterable residue."
Acceptable test methods shall be as indicated in the Ch. NR 219, Wis.
Adm. Code.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Those pollutants or combinations of pollutants, including
disease-causing agents, which after discharge and upon exposure, ingestion,
inhalation or assimilation into any organism, either directly from
the environment or indirectly by ingestion through food chains, will,
on the basis of information available to the DNR, cause death, disease,
behavioral abnormalities, cancer, genetic mutations, or physiological
malfunctions in such organisms or their offspring.
USER
Any person, owner, occupant, firm, partnership, corporation,
municipality, cooperative organization, governmental agency, political
entity, etc., discharging wastewater to the sewerage system and is
the party billed for the use of utility service at a given premises
per § PSC 185.12(6), Wis. Adm. Code.
USER CLASSES
Residential, multifamily residential, commercial, industrial
and public authority categories of users.
VILLAGE
The governing authority of the Village of Cambria, or its
duly authorized deputies, agents, or representatives.
WASTEWATER
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, but not intentionally admitted.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with "waste
treatment."
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water,
either continuously or intermittently.