[Adopted as Ch. 13, Subchapter III, of the 2003 Municipal
Code]
The following definitions are applicable to this article:
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."
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.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal beginning outside the inner face of the
building wall.
The residue from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of food products
and produce.
The wastewater from industrial process, trade, or business,
as distinct from sanitary sewage, including cooling water and the
discharge from sewage pretreatment facilities.
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.
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company,
municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution,
enterprise, governmental agency, or other entity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The document so entitled, published by the Office of Management
and Budget, latest edition.
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.
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water or unpolluted water from any source.
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.
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.
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with "waste
treatment."
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water,
either continuously or intermittently.
A document issued by the Wisconsin State Department of Natural
Resources which establishes effluent limitations and monitoring requirements
for the municipal wastewater treatment facility.
A.
The management, operation and control of the sewer system for the
Village is vested in the Village Board; all records, minutes, financial
records and all written proceedings thereof shall be kept by the Clerk-Treasurer.
B.
The sewer utility of the Village of Blanchardville shall have the
power to construct sewer lines for public use; and shall have the
power to lay sewer pipes in and through the alleys, streets, and public
grounds of the Village of Blanchardville; and generally to do all
such work as may be found necessary or convenient in the management
of the sewer system. The Village Board shall have power by themselves,
their officers, agents, and servants to enter upon any land for the
purpose of making examination or supervise in the performance of their
duties under this article, without liability therefor; and the Village
Board shall have power to purchase and acquire for the Village of
Blanchardville all real and personal property which may be necessary
for construction of the sewer system, or for any repair, remodeling,
or additions thereto.
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,[1] if federal funds are used.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 49 CFR Part 24 et seq.
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.
A.
Application for service.
(1)
Every person connecting with the sewer system shall file an application
in writing to the Village of Blanchardville Village Board, in such
form as is prescribed for that purpose. Blanks for such applications
will be furnished at the office of the Village Clerk. The application
must state fully and truly all the use which will be allowed except
upon further application and permission regularly obtained from said
Village Board. If the applicant is not the owner of the premises,
the written consent of the owner must accompany the application. Persons
connected to the sewer system of the Village of Blanchardville are
referred to herein as "users."
(2)
The application may be for service to more than one building, or
more than one unit of service through one service connection; and
in such case, charges shall be made accordingly.
(3)
If it appears that the service applied for will not provide adequate
service for the contemplated use, the Village Board may reject the
application. If the Village Board shall approve the application, it
shall issue a permit for services as shown on the application.
B.
Payment for connection application.
(1)
Payment schedule.
(a)
Prior to the issuance of the application for service all users
that were not a part of the original project and did not pay a special
assessment or contribution will be required to make a payment to the
utility as follows:
(b)
Note: It is intended that these amounts equal or exceed the
cost(s) paid by the original users of the system.
(2)
If the lateral construction cost to the utility exceeds the above
amount, then the user will be required to pay the former cost.
C.
Tap permits. After sewer connections have been introduced into any
building or upon any premises, no plumber shall make any alterations,
extensions, or attachments, unless the party ordering such tapping
or other work shall exhibit the proper permit for the same from the
Village Board of the Village of Blanchardville.
D.
User to keep in repair. All users shall keep their own service pipes
in good repair and protected from frost, at their own risk and expense,
and shall prevent any unnecessary overburdening of the sewer system.
E.
User use only. No user shall allow others or other services to connect
the sewer system through his lateral.
F.
User to permit inspection. Every user shall permit the Village Board
of the Village of Blanchardville, or its duly authorized agent, at
all reasonable hours of the day, to enter their premises or building
to examine the pipes and fixtures, and the manner in which the drains,
and sewer connections operate; and they must at all times, frankly
and without concealment, answer all questions put to them relative
to its use.
G.
Utility responsibility. It is expressly stipulated that no claim
shall be made against said Village Board or the Village of Blanchardville
by reason of the breaking, clogging, stoppage, or freezing of any
service pipes; nor from any damage arising from repairing mains, making
connections or extensions or any other work that may be deemed necessary.
The right is hereby reserved to cut off the service at any time for
the purpose of repairs or any other necessary purpose, any permit
granted or regulation to the contrary not withstanding. Whenever it
shall become necessary to shut off the sewer service within any district
of the said Village of Blanchardville, the Village Board shall, if
practicable, give notice to each and every consumer within such effected
district of the time when such service will be so shut off.
A.
In making excavations in streets or highways for laying service pipe
or making repairs, the paving and earth removed must be deposited
in a manner that will occasion the least inconvenience to the public.
B.
No person shall leave any such excavation made in any street or highway
open at any time without barricades; and during the night, warning
lights must be maintained at such excavations.
C.
In refilling the opening, after the service pipes are laid, the earth
must be laid in layers of not more than nine inches in depth, and
each layer thoroughly compacted to prevent settling. This work, together
with the replacing of sidewalks, ballast, and paving, must be done
so as to make the street as good, at least, as before it was disturbed,
and satisfactory to the Village Board. No opening of the streets for
tapping of pipes will be permitted when the ground is frozen.
D.
No person, except those having special permission from the Village
Board, or persons in their service and approved by them, will be permitted
under any circumstances to tap the mains or collection pipes. The
kind and size of the connection with the pipe shall be that specified
in the permit or order from said Village Board.
E.
Pipes should always be tapped on the top half, and not within 15
cm of the joint, or within 24 inches (60 cm) of another lateral connection.
F.
All service pipes (laterals) on private property will be installed
in accordance with Ch. SPS 382, Wis. Adm. Code, Design, Construction,
Installation, Supervision, Maintenance and Inspection of Plumbing;
specifically, § SPS 382.30, Sanitary drain systems, Wis.
Adm. Code.
G.
All building sewers under construction will be inspected by a designated
representative of the Village Board. The building sewers and/or private
interceptor main sewers shall be inspected upon completion of placement
of the pipe and before backfilling, and tested before or after backfilling.
Any sewer that is backfilled prior to inspection shall be reexcavated
to allow such inspection.
H.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Village's
designated representative, to meet all requirements of this article.
Whenever a property owner proposes to use any portion of an existing
sewer distant more than five feet from the house or building to be
served as a part of any building sewer, the application for a permit
shall designate the portion to be used and, before any other work
in connection with the laying of said building sewer is done, sufficient
length of said old sewer to permit an inspection thereof by the Village's
designated representatives shall be exposed. He shall make inspection
thereof and, if he finds upon inspection that such old sewer cannot
be properly aligned to meet the sewer service lateral from the main
to the property line, or if it is not of proper grade to make connection
with such sewer service lateral, or is dilapidated, leaky, defective
or contains any roots, he shall condemn such old sewer and not permit
the use thereof. He shall then require all of the building sewer for
that particular property to be laid of new material. The use of such
old sewer shall not be permitted by the agency unless a proper type
of fitting for connecting it to the new portion of the building sewer
or the sewer service lateral is specified and shown to be practical
before the work is commenced.
I.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building
at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings which any
building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the sanitary sewer
sewage carried by such, a building drain shall be lifted an discharged
to the building sewer by facilities conforming to the requirements
of § SPS 382.30(10), Wis. Adm. Code.
J.
No person shall make connections of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, basement sump pumps or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a sanitary sewer. If such connections are found during an inspection by the Village's designated representative, correction shall be ordered under § 375-22 of this chapter.
A.
No person in the business of gathering and disposing of septic tank
sludge or holding tank sewage shall transfer such material into any
disposal area or sewer manhole located within the Village of Blanchardville
boundaries unless a permit for disposal has been first obtained from
the Board. Written application for this permit shall be made to the
Board and shall state the name and address of the applicant; the number
of its disposal units; and the size, make, model, and license number
of each unit. Permits shall be nontransferable except in the case
of replacement of the disposal unit for which a permit shall have
been originally issued. The permit may be obtained upon payment of
a fee as set by the Village Board. The Board may impose such conditions
as it deems necessary on any granted.[1]
B.
Charges for a disposal shall be as determined in Appendix A.[2] Bills shall be mailed on a monthly basis and if payments
are not received in 30 days thereof, disposal privileges shall be
suspended.
[2]
Editor's Note: Said appendix is included at the end of this chapter.
C.
Any person or party disposing of septic tank or holding tank sludge
agrees to carry public liability insurance in an amount not less than
$100,000 to protect any and all persons or property from injury and/or
damage caused in any way or manner by any act, or failure to act,
by any of his employees. The person(s) shall furnish a certificate
certifying such insurance to be in full force and effect.
D.
Any materials dumped into treatment system shall be of domestic origin
only and septic tank wastes shall be segregated from holding tank
wastes. The discharger shall also certify and that he will comply
with the provisions of any and all applicable ordinances of the Village
of Blanchardville, and shall not deposit or drain any gasoline, oil,
acid, alkali, grease, rags, waste, volatile or inflammable liquids,
or other deleterious substances into any manhole nor allow any earth,
sand, or other solid material to pass into any part of the sewerage
system.[3]
E.
The person(s) or party disposing waste agrees to indemnify and save
harmless the Village of Blanchardville from any and all liability
and claims for damages arising our of or resulting from work and labor
performed.
F.
The person(s) or party disposing waste shall furnish bond to the
Village of Blanchardville in the amount of $1,000 to guarantee performance.
Said performance bond shall be delivered to the Village Clerk-Treasurer
prior to the issuance of the hereunder.
A.
It shall be the policy of the Village of Blanchardville to obtain
sufficient revenues to pay the cost of a) the annual debt retirement
payment on any bonded indebtedness, b) any required cash reserve account
payment, and c) operation and maintenance of the sewage works, including
a replacement fund (i.e., a cash account to be used for future expenditures
for obtaining or installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances
which are necessary to maintain the capacity and performance of the
sewage works, during the service life for which said works were designed
and constructed), through a system of user charges as defined in this
article. The system shall assure that each user of the sewage works
pays a proportionate share of the cost of such works.
B.
The minimum quarterly billing shall be sufficient to pay the annual
debt retirement and FMHA Reserve Account costs. A portion of the debt
service and Reserve Account may be budgeted by levying an ad valorem
tax in accordance with state statutes. The unit price per volume shall
be sufficient to pay 80% of the annual cost of operation and maintenance,
including any replacement fund, of the sewage works. The other 20%
will be collected as part of the fixed minimum quarterly charge. Users
will be notified annually of the portion of user charges or ad valorem
taxes attributable to wastewater treatment services. Water meter readings
shall be used to determine the actual water volume used. The unit
price portion of the third quarter (i.e., July through September)
sewer will be based on the average volume of water used during the
previous second first and fourth quarter, except that no zero-usage
quarter will be averaged. All other quarterly sewer bills will be
based on actual water used. If a portion of the water furnished to
any customer is not discharged into the sewer system, the quantity
of such water will be deducted in computing the charge for sewer service
provided a meter has been installed to measure such water. The customer
must at his own expense make necessary changes in the water piping
and install couplings so that a meter can be set, a charge for the
actual cost of providing a meter shall be paid by the customer.
C.
The methodology of determining the user charges is given in Appendix
A.[1] The Utility shall provide the initial estimates of water
volumes, number of meters, costs, etc., to calculate the first year's
user charges. The user charges, and this article, shall be reviewed
no less than biannually. Such review shall be performed by the Village
Clerk-Treasurer and the Village Treasurer. User charges shall be adjusted,
as required, to reflect actual volumes of water used and actual costs.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said appendix is included at the end of this chapter.
D.
Where it is not possible to obtain a water meter reading, or in cases
where no water meter exists, the customer shall be assigned an average
water volume by the city, based on previous meter readings, and this
shall be so stated on the bill. The difference shall be adjusted when
the meter is again read.
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.[1]
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.
A.
The owner of each parcel of land adjacent to a sewer main on which
there exists a building usable for human habitation, or in a block
through which such system is extended, shall connect to such system
within 90 days of notice in writing from the Village Board. Upon failure
to do so, the Village Board may cause such connection to be made and
bill the property owner for such costs. If such costs are not paid
within 30 days, such notice shall be assessed as a special tax lien
against the property, all pursuant to § 281.45, Wis. Stats.;
provided, however, the owner may within 30 days after the completion
of the work file a written opinion with the Village Clerk stating
that he cannot pay such amount in one sum and ask that it be levied
in not to exceed five equal installments and that the amount shall
be so collected with interest at the rate of 15% per annum from the completion of the work, the unpaid
balance being a special tax lien, all pursuant to § 281.45,
Wis. Stats.[1]
B.
In lieu of the above the Village Board at its option may impose a
penalty for the period that the violation continues, after 10 days'
written notice to any owner failing to make a connection to the sewer
system, in an amount of $3,000 per month for each residential unit
equivalent payable quarterly, for the period in which the failure
to make such payment. Said charge shall be assessed as a special tax
lien against the property, all pursuant to § 281.45, Wis.
Stats.
C.
This article ordains that the failure to connect to the sewer system
is contrary to the minimum health standards of said Village of Blanchardville
and fails to assure preservation of public health, comfort, and safety
of said Village of Blanchardville.
A.
Maintenance and repair of building sewers and drains. The maintenance
and repair of building sewers and drains from a house or other building
to the public sewer shall be the responsibility of the property owner.
The Village Board may issue maintenance, repair and disconnect orders
for such building sewers and drains necessary for the protection of
the public health and the public sewer system. The Village Board may
also, where a maintenance, repair or disconnect order is disregarded
or violated, cause such work to be done and charge the cost thereof
against the property as a special tax or assessment.
[Amended 7-5-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-03]
B.
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.
C.
All building sewers, both new and existing, shall be maintained in such condition as to prevent inflow or infiltration of unpolluted waters from the groundwater table, storm runoff or other sources. If, during an inspection defined in § 375-24 of this chapter, upon plugging the building sewer at or near its point of entry into the sanitary sewer, unpolluted water should be observed by the Village's designated representative to back up into the building being served, the building sewer shall be declared defective and correction shall be ordered under § 375-19.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully injure the sewer
system, or any building, machinery, or fixture pertaining thereto,
or to, willfully and without authority of the Village Board, bore
or otherwise cause to leak any tunnel, aqueduct, reservoir, pipe or
other thing used in the system for holding, conveying, or collecting
sewage.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to introduce sewage into the
system which shows an excess of a BOD5 or suspended solids concentration
of over 1,000 mg/l on a daily average basis; a surcharge shall be
based on the excess of BOD5 or suspended solids at a rate determined
in Appendix A.[1] The Village Board reserves the right to test the sewage
at any point within the connection system of the user or consumer.
A user may not use dilution as a means to achieve a lower concentration
of BOD5 or suspended solids. Users discharging toxic pollutants shall
pay for any increased O&M or replacement costs caused by the toxic
pollutants.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said appendix is included at the end of this chapter.
C.
No user shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described liquids or solid wastes to any sanitary sewer:
(1)
Any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff or surface
drainage.
(2)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
(3)
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feather, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, or any other solid or
sticky substance capable of causing obstruction of the flow in sewers
or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works.
(4)
Any water or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in
sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, constituting a hazard to humans and animals or create any
hazard in the receiving treatment facility.
(5)
Any water or wastes containing suspended solids of such character
and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle
such material at the sewage treatment plant.
(6)
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a
public nuisance.
(7)
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
(8)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
(9)
Any water or wastes which may contain more than 100 parts per million
by weight of fat, oil, or grease on an instantaneous basis or 25 parts
per million on a daily average basis, or which may solidify or become
viscous at temperatures between 32° F. and 110° F.
(10)
Any water or wastes having pH lower than 6.0 or higher than
9.0 having any corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard
to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works.
(11)
Any fluid or solid containing chromium, copper, zinc, cyanide
and similar objectionable or toxic substances which exceed the limits
which are established for such materials. Unless more restrictive
limits are established by a state or federal regulatory agency having
jurisdiction, the following concentrations in milligrams per liter
(mg/l) shall not be exceeded on a grab sample basis:
|
Pollutant
|
Concentration
(mg/l)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Arsenic
|
0.50
| |
|
Barium
|
4.00
| |
|
Cadmium
|
0.11
| |
|
Chromium
|
2.77
| |
|
Copper
|
3.38
| |
|
Cyanide
|
1.20
| |
|
Lead
|
0.69
| |
|
Mercury
|
0.002
| |
|
Nickel
|
3.98
| |
|
Selenium
|
0.004
| |
|
Silver
|
0.43
| |
|
Zinc
|
2.61
|
(a)
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such halflife or concentration
as may exceed limits established by state or federal regulations.
(b)
Any fluid or solid containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing
substances in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the Village's designated representative, or as are established
by the state, federal or other public agencies having jurisdiction
for such discharge to the receiving waters. Unless other limits are
established by a state or federal regulatory agency having jurisdiction,
the concentration of phenol shall not exceed 0.005 mg/l on an instantaneous
basis.
D.
Use of the sanitary sewers.
(1)
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water or any other unaltered water to any sanitary sewer.
(2)
The Village reserves the right to refuse or limit the amount or character
of any or all industrial wastewaters from an industry or combination
of industries as may be necessary to insure adequate treatment and
proper operation of the public sewer collection system.
A.
All significant industrial users shall report the characteristics
of their discharges by February 1 of each year for the preceding calendar
year.
B.
All significant industrial users shall install a single suitable
sampling and flow measurement manhole in accordance with Ch. SPS 382,
Wis. Adm. Code. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his
expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible
at all times.
C.
All major contributing industries shall install a special control
manhole. The special control manhole shall be approved by the DNR
and the Village prior to installation. The special control manhole
shall consist of a manhole on the discharge line with a permanently
installed flow rate measuring device and provision for housing recording
instruments and an automatic flow proportional sampler. Major contributing
industries, unless specifically exempted by the Village and the holder
of any outstanding mortgage revenue bonds, shall install a flow recorder
and a sampler of design approved by the Village and shall operate
those instruments continuously and provide the records to the Village.
The sampler shall automatically, in proportion to flow volume, collect
samples of the waste. The location and access to the special control
manhole shall be as provided for in the Wisconsin Administrative Code
and approved by the Village Board.[1]
D.
Special control manholes may be required by the Village should the
industrial wastewater contain a toxic or deleterious fluid or solid
not reflected by volume, BOD5 or suspended solids.
E.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of fluids
and solids to which reference is made in this article shall be determined
in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public
Health Association, et al. The control manhole shall be considered
to be the most representative locations in the sewage flow system
of the premises.
F.
No statement
contained in this article shall be construed as preventing any special
agreement or arrangement between the Village and any industrial concern
whereby an industrial wastewater of unusual strength or character
may be accepted by the Village for treatment, subject to payment therefor,
by the industrial concern provided, the agreement is not in conflict
with the intent or rates established by this article or Wisconsin
Code requirements. Any special agreement must be subject to the consent
of the holder of any outstanding mortgage revenue bonds.
G.
No statement contained in this article shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Wisconsin
Administrative Code.
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.
A.
A unit of service shall consist of any residential, commercial, industrial,
or charitable aggregation of space or area occupied for a distinct
purpose such as a residence, apartment, flat, store, office, industrial
plant, church, or school. Each unit of service shall be regarded as
one consumer. Suites in houses, or apartments with complete housekeeping
functions (such as cooking), shall be classed as apartment houses;
thus houses and apartments having suites of one, two, or more rooms
with toilet facilities but without kitchen for cooking are classed
as rooming houses.
B.
When a consumer's premises has several buildings for which services
are eligible and such buildings are used in the same business and
connected by the user, the Village Board shall set a separate rate
for such complex.
See § 375-9 of this chapter.
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.
