The following definitions are applicable to this article:
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."
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.
GARBAGE
The residue from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of food products
and produce.
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.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY
A nongovernmental user of publicly owned treatment works
which has a waste discharge equivalent to or more than 5,000 gallons
per average work day of domestic wastewater in terms of flow, BOD
or suspended solids, which has an average work day discharge flow
greater than 5% of the average daily flow received at the wastewater
treatment plant, which has a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts defined
by Ch. NR 215, Wis. Adm. Code, or which has a major impact defined
in writing by the Village, either singly or in combination with other
wastes on the publicly owned treatment works.
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 hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of the hydrogen ions, in grams per
liter of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of seven
and hydrogen ion concentration of 10-7.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions,
together with minor quantities of ground, storm and surface waters
that are not admitted intentionally.
SHOCK
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 of flows during normal operation and
shall adversely affect the system and/or performance of the wastewater
treatment works.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
A nongovernmental user which is required to file effluent
reports for discharges made to the public sanitary sewer collection
system by Ch. NR 101, Wis. Adm. Code (which includes, but is not limited
to, any facility whose discharge is a volume greater than 10,000 gallons
per day and contains one or more of the industrial wastes or toxic
and hazardous substances defined in Ch. NR 101, Wis. Adm. Code, or
whose discharge is less than 10,000 in gallons per day, but is subject
to a pretreatment standard) which is classified as a major contributing
industry, or which has been notified in writing by the DNR that it
is necessary to provide the agency with information concerning the
concentration and quantity of pollutants discharged.
SLUG
Any discharge of sewage or industrial wastewater, the concentration
of any constituent of which or the quantity of flow which exceeds
instantaneously more than five times the average twenty-five-hour
concentration or flows of the user during normal operation. For industrial
users, a more stringent definition of "slug" may be established.
STANDARD METHODS
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water,
Sewage, and Industrial Wastes, published jointly by the American Public
Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and the
Federation of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Associations.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in, water, wastewater, or other liquids, and that is removable by
laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods for Examination
of Water and Wastewater and is referred to as nonfilterable residue.
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.
Whenever any real estate or any easement therein, or use thereof,
shall in the judgment of the Village Board be necessary to the sewer
system; and whenever, for any cause, an agreement for the purchase
thereof, cannot be made with the owner thereof, the Village Board
shall proceed with all necessary steps to take such real estate easement,
or use by condemnation in accordance with Wisconsin Statutes and the
Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Policy Act of 1970, if federal funds are used.
All property, real, personal, and mixed, acquired for the construction
of the sewer system, and all plans, specifications, diagrams, papers,
books and records connected therewith said sewer system, and all buildings,
machinery, and fixtures pertaining thereto, shall be the property
of said Village of Blanchardville.
The rules, regulations, and sewer rates of the Village of Blanchardville
hereinafter set forth shall be considered a part of the contract with
every person, company or corporation who is connected with the sewer
system of the Village of Blanchardville and every such person, company,
or corporation by connecting with the sewer system shall be considered
as expressing his or their assent to be bound thereby. Whenever any
of said rules and regulations, or such others as the said Village
Board of the Village of Blanchardville may hereafter adopt, are violated,
the service shall be shut off from the building or place of such violation
(even though two or more parties are receiving service through the
same connection), and shall not be reestablished except by order of
the Village Board of the Village of Blanchardville and on payment
of all arrears, the expenses and established charges of shutting off
and putting on, and such other terms as the Village Board may determine,
and a satisfactory understanding with the party that no further cause
for complaint shall arise. In case of such violation, the Village
Board, furthermore, may declare any payment made for the service by
the party or parties committing such violation to be forfeited, and
the same shall thereupon be forfeited, the right is reserved to the
Village Board to change the said rules, regulations, and sewer rates
from time to time as they may deem advisable, and to make special
rates and contracts in all proper cases.
No plumber, pipe fitter, or other person will be permitted to
do any plumbing or pipe fitting work in connection with the sewer
system without first receiving a license from the State of Wisconsin.
Sewer service charges shall be established from time to time
by the Village Board and are on file in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer.
A. All charges for sewerage service shall be made monthly. A penalty
of 1 1/2% per month will be added to those bills not paid on
or before the 20th day after the due date of the bill, with a minimum
penalty charge of $0.30. A failure to receive a bill shall not excuse
nonpayment. Sewerage service charges shall be a lien on the property
served in accordance with § 66.0821(4)(c), Wis. Stats.
B. Excess revenue collected from a user class will be applied to operation,
maintenance, and replacement costs attributable to that class for
the next year.
C. The user charge system takes precedence over preexisting agreements
inconsistent with the governing regulations of the Wisconsin Fund
Grant Program.
In addition to any other penalty provided by this article or
other law, the Village Board shall have the right of recovery from
any responsible persons of any expense incurred by the Village for
penalties imposed on the Village due to a violation of this article
or other law, correction of conditions impairing the proper operation
of the sewer system and the repair or replacement of any sewer pipe
or other property of the sewer system damaged in any manner by any
negligent or intended act or omission by such person or by others
under their control.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article or rules or regulations of the Village of Blanchardville; or who shall connect a service pipe without first having obtained a therefor; or who shall violate any provisions of the Wisconsin Statutes, Wisconsin Administrative Code, or any other materials which are incorporated by reference, shall upon conviction thereof forfeit a penalty as provided in §
1-4 of this Code. This, however, shall not bar the Village of Blanchardville from enforcing the connection duties set out in §
375-29 for mandatory hookup.
The maintenance and use of septic tanks and other private sewage
disposal systems within the area of the Village of Blanchardville
serviced by its sewer system are hereby declared to be a public nuisance
and a health hazard. From and after October 1, 1989, the use of septic
tanks or any private sewage disposal system within the area of the
Village serviced by the sewerage system shall be prohibited.
Whenever premises served by the system are to be vacated, or
whenever any person desires to discontinue service from the system;
the system must be notified in writing. The owner of the premises
shall be liable for any damages to the property or 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, representatives,
or agents.
All sewer services, charges, and special assessments shall be
a lien on a lot, part of a lot, or land on which sewer services were
supplied. All sums which have accrued during the preceding year and
which are unpaid by the first day of October in any year shall be
certified to the Village Clerk to be placed on the tax roll for collection
as provided by Wisconsin Statutes.
There are hereby adopted all the rules and regulations of the
State Plumbing and State Building Codes and the building rules of
the Department of Safety and Professional Services; and the Department
of Natural Resources of the State of Wisconsin insofar as the same
are applicable to the Village of Blanchardville. All extensions of
the system will comply with administrative rules Ch. NR 108 and Ch.
NR 110, Wis. Adm. Code, of the Department of Natural Resources.