The Village Board shall manage, operate and control the Village
sewer system and shall exercise all the powers of a utility commission
as provided in § 66.0723, Wis. Stats.
Unless the content specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
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,
beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
DOMESTIC WASTE STRENGTH
Normal strength 200 ppm BOD and 250 ppm SS. Allowable upper
limit strength 400 ppm BOD and 500 ppm SS.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
LATERAL
The pipe connected to the sewer main and extending to the
building sewer at the property line.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights, and is controlled by the Village.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwaters, surface waters and stormwaters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SLUG
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste 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 of flows during normal
operation.
STORM DRAIN (STORM SEWER)
A sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and
drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted
cooling water.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Sewer System of the Village or his
authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in, water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
USER
An owner or occupant of property connected to the Village
sewer system.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
Every user of the Village sewer system shall be subject to the
provisions of this chapter, the rules and regulations and sewer service
charges established by the Village Board, and all applicable state
laws and administrative rules:
A. Mandatory hookup. When sanitary sewer is available, the owners of
all habitable buildings shall connect to the sewer system within 30
days of occupancy.
B. Application for service. Every person connecting to the sewer system
shall fill out an application with the Village on a form supplied
by the Clerk-Treasurer. Industrial users shall supply detailed information
regarding the volume, rate of discharge, character and strength of
the waste; upon review, the Village Board shall accept or reject the
application or require pretreatment.
C. Sewer tapping.
(1) Permit required. No person shall tap into a sewer main without a
permit issued by the Superintendent.
(2) Applications. Applications for permits shall be filed with the Clerk-Treasurer
on forms supplied by the Clerk-Treasurer.
(3) Fee. No fee shall be charged, but see §
462-2, Street excavations, of this Code.
(4) Licensed plumber required. Except for Village employees and contractors,
only licensed plumbers may tap into a sewer main.
(5) Tap rules; inspection. All taps shall be made in accordance with
specifications established by the Superintendent, and no excavation
may be filled until the Superintendent has inspected the work.
D. Maintenance of service.
(1) All sewer service within the corporate limits of the Village from
the sewer main to the location of the property line will be maintained
by the system without expense to the property owner, except when such
sewer main or lateral is damaged as a result of negligence on the
part of the property owner or occupant, in which case such repair
shall be made at the expense of the property owner. All sewer service
from the lateral to and throughout the premises must be maintained
free of defective conditions, by and at the expense of the owner or
occupant of the property. If the property owner does not repair any
break between the property line and the building allowing clear water
infiltration within 24 hours, the service may be repaired by the Village
and charged to the property owner, pursuant to § 66.0627,
Wis. Stats.
(2) When any sewer service is to be relaid, and there are two or more
buildings on such service, each building shall be disconnected from
such service and a new sewer service shall be installed for each building.
E. Vacating premises and discontinuance of service. Whenever premises
served by the system are to be razed, the system must be notified
in writing. The owner of the premises shall be liable for any damages
to the property of the system by reason of failure to notify the system
of a vacancy or any such damage which may be discovered having occurred
to the property of the system other than through the fault of the
system or its employees.
F. Septic tanks prohibited. The maintenance and use septic tanks and
other private sewage disposal systems within the area of the Village
serviced by its sewer system are hereby declared to be a public nuisance
and a health hazard. The use of septic tanks or any private sewage
disposal system within the area of the Village serviced by the sewer
system shall be prohibited.
G. Inspection. Every user shall permit the Superintendent or his duly
authorized agent, at all reasonable hours of the day, to enter his
premises or building to examine the pipes and fixtures, and the manner
in which the drains and sewer connections operate; and he must, at
all times, answer all questions put to him relative to its use accurately.
H. Temporary service interruption. Whenever it shall become necessary
to shut off the sewer service within the Village, the Superintendent
shall, if practicable, give notice to each user within the Village
of the time when such service shall be so shut off. During such interruptions,
users shall curtail sewer use.