The following definitions shall be applicable; "shall" is mandatory;
"may" is permissible:
ACTUAL CUSTOMER
The number of water meters serving a user. If a user's
water consumption is not metered, the Superintendent shall estimate
the number and size of the water meter(s) that would otherwise be
required to measure such consumption. The Superintendent's estimate
shall be in accordance with generally accepted engineering practices.
[Added 9-14-1998]
AMMONIA
Refers to the sum of the concentrations of both molecular
ammonia NH
3 and ammonium ion NH
4+ expressed as nitrogen; pH will determine
the predominant species present at equilibrium.
[Added 9-14-1998]
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The Superintendent of Utilities and the Village Board, or
other designated official of the Dane Sewer Utility, or their duly
authorized deputy, agent or representative.
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
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."
CARBONACEOUS BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (CBOD)
The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical degradation
of organic material in five days at 20° C. when the oxidation
of reduced forms of nitrogen is prevented by the addition of an inhibitor.
This analytical procedure shall be performed in accordance with 40
CFR Part 136, or as the EPA otherwise determines.
[Added 9-14-1998]
CHLORINE REQUIREMENT
The amount of chlorine in milligrams per liter which must
be added to sewage to produce a specified residual chlorine in accordance
with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods."
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH, or fecal
coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the Wisconsin
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) permit issued to MMSD
for its wastewater treatment facility, provided that said wastewater
treatment facility was designed to treat such pollutants and in fact
does remove such pollutants to a substantial degree.
[Added 9-14-1998]
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER or SANITARY SEWAGE
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes and wastewater discharged from toilets, conveniences, or other sanitary plumbing facilities which contain no incompatible pollutants exceeding the limitations set forth in §§
430-3 and
430-4 of this chapter and MMSD Sewer Use Ordinance No. 84-001, Sections 5.2.1 and 5.2.2, and which contain no substances prohibited by the terms of the MMSD Ordinance, Waunakee Ordinance, or this chapter.
[Added 9-14-1998]
EPA
The Federal Environmental Protection Agency.
[Added 9-14-1998]
EQUIVALENT METERS
The number of equivalent five-eighths-inch meters and shall
be based on the MMSD definition of "equivalent meters," Section 2.1.18,
as amended from time to time.
[Added 9-14-1998]
FLOATABLE OIL
Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free from floatable oil
if it is properly pretreated and does not interfere with the collection
system.
[Added 9-14-1998]
GARBAGE
The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and the handling, storage and sale of food products and produce.
GROUND GARBAGE
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.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Waste of domestic origin and strength or waste which contains
compatible pollutants only and does not exceed domestic strength.
This includes waste from holding tanks, privies, portable rest rooms,
or other sources which has not been concentrated and meets the limitations
set forth regarding domestic wastewater as defined above.
[Added 9-14-1998]
INDUSTRIAL WASTE or INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance discharged, permitted
to flow or escaping from any industrial manufacturing process, trade,
or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage. These terms shall have
the same meaning as provided for in the MMSD Ordinance, as amended
from time to time.
[Amended 9-14-1998]
MMSD ORDINANCE
The Sewer Use Ordinance of the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage
District (herein "MMSD") adopted in September 1984 and any amendments
thereto and restatements thereof.
[Added 9-14-1998]
MUNICIPALITY WASTEWATER
The wastewater of a municipality, including that of the Village
of Dane. From the standpoint of source, it may be a combination of
liquid and water-carried wastes from residential and commercial buildings,
industrial plants and institutions, together with any groundwater,
surface water and stormwater that may have inadvertently entered the
sewerage system of the municipality.
[Added 9-14-1998]
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water.
PARTS PER MILLION
A weight-to-weight ratio; the parts per million value multiplied
by the factor 8.345 shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons
of water.
PERSON
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company,
municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution,
enterprise, government agency or other entity.
[Added 9-14-1998]
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of 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 concentration of 10
7.
[Added 9-14-1998]
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer owned or provided by or subject to the jurisdiction
of the Village of Dane, the Sewer Utility, or any other municipality.
[Added 9-14-1998]
RESIDENTIAL EQUIVALENT UNIT
Equivalent to an average residential household volume contribution
of equal to or less than 61,000 gallons per year with CBOD concentration
of 200 mg/l, TSS concentration of 250 mg/l, TKN concentration of 40
mg/l, and phosphorus (TP) concentration of eight mg/l.
[Added 9-14-1998]
SANITARY SEWAGE
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial plants (other than industrial
wastes from such plants), together with such groundwater, surface
water and stormwater as may be present.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that conveys sewage or industrial wastes or a combination
of both and into which stormwater, surface water and groundwater or
unpolluted industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
SEPTAGE
The wastewater or contents of septic tanks, dosing chambers,
grease interceptors, seepage beds, seepage pits, or seepage trenches.
[Added 9-14-1998]
SEWAGE
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.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage and industrial waste, and it includes sewerage as well as
the wastewater treatment plant.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for conveying sewage or any other waste
liquids, including stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage.
SEWERAGE
The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection,
transportation and pumping of sewage and industrial wastes.
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
A service charge levied on users of the wastewater collection
and treatment facilities for payment of use-related capital expenses,
as well as the operation and maintenance costs, including replacement
costs of said facilities.
[Added 9-14-1998]
SEWER SYSTEM
The public sanitary sewers within a sewerage system. The
facilities which convey wastewater from individual structures, from
private property to the public sanitary sewer, or its equivalent,
are specifically excluded from the definition of "sewer system," except
that pumping units and pressurized lines for individual structures
or groups of structures may be included as part of a sewer system
when such units are cost-effective and are owned and maintained by
the Village or the Sewer Utility. For example, a building sewer is
not a part of the sewer system.
[Added 9-14-1998]
SLUG
Any discharge of sewage or industrial waste which, in concentration
of any given constituent, exceeds more than five times the average
twenty-four-hour concentration during normal operation, or the discharge
of any volume of liquid waste which exceeds in quantity of flow for
a period of 15 minutes or more the normal twenty-four-hour average
discharge.
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 by the American Public Health Association,
the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation.
STORM SEWER
A sewer that carries stormwater, surface water and groundwater
drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float to the surface of, or are in suspension
in, water, sewage, or industrial waste and which are removable by
a laboratory filtration device. Quantitative determination of suspended
solids shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard
Methods."
TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN (TKN)
The quantity of organic nitrogen and ammonia as determined
in accordance with 40 CFR Part 136, or as the EPA otherwise determines.
[Added 9-14-1998]
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS (TP)
The quantity of total phosphorus as determined in accordance
with 40 CFR Part 136, or as the EPA otherwise determines.
[Added 9-14-1998]
USER
Any person who discharges or causes to be discharged domestic
wastewater, industrial discharges or any other wastewater into the
public sewerage system.
[Added 9-14-1998]
WASTEWATER PARAMETERS
Includes volume, BOD, suspended solids, total kjeldahl nitrogen,
phosphorus, actual customers, equivalent meters, residential equivalent
units (REU) and such additional parameters as may from time to time
be determined by the Sewer Utility or MMSD.
[Added 9-14-1998]
The Superintendent of Utilities or other duly authorized employee
of the municipality or Sewer Utility bearing proper credentials and
identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the
purpose of inspection, observation, and testing, all in accordance
with the provisions of these rules and regulations and § 196.171,
Wis. Stats. The Superintendent of Utilities or other duly authorized
employee of the municipality and/or Sewer Utility shall have no authority
to inquire into any process beyond that point having a direct bearing
on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or
facilities for wastewater treatment.
[Amended 11-7-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-05; 10-8-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-05]
A. No utility customer shall receive a credit for water not discharged
to sewer.
B. This section shall not apply to customers who purchase bulk water.
Sewer rates shall be as set from time to time by the Village
Board, and current rates are on file in the office of the Village
Clerk-Treasurer.