Definitions. The following definitions shall be applicable
in this article:
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The City Council of the City of Weyauwega or its duly authorized
deputy, agent or representative.
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. Quantitative determination of BOD shall be made in accordance
with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
CITY
The City of Weyauwega, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
COMMERCIAL USER
Any user whose premises is 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 meter and users not classified elsewhere.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
The combination of individual samples taken at intervals
of not more than one hour in a twenty-four-hour period.
FIXED CHARGE
The charges for the cost of debt retirement associated with
the construction, erection, modification, or rehabilitation of the
wastewater treatment works and for depreciation of the wastewater
treatment works. The charge shall be above the treatment and operation
and maintenance charge.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any user whose premises is used primarily for the conduct
of a profit-oriented enterprise in the fields of manufacturing, transportation,
communications, utilities, mining, agriculture, forestry or fishing.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any trade or process waste as distinct from segregated domestic
wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
Sanitary wastewater resulting from the range of normal domestic
activities, in which BOD5, SS, or P concentrations
do not exceed normal concentrations of:
(1)
A five-day, 20° C., BOD5 of not more than 235 milligrams per liter.
(2)
A suspended solids content of not more than
315 milligrams per liter.
(3)
A phosphorus content of not more than 12 milligrams
per liter.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) COSTS
All costs associated with the operation and maintenance of
the wastewater treatment facilities, as well as the costs associated
with periodic equipment replacement necessary for maintaining the
capacity and performance of the wastewater treatment facilities.
PERSON
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company,
municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution,
enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.
PHOSPHORUS (P)
Total phosphorus in wastewater, which may be present in any
of three principal forms: orthophosphates, polyphosphates and organic
phosphates. Quantitative determination of total phosphorus should
be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
PUBLIC AUTHORITY
Any user whose premises is 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.
REPLACEMENT COSTS
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories,
and appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the
wastewater treatment facility to maintain its design capacity and
performance for which the facility was designed and constructed. Operation
and maintenance costs include replacement costs.
RESIDENTIAL USER
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 users above.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that carries sanitary and industrial water-carried
wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and
institutions, together with minor quantities of groundwater, stormwater
and surface water that are not admitted intentionally.
SEGREGATED DOMESTIC WASTES
Wastes from nonresidential sources resulting from normal
domestic activities. These activities are distinguished from industrial,
trade and/or process discharge wastes.
SEWAGE
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
(See definition of "wastewater" in this section.)
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
A charge levied on users of the wastewater collection and
treatment facilities for capital-related expenses as well as operation
and maintenance costs of said facilities.
SEWER USE CHARGE
A charge levied on users of a treatment works for the user's
proportional share of the cost of operation and maintenance (including
replacement) of such works.
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 Water Environment Federation.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
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."
UNMETERED USER
A user who is not connected to the municipal water supply
and who thereby does not have his private water supply metered.
USER CHARGE SYSTEM
That system which generates operation and maintenance (O&M)
and replacement revenues equitably for providing such user class with
services.
USER CLASSES
Categories of users having similar flows and water characteristics,
levels of biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, phosphorus,
ammonia nitrogen, etc. For the purpose of this article, there shall
be four user classes: residential, commercial, industrial, and public
authority.
VOLUME CHARGE
A sewer use charge based upon the volume of normal strength
wastewater to be transported.
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.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
The treatment works defined below, exclusive of interceptor
sewers and wastewater collection systems.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
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.
WPDES PERMIT
Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.
General provisions are stated in Ch. NR 205, Wis. Adm. Code.