All persons now receiving sanitary sewer service from the Village
of Athens or who may hereafter make application therefor are deemed
to be bound by the rules and regulations of this article and such
state and federal statutes and administrative rules as are applicable.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following
terms as used in this article shall have the meanings hereinafter
designated. "May" is permissible; "shall" is mandatory.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five days
at 20° C, expressed in terms of weight and volume (milligrams
per liter). Quantitative determination of BOD shall be made in accordance
with procedures set forth below in Standard Methods.
BUILDING SEWER
That part of the lowest 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 lateral sewer.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning,
cooling or refrigeration whose character undergoes no chemical change
during such use.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH and fecal
coliform bacteria and such additional pollutants as are now or may
be in the future specified and controlled in that WPDES permit issued
to the Village of Athens.
DOMESTIC WASTES
Liquid wastes:
A.
From the noncommercial preparation, cooking or handling of food;
or
B.
Containing human excrement and similar matter discharged from
the sanitary facilities of dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial
facilities and institutions and other places where humans congregate.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the handling, preparation, cooking, dispensing
or storage of food.
GROUND GARBAGE
The residue from the preparation, cooking or 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.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property upon which there is erected a structure intended
for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings
or animals and from which structure sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes are or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
The liquid wastes resulting from the processes employed in
industrial, manufacturing, trade or business establishments, as distinct
from domestic wastes.
LATERAL
That part of the sewer system extending from a street sewer
to the curbline or, if there shall be no curbline, to the property
line or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then "lateral" shall
mean that portion of, or place in, a sewer which is provided for connection
of any building sewer.
NORMAL WASTEWATER CONCENTRATIONS
A BOD content of not more than 300 milligrams per liter and
a suspended solids content of not more than 300 milligrams per liter
and an ammonia-nitrogen content of not more than 45 milligrams per
liter.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Activities required to assure the dependable and economical
functions of treatment works.
A.
OPERATIONControl of the unit processes and equipment which make up the treatment works. This includes financial and personnel management, records, laboratory control, process control, safety and emergency operation planning.
B.
MAINTENANCEPreservation of functional integrity and efficiency of equipment and structures. This includes preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance and replacement of equipment as needed.
PARTS PER MILLION
A weight ratio as the parts per million value multiplied
by the factor of 8.345 shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons
of water.
PERSON
Any human, firm, company, partnership, corporation, association,
group or society and includes the State of Wisconsin and agencies,
districts, commissions and political subdivisions created by or pursuant
to state law.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
PRETREATMENT
Application of physical, chemical or biological processes
to reduce the amount of pollutants in or alter the nature of the pollutant
properties in a wastewater prior to discharging such wastewater into
the publicly owned wastewater treatment system.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
All applicable federal, state and local statutes, laws, ordinances,
rules and regulations. In cases of conflicting standards or regulations,
the more stringent thereof shall control.
REPLACEMENT
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and
maintenance" includes replacement.
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
or stormwater as may be present.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries wastewater and to which stormwater,
surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial user of the wastewater treatment system whose
flow exceeds 10,000 gallons per day or 5% of the daily capacity of
the treatment system or contains greater than normal wastewater concentrations
or toxic pollutants.
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.
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.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Wastewater/Water Operator in charge or his duly appointed
deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of,
or is suspended in, water, wastewater or other liquids, a high percentage
of which is removable by laboratory filtering. Measurements of quantities
of suspended solids shall be made in accordance with procedures set
forth in Standard Methods.
UNPOLLUTED WATER
Water free from pollutants in excess of the quantities limited
or prohibited by the federal, state or local effluent standards in
effect, or water whose discharge will not cause any violation of federal,
state or local receiving water quality standards.
USER
Any person who discharges or causes or permits the discharge
of wastewater into the wastewater treatment system.
USER CHARGE
A charge levied on users of a treatment works, or that portion
of the ad valorem taxes paid by a user, for the user's proportionate
share of the cost of operation and maintenance (including replacement)
of such works.
USER CLASSIFICATION
A classification of user based on the 1972 (or subsequent)
edition of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual prepared
by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may
be present, whether treated or untreated, which is discharged into
or permitted to enter the system.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Any publicly owned devices, facilities, structures, equipment
or works used for the purpose of the transmission, storage, treatment,
recycling and reclamation of industrial and domestic wastewaters.