Unless the text specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows. "May" is permissive; "shall" is mandatory.
Any discharge which was not intentional and shall include as well a discharge caused by gross negligence or wanton or reckless conduct.
One of the oxidation states of nitrogen, in which nitrogen is combined with hydrogen in molecular form as NH3 or in ionized form as NH4+. Quantitative determination of ammonia nitrogen shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in the most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
The Village Board or its duly authorized deputy, agent, or representative, including the Director of Public Works.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
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 the most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
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 Building Inspector of the Village of Mishicot or said person's appointed assistant, agent, or representative.
A sanitary sewer which begins immediately outside of the foundation of any building or structure being served and ends at its connection to the public sewer.
A sewer designed to receive both wastewater and stormwater or surface water.
Any user whose premises is used primarily for the conduct of a profit-oriented enterprise in the fields of construction, wholesale or retail trade, finance, insurance, real estate or services, and who discharges primarily normal domestic sewage.
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH, fecal coliform bacteria, chemical oxygen demand, phosphorus and phosphorus compounds, or nitrogen and nitrogen compounds, plus additional pollutants identified in the WPDES permit issued to the City of Two Rivers for its wastewater treatment facility, provided that such wastewater treatment facility was designed to treat such pollutants and in fact does remove such pollutants to a substantial degree.
The combination of individual samples taken at intervals of not more than one hour.
Costs to the Sewer Utility for the retirement of debts incurred in the provision of wastewater facilities, including both principal and interest.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
In such magnitude that, in the judgment of the Village, it will cause damage to any facility; will be harmful to the wastewater treatment plant, unless treated to the degree required to meet the requirements of the WPDES permit; can otherwise endanger life, limb, or public property; and/or can constitute a public nuisance.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A group of substances including fats, waxes, free fatty acids, calcium and magnesium soaps, mineral oils, and certain other non-fatty materials as analyzed for in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
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 the wastewater does not interfere with the collection or treatment system.
Sample taken that is proportional to the volume of flow during the sampling period.
The residue from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage, and sale of food products and produce.
The residue from the preparation, cooking, and 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.
Wastewater in which BOD5, suspended solids, nitrogen, or phosphorus concentrations exceed domestic strength wastewater.
Wastewater or contents of holding tanks.
Any and all pollutants that the wastewater treatment facilities either are not designed to remove or are incapable of removing.
Any nongovernmental, nonresidential user of a sewage treatment plant which discharges more than the equivalent of 25,000 gallons per day of sanitary wastes and which is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, United States Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under one of the following divisions: Division A, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; Division B, Mining; Division D, Manufacturing; Division E, Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services; or Division I, Industrial Services.
The liquid process waste from an industrial manufacturing process, trade or business, including but not limited to all Standard Industrial Classification Manual Class D manufacturers, as distinct from domestic wastewater, including those wastewaters discharged from an industrial pretreatment system.
To damage or destroy facilities being a part of the wastewater collection or treatment system; to cause an upset of the treatment system; to obstruct or interfere with the flow of the wastewater anywhere in the system; to cause a public nuisance; or to cause a violation of the City of Two Rivers' WPDES permit.
Any user whose premises is used primarily for the conduct of activities of a social, charitable, or educational character.
A sewer whose primary purpose is to convey sewage from a collection system or systems to a wastewater treatment plant. Size of the sewer is not a factor.
A discharge which alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, directly or indirectly, or both, inhibits or disrupts the City of Two Rivers' wastewater treatment system, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal and, therefore, is a cause of a violation of the City of Two Rivers' WPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with any of the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder, or any more stringent state or local regulations: Section 405 of the Clean Water Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), including Title II commonly referred to as the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)," and including state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA); and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act.
The Village of Mishicot.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water or groundwater.
Sanitary sewage resulting from the range of normal domestic activities, in which BOD5 and SS concentrations do not exceed 350 milligrams per liter (mg/l).
Includes all costs associated with the operation and maintenance of the wastewater management facilities, including administration and replacement costs, all as determined from time to time by the municipality.
A discharge which exits the City of Two Rivers' wastewater treatment system into waters of the State of Wisconsin in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the City of Two Rivers' WPDES permit, including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company, municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency, or other entity.
The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration, in moles per liter of solution.
Total phosphorus in wastewater, which may be present in any of three principal forms: orthophosphate, polyphosphates, or organic phosphates. Quantitative determination of total phosphorus shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in the most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
Dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal, agricultural and industrial wastes, and certain characteristics of wastewater [e.g., pH, temperature, total suspended solids (TSS), turbidity, color, BOD, chemical oxygen demand (COD), toxicity, or odor].
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater prior to, or in lieu of, introducing such pollutants into the City of Two Rivers' wastewater treatment system. This reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical, or biological processes; by process changes; or by other means, except by diluting the concentration of the pollutants unless allowed by an applicable pretreatment standard.
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment imposed on a user, other than a pretreatment standard.
Prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment standards, and local limits.
A system comprised of a septic tank and effluent absorption area designed for the purpose of processing sewage.
Prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances.
The residue from the preparation, cooking, and 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.
Any user whose premises is used for the conduct of the legislative, judicial, administrative, or regulatory activities of federal, state, local, or international units of government; government-owned educational facilities; government-owned health facilities; or government-owned recreational facilities. This does not include government-owned or -operated business establishments.
Any sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the Village. It shall also include sewers within or outside the Village boundaries that serve one or more persons and ultimately discharge into the Village sanitary sewer system, even through those sewers may not have been constructed with Village funds.
Any watercourse, river, pond, ditch, lake, aquifer, or other body of surface or subsurface water receiving discharge of sewage.
Expenditures for processing and installing equipment, accessories and appurtenances necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain its designed capacity and performance.
Any user whose premises is used primarily as a domicile for one or more persons and discharges only domestic wastes, but not including multifamily dwellings classified as commercial users. See definition of "commercial user."
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes discharged from toilets and/or sanitary plumbing facilities, together with such groundwater, surface water, and stormwater as may have inadvertently entered the sanitary sewer.
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, together with minor quantities of groundwater, stormwater, and surface water that are not admitted intentionally.
May be defined as wastes from nonresidential sources resulting from normal domestic activities. These activities are distinguished from industrial, trade, and/or process discharge wastes.
The wastewater or contents of septic tanks, dosing chambers, grease interceptors, seepage beds, seepage pits, seepage trenches, privies or portable restrooms.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such groundwater, surface water, and stormwater as may be present.
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
All properties, structures, manholes, catch basins, inlets, pipes, equipment and conduits for the purpose of collecting, treating, testing, and disposing of domestic wastewater and/or industrial or other wastewaters, as existing now or hereafter added to, expanded or improved.
The charge levied on users of the wastewater management facilities for the user's proportional share of the operation and maintenance costs, replacement costs, and debt retirement costs of such facilities.
A user that discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per day (gpd) or more of wastewater to the wastewater management facilities (excluding sanitary, non-contact cooling, and boiler blowdown wastewater); contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the wastewater management facilities; or is designated as such by the approving authority or the City of Two Rivers on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the wastewater management facilities operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
Any discharge of water or wastewater with a concentration or flow which exceeds five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow which adversely affects the system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment facility for a period greater than 15 minutes.
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., latest edition.
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface water, or unpolluted water from any source.
That portion of the rainfall that is drained into the sewers.
The Superintendent of the Wastewater Management System for the Village of Mishicot, or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
Solids that are filterable and in suspension in the liquid, the quantity being determined by the filterable residue test as described in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
A user who is not connected to the municipal water system and thereby does not have his private water supply metered.
Water of 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 benefitted by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
Any person who discharges or causes to be discharged domestic wastewater, industrial discharges or any other wastewater into the public sewerage system.
That system which generates operation and maintenance, replacement, and debt retirement revenues equitably for providing each user category with services.
Categories of users having similar flows and water characteristics, that is, levels of BOD, SS, P, NH3-N, etc. For the purposes of this chapter, there shall be four user classes: residential, commercial, industrial and public authority.
The Village of Mishicot, Wisconsin.
The charge for operation and maintenance costs and replacement costs. The volume charge shall be based upon normal strength wastewater quantities.
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.
The Village's structures, equipment and processes which are designed to collect and convey domestic wastewater and industrial discharges to the City of Two Rivers wastewater management facilities.
Includes volume, BOD, suspended solids, phosphorus, nitrogen, actual customers, equivalent meters, and such additional parameters as may from time to time be determined by the Village.
An arrangement of devices and structures in the City of Two Rivers for the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of wastewater, liquid industrial wastes, and sludge. These systems include interceptor sewers, outfall sewers, wastewater collection systems, individual systems, pumping, power, and other equipment and their appurtenances, any works that are an integral part of the 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 municipal or industrial wastes. Sometimes used as synonymous with "wastewater treatment" and "wastewater treatment plant."
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously or intermittently.
The City of Two Rivers permit to discharge pollutants, issued under the Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES), Ch. NR 210, Wis. Adm. Code.