The Village Board finds that the orderly handling and treatment
of wastewater, sewage and related materials is necessary to preserve
and protect the public health. The Village Board adopts this chapter
to protect, preserve and promote the health, safety, and welfare of
the residents and visitors of the Village and pursuant to the Village's
police powers under Wisconsin Law. This chapter shall be construed
to effectuate its purpose.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meaning indicated:
ABANDONMENT
Existing sewer lateral which is no longer used or required
for the future extension of services.
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ABNORMAL EFFLUENT
Wastewater discharged by users which unreasonably exceeds
the discharge parameters, or which includes a hazardous material or
other substance or gas which may harm the facility.
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The Village Board, or its duly authorized committee, agent
or representative.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for five days
at 20° C., usually 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.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal beginning outside the face of the building
wall. See also "house connection," "lateral," and "private sewer."
CHLORINE REQUIREMENT
The amount of chlorine in milligrams per liter which must
be added to sewage to produce a specified residual chlorine content
in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
COMBINED SEWER
Any sewer intended to serve as a sanitary sewer and as a
storm sewer.
COMMERCIAL USER
Any user whose premises are used primarily for profit-oriented
enterprises in the fields of construction, wholesale or retail trade,
finance, insurance, real estate or services, including multifamily
residences having three or more units served by a single meter, which
discharges primarily domestic sewage.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS
The BOD, suspended solids, phosphorous, pH or fecal coliform
bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the WPDES permit
for the facility receiving the pollutants, if the facility was designed
to treat such additional pollutants to a substantial degree.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGE
A charge levied on users for the cost of repaying money borrowed
to construct the facility or to make improvements to the facility.
DISCHARGE
Process wastewater produced by users which users release
to the facility for treatment.
DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS
The chemical or biological, including organic and inorganic,
qualities or traits which wastewater exhibits, including but not limited
to volume, BOD, TSS, FOG, phosphorous, temperature, and pH.
DISCHARGE PARAMETERS
The limits which are imposed by this chapter, and additional
limits which Village may hereafter impose, on the discharge characteristics
of wastewater discharged by users.
DISCONNECTION
Sewer services that may be disconnected temporarily or permanently.
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EFFLUENT
Except as otherwise used in the term "abnormal effluent,"
wastewater which has been treated in the facility and is ready for
release from the facility.
EXCESS DISCHARGE
Wastewater which exceeds, and the amount by which wastewater
exceeds, the discharge parameters.
FACILITY
The wastewater treatment facility owned and operated by the
Village and located at 23993 First Street, Trempealeau, Wisconsin,
including the structures, interceptor sewer, equipment and processes
used to collect, convey to the wastewater treatment facility, and
treat wastewater generated in Village, and to dispose of the effluent.
FIXED METER CHARGE
The portion of the sewer service charge based on the number
of a customer's premises' connections to the sewer system and on the
size of the customer's water meters, which is intended to recover
the cost of debt retirement and associated reserves and depreciation
associated with constructing, erecting, modifying or rehabilitating
the facility, operating costs for customer billing, and treatment
costs relating to infiltration and inflow.
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. Wastewater is considered free from floatable oil if it is
properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the
wastewater collection system.
GARBAGE
The residue from preparing, cooking and dispensing food,
and from handling, storing and selling food products and produce.
GROUND GARBAGE
The residue from preparing, cooking, and dispensing food
that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles may be
carried freely in suspension under flow conditions normally prevailing
in public sewers with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Any substance, material, waste, gas or particular matter
which is regulated by any local governmental authority, the State
of Wisconsin, or the United States Government, including, but not
limited to, any material or substance which is presently or may hereafter
be:
A.
Defined as a "hazardous waste," "hazardous material," "hazardous
substance," "extremely hazardous waste," or "restricted hazardous
waste" under any provision of Wisconsin Law;
D.
Polychlorinated biphenyl;
F.
Designated as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to § 311
of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. (33 U.S.C.
§ 1317);
G.
Defined as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to § 101
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (42 U.S.C. § 9601);
or
H.
Defined as a "hazardous waste" pursuant to § 1004
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901
et seq. (42 U.S.C. § 6903).
HOLDING TANK WASTEWATER
Domestic waste contents of a watertight container designed
and approved for collecting and storing wastewater.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS
Pollutants contained in wastewater which will adversely affect
or disrupt the quality of wastewater treatment in the facility.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any user whose premises are used primarily for profit-oriented
enterprises in the fields of manufacturing, dairy product processing,
meat processing, processing of other food and drink products, painting
or finishing operations, transportation, communications, utilities,
mining, agriculture, forestry, or fishing.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Wastewater from industrial processes, trades or businesses,
including cooling water and the discharge from pretreatment facilities,
but not including sanitary sewage, domestic wastes, or wastes from
sanitary conveniences.
INTERCEPTOR SEWER
A sewer, regardless of size, the primary purpose of which
is to convey wastewater from a collection system or systems to the
facility.
MAY
Is permissive, not mandatory.
MEASURING DEVICES
The mechanical and electrical apparatuses used to measure
the volume of wastewater discharged to the facility by users, to measure
the extent of the wastewater's compliance or noncompliance with the
discharge parameters, and to collect or withhold portions of the wastewater
for testing to determine the extent of the wastewater's compliance
or noncompliance with the discharge parameters.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
which discharges into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body
of surface water or ground waters.
NORMAL DOMESTIC STRENGTH WASTEWATER
Wastewater with concentrations of BOD5 no greater than 250 milligrams per liter (mg/L) and suspended solids
no greater than 250 milligrams per liter (mg/L).
NORMAL USER
A user whose contributions to the sewer system consist only
of normal domestic strength wastewater originating from a house, apartment,
or other living quarters occupied by one or more people constituting
a distinct household; and from a business or other commercial enterprise.
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT BUDGET
The sum of money Village allocates for all of the costs Village
incurs in operating and maintaining the facility, or any specified
portion of the facility, and in replacing the designated capital assets
of the facility, or any specified portion of the facility.
PARTS PER MILLION
A weight-to-weight ratio; the parts per million value multiplied
by the factor 8.34 is equivalent to pounds per million gallons of
water. Parts per million (ppm) is equivalent to milligrams per liter
(mg/L).
PEAK DAILY BOD
The highest quantity of BOD, measured in pounds and tested
by a certified laboratory, in a twenty-four-hour period of time.
PEAK DAILY FLOW
The total volume of wastewater, measured in gallons and recorded
at a location specified by Village, in a twenty-four-hour period of
time.
PEAK DAILY PHOSPHOROUS LOADING
The highest quantity of phosphorous, measured in pounds,
contained in wastewater discharged in a twenty-four-hour period of
time.
PEAK DAILY TSS
The highest quantity of TSS, measured in pounds, in a twenty-four-hour
period of time.
PENALTY
The additional amounts of money users are required by this
chapter to pay to Village for wastewater discharged by users which
exceeds the discharge parameters.
PERSON
Any natural person, individual, firm, company, municipal
or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise,
government agency or other entity.
pH
The negative logarithm (base 10) of the hydrogen ion concentration,
expressed in gram equivalents per liter, of wastewater.
PHOSPHOROUS CONCENTRATION
The proportion or ratio of phosphorous, measured in milligrams
per liter, contained in wastewater users discharge.
PRETREATMENT
The preliminary process of refining wastewater to ensure
that the wastewater complies with the discharge parameters established
under this chapter prior to the wastewater being released or discharged
to the facility.
PRETREATMENT FACILITY
A system of pumping stations, screens, settling tanks, dissolved
air flotation units, monitoring stations, and other apparatuses, which
users use to prepare wastewater for discharge to the facility.
PRIVATE SEWER
Any sewer outside of a public right-of-way or public easement.
See also "building sewer," "house connection" or "lateral."
PUBLIC AUTHORITY
Any user whose premises are used for the conduct of legislative,
judicial, or executive activities of federal, state, or local units
of government; government-owned education facilities; government-owned
health facilities; or government-owned recreation facilities.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission, an independent agency
of the State of Wisconsin, created by Wis. Stats. § 15.79
(1995).
PUBLIC SEWER
Any sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of Village,
including sewers within and outside Village's corporate boundaries
which serve any person and which ultimately discharge into Village's
sanitary sewer system, even though those sewers may not have been
constructed with Village's funds, but not including building sewers,
house connections, laterals, or private sewers.
RECORDING MECHANISMS
The mechanical and electrical apparatuses used to record
and maintain, in written or electrical form, the measurements produced
by the measuring devices.
SANITARY DISTRICT
The town sanitary district created by the Town Board of the
Town of Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, pursuant to the
authority granted by Wis. Stats. § 60.71.
SANITARY SEWAGE
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes discharged
from toilets or sanitary plumbing facilities, together with such ground,
surface and stormwaters as may be present.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, buildings operated by public authorities, commercial buildings,
industrial plants and institutions, together with minor quantities
of ground, storm and surface waters which are admitted unintentionally.
SEPTAGE
The scum, liquid, sludge or other waste from a septic tank
or privy.
SEWER SYSTEM
The network of pipes, mains, storm sewers, sanitary sewers,
outfall sewers, combined sewers, and associated drains, manholes,
equipment, and pumping stations owned and operated by the Village.
SEWER USE CHARGE
A portion of the sewer service charge levied on users of
the facility for payment of use-related capital expenses, as well
as the operation, maintenance, and replacement costs, but not customer
billing costs, of the facility, and which is based on volume and strength
of wastewater discharged to the facility, including the charge for
normal domestic strength wastewater and a penalty for wastewater which
exceeds the discharge parameters.
SHALL
Is mandatory, not merely permissive.
SHOCK
Any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration
of any constituent part 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 or flow during normal operation and
adversely affects the performance of the facility.
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING
A mobile home, a seasonal dwelling, a duplex unit, an apartment
unit, a single-family detached dwelling or a multifamily unit.
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.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspended
in water, wastewater or other liquids, and that is removable by laboratory
filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods and is referred to as
"nonfilterable residue."
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS)
The quantity of material, measured in milligrams per liter,
removed from wastewater in a laboratory test prescribed in Standard
Methods and referred to as "nonfilterable residue."
TOXIC DISCHARGES
Discharges containing a substance, or mixture of substances,
which through sufficient exposure, ingestion, inhalation, or assimilation
by an organism, either directly from the environment or indirectly
by ingestion through the food chain, will, on the basis of information
available to Village's health officer, cause death, disease, behavioral
or immunological abnormalities, cancer, genetic mutations, or developmental
or physiological malfunctions, including malfunction in reproduction
or physical deformities, in such organism or its offspring.
USER CLASSES
Categories of users having similar flows and wastewater characteristics,
such as BOD, TSS, pH, and FOG.
VILLAGE
The Village of Trempealeau, a Wisconsin municipal corporation,
located in the County of Trempealeau, State of Wisconsin.
VILLAGE BOARD
Village's local legislative body, as that term is defined
in Wis. Stats. § 66.1331(3)(f).
WASTEWATER
Water-carried wastes created in and to be conducted away
from residences, industrial establishments and public buildings, as
defined in Wis. Stats. § 101.01(12) (1995), with such surface
water or groundwater as may be present.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
The publicly owned arrangement of devices and structures
for the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of wastewater,
liquid industrial wastes, and sludge, including interceptor sewers,
outfall sewers, wastewater collection systems, pumping and other equipment
and appurtenances, any works that are an integral part of the wastewater
treatment process or are used for ultimate disposal of residues from
such treatment, or any other method or system for preventing, abating,
reducing, storing, treating, separating, or disposing of wastewater.
WISCONSIN LAW
The system, in effect on the date this amendment takes effect,
or as amended or modified from time to time thereafter, of legal rules
and regulations embodied in the Wisconsin Statutes, in the Wisconsin
Administrative Code, and in binding interpretations or opinions pertaining
thereto; and embodied in the United States Code, the Code of Federal
Regulations, and in binding interpretations or opinions pertaining
thereto, which supersede Wisconsin Statutes, the Wisconsin Administrative
Code, or binding interpretations or opinions pertaining thereto.