Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings
of the following terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biological oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C.,
expressed in milligrams per liter or pounds.
BUILDING SEWER
Denotes a sanitary sewer beginning at the immediate outside
of the foundation wall of any building being served to its connection
with a Village sewer or interceptor.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer designed to receive or receiving both wastewater
and stormwater or surface water.
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 the
Village of Randolph for the Village's wastewater treatment plant,
provided that said wastewater treatment plant was designed to treat
such pollutants and in fact does remove such pollutants to a substantial
degree.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
A sample consisting of portions of a waste taken in proportion
to the volume of flow of said waste.
DNR
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
Wastewater discharged from sanitary conveniences which contains no incompatible pollutants exceeding the limits set in §
295-8 of this chapter.
DRAIN LAYING
Includes connecting to main sewers in streets or alleys,
placing materials, construction and alteration of drains beginning
three to five feet from the foundation or area wall of the building
to its connection with the main sewer in the street, alley or other
disposal terminal.
FEDERAL ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq.) and P.L. 84-660, as amended by the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-500, P.L. 93-243 and P.L.
95-217), or any subsequent amendments, or as implemented by Ch. 283,
Wis. Stats., or appropriate sections of the Wisconsin Statutes, as
well as any guidelines, limitations and standards promulgated by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Act.
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 of floatable oil if
it is properly pretreated and does not interfere with the collection
system.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and serving of foods.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks such as chemical toilets, campers,
trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY (ICR)
Recovery by the Village from the industrial or commercial
users of its wastewater works of the grant amount allocable to the
construction of facilities for the treatment of wastes from such users
pursuant to Section 204(b) or 201(h) of the Federal Act.
INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES
Any waterborne solids, liquids or gaseous wastes other than
domestic wastewater resulting from, discharging from, flowing from,
or escaping from any industrial user as defined herein.
INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)
As defined in 40 CFR 35.905 and § NR 110.03(15), Wis.
Stats., any user identified in the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual 1972, United States Office of Management and Budget, as amended
and supplemented as of October 1, 1978, under one of the following
divisions:
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Division A
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Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
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Division B
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Mining
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Division D
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Manufacturing
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Division E
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Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services
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Division I
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Services
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(2)
For the purposes of industrial cost recovery, any user which
discharges less than the equivalent of 25,000 gallons per day of sanitary
wastes is exempt from the industrial cost recovery system.
(3)
In determining the amount of a user's discharge, domestic
wastes or discharges from sanitary conveniences may be excluded.
(4)
After applying the sanitary waste exclusion set out above, discharges
in the above divisions that have a volume exceeding 25,000 gallons
per day or the weight of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) or suspended
solids (SS) equivalent to that weight found in 25,000 gallons per
day of sanitary waste shall fall under the ICR system. Sanitary wastes,
for purposes of this calculation of equivalency, are the wastes discharged
from residential users.
(5)
If an industrial user's maximum flow (hourly, daily, monthly,
seasonally, etc.) contributes to the cost of construction of the Village-owned
treatment facility, it shall be the basis for that user's industrial
cost recovery (ICR) payment. No credit will be given to the industrial
user for the time period when the user is not operating and not discharging
wastewater.
(6)
"Industrial user" shall also include:
(a)
Any nongovernmental user of a Village-owned sewerage system
which discharges wastewater to the sewerage system which contains
toxic pollutants or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient
quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to contaminate
the sludge of any municipal system or injure or interfere with any
sewage treatment process; constitutes a hazard to humans or animals;
creates a public nuisance; or creates any hazard in or has an adverse
effect on the waters receiving any discharge from the treatment works.
(b)
All commercial users of an individual system constructed with
grant assistance under § NR 128.07, Wis. Adm. Code.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, partnership, association,
and private, public and municipal corporations, districts and all
political subdivisions and governmental agencies.
PLUMBING
Includes the placing of all material within any building
and from three to five feet outside of the foundation or area wall
of such building and the construction, alteration and inspection of
all pipes, faucets, tanks, valves and other fixtures by and through
which supply or waste or sewage is used or carried in any manner whatsoever.
PRETREATMENT
Treating industrial wastes as required by government agency
to remove or reduce the quantity of one or more pollutants prior to
discharge to a Village sewer.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The waste from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of
food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
the Village sewers.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, or institutions.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
All structures, conduits and pipelines by which wastewater
is collected and disposed of, including the wastewater treatment works,
except plumbing inside and in connection with buildings and properties
served, and building sewers.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL CONTRIBUTOR
A user that:
(1)
Has been notified in writing by the DNR or the Village that
it is necessary to provide information concerning the concentration
and quantity of the pollutants discharged.
(2)
Has a discharge flow which:
(a)
Is greater than 10,000 gallons on any day of the year.
(b)
Is greater than 5% of the total flow rate or design compatible
pollutant loading received at the municipal wastewater treatment plant
and/or is subject to pretreatment standards for incompatible pollutants
as defined in Ch. NR 211, Wis. Adm. Code.
(c)
Contains a material included on a list of toxic pollutants as
defined in § 283.01(17), Wis. Stats.
(d)
Contains a waste which the DNR or the Village has found to have
significant impact, either singularly or in combination with other
contributing industries, on the wastewater facilities or upon the
effluent from such facilities.
STANDARD METHODS
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater," as prepared, approved and published jointly by the American
Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation, and
is in compliance with 40 CFR 136, Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures
for the Analysis of Pollutants.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater, or other liquids and
that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in "Standard
Methods" and referred to as "nonfilterable residue."
UNPOLLUTED WATER
Water of a quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
USER
Any person who discharges, or causes to be discharged, domestic
wastewater or industrial discharges into the Village sewerage system.
USER CHARGE
A charge levied on users of wastewater facilities for the
cost of operation, maintenance and replacement of such wastewater
facilities.
VILLAGE SEWER
Any sanitary sewer owned and operated by the Village of Randolph.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
The structures, equipment and processes designed to collect,
carry and treat domestic wastewater and industrial discharges.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating domestic
wastewater and industrial discharges. Sometimes used as synonymous
with "wastewater treatment" or "wastewater treatment works" or "water
pollution control works."
WPDES PERMIT
A permit to discharge pollutants obtained under the Wisconsin
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) pursuant to Ch. 283,
Wis. Stats.