[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Webster 12-9-2015 by Ord. No. 6-2015. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
This chapter regulates the use of public and private sewers and drains,
the discharge of septage into the public sewerage system, and the
discharge of waters and wastes into the public sewerage systems within
the Village of Webster. It provides for and explains the method used
for levying and collecting wastewater treatment service charges, sets
uniform requirements for discharges into the wastewater collection
and treatment systems and enables the Village of Webster to comply
with administrative provisions and other discharge criteria which
are required or authorized by the State of Wisconsin or federal law.
Its intent is to derive the maximum public benefit by regulating the
characteristics of wastewater discharged into the Village of Webster
sewerage system.
B.
This chapter provides a means for determining wastewater and septage
volumes, constituents and characteristics, the setting of charges
and fees, and the issuing of permits to certain users. Revenues derived
from the application of this chapter shall be used to defray the costs
of operating and maintaining adequate wastewater collection and treatment
systems and to provide sufficient funds for capital outlay, debt service
costs and capital improvements. The charges and fees herein have been
established pursuant to requirements of the Wisconsin Statutes. This
chapter shall supersede any previous ordinance. If there is any conflict
between this chapter and any applicable statute, the state statute
shall be controlling.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
The Village of Webster or its duly authorized committee,
agent, or representative.
One of the oxidation states of nitrogen, in which nitrogen
is combined with hydrogen in molecular form as NH3 or in NH4. Quantitive determination of ammonia
nitrogen shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in
"Standard Methods" or Ch. NR 149 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
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."
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the wall of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer.
The extension from the public sewer or other place of disposal
beginning outside the inner face of the building wall.
Chemical elements and compounds that are typically found
in wastewater and may be regulated by this chapter. These are as follows:
Aldrin
|
C12H8Cl6
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Ammonia nitrogen
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NH3
| |
Arsenic
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As
| |
Benzene
|
C6H6
| |
Benzo (a) anthracene
|
C4H4(CH2)C6H4(CH2)C6H4
| |
Benzo (a) pyrene
|
C30H12
| |
Beryllium
|
Be
| |
BIS (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
|
(C3H7(C2H5) CHCH2OCO)2C6H4
| |
Cadmium
|
Cd
| |
Carbon tetrachloride
|
CCl4
| |
Chlordane
|
C10H6Cl8
| |
Chloroform
|
CHCl3
| |
Copper
|
Cu
| |
Chloromium
|
Cr
| |
Cyanide
|
Cn
| |
DDT
|
(ClC6H4)2CHCCl3
| |
DDD
|
(ClC6H4)2CHCHCl2
| |
DDE
|
(C1C6H12)CCC12
| |
Dieldrin
|
C12H10OCl6
| |
3, 3-Dichlorbenzidine
|
C6H3ClNH2ClNH2
| |
Dicholoromethane
|
CH2Cl2
| |
2, 4-D
|
C6H3OCH2(OOH)Cl2
| |
Dimethyl Nitrosoamine
|
(CH3)2NNO
| |
Endrin
|
C12H10OCl6
| |
Heptachlor
|
C10H7Cl7
| |
Hexachlorobenzene
|
C6Cl6
| |
Hexachlorobutadiene
|
C4Cl6
| |
Lead
|
Pb
| |
Lindane
|
C6H6Cl6
| |
Malathion
|
C10H19O6PS2
| |
Mercury
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Hg
| |
Molybdenum
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Mo
| |
Nickel
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Ni
| |
Nitrogen
|
N
| |
PCBs
|
C12H10
| |
C12H9Cl
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C12H8Cl2
| ||
C12H7Cl3
| ||
C12H6Cl4
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C12H5Cl5
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C12H4Cl6
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C12H3Cl7
| ||
C12H2Cl8
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C12H1Cl9
| ||
C12Cl10
| ||
Pentachlorophenol
|
C6CL5OH
| |
Phenanthrene
|
C14H10
| |
Phenol
|
C6H5OH
| |
Phosphorous
|
P
| |
Phosphate
|
PO4
| |
Radium
|
Ra
| |
Selenium
|
Se
| |
Tetrachloroethylene
|
CCl2CCl2
| |
Toxaphene
|
C10H10C18
| |
Trichloroethylene
|
CHClCCl2
| |
2, 4 6-Trichlorophenol
|
C6H2Cl3OH
| |
Vinyl Chloride
|
CH2CHC1
| |
Zinc
|
ZN
|
Any user whose premises are 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 wastewater.
The Village Board of the Village of Webster.
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, phosphorus,
ammonia, or pH, plus additional pollutants identified in the WPDES
permit for the publicly owned treatment works receiving the pollutant
if such works were designed to treat such additional pollutants to
a substantial degree.
Water-carried wastes normally discharging into the sanitary
sewers from dwellings (including apartment houses and condominiums)
and commercial establishments, free from stormwater and industrial
waste. Domestic wastewater shall have a strength equal to or less
than 250 mg/l BOD5, 250 mg/l suspended solids,
and elemental phosphorus equal to or less than 12 mg/l.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of property
owned by another.
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 or septage shall be considered free of floatable
fat if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere
with the collection of treatment system.
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 particulates
will be no greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension and will be carried
freely in suspension under normal flow conditions in sewers.
The area outside the POTW's sewer service area, but
inside or equal to the POTW's planning area where a contract
has been developed for holding tank wastewater to be treated at the
Wastewater Treatment Facility.
Wastewater or septage with pollutants or of such a strength
that will adversely affect or disrupt the wastewater treatment processes
or effluent quality or sludge quality if discharged to the sewerage
system facility.
The wastewater from industrial process, trade, or business,
as distinct from sanitary sewage, including cooling water and the
discharge from sewage pretreatment facilities.
A person or business holding a valid license to do septage
servicing under Ch. NR 113.
Is permissible.
The wastewater 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 have inadvertently entered the sewerage system. Also termed "sewage."
Any outlet, including storm sewers, into a watercourse, pond,
ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
A weight-to-weight ratio; the parts per million value multiplied
by the factor 8.34 shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons
of water.
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company,
municipal or private corporations, association, society, institution,
enterprise, government agency, or other entity.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams per liter
of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of 7 and a
hydrogen ion concentration of 10-7.
The total phosphorus in wastewater, which may be present
in any of three principal forms: orthophosphates, polyphosphates,
and organic phosphates. Quantitative determination of total phosphorus
shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard
Methods."
Publicly owned treatment works. It is used interchangeably
with "wastewater treatment facility" (WWTF).
Any sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the
Village of Webster. It shall also include sewers within or outside
the corporate boundaries that serve one or more persons and ultimately
discharge into the Webster sanitary sewer system, even though those
sewers may not have been constructed with sewer funds.
All costs associated with establishing a fund to accumulate
the necessary resources to replace equipment as required to maintain
capacity and performance during the design life of the facility. A
separate segregated district replacement fund shall be established
and used only for replacement of equipment.
The system whereby sewer user charges can be distributed
amongst the different types of users on an equitable basis. The unit
is use-based and is established using a neutral parameter such as
gallons of water used or volume of wastewater expected from a user.
Any user whose premises are used primarily as a domicile
for one or more persons and discharges only domestic wastes, but not
including dwellings classified as "commercial user."
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, together
with small quantities of ground-, storm-, and surface waters that
are not admitted intentionally.
The wastewater or contents of septic or holding tanks, dosing
chambers, grease interceptors, seeping beds, seepage pits, seepage
trenches, privies or portable restrooms.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "municipal
wastewater."
All structures, conduits and pipes, by which sewage is collected,
treated, and disposed of, except plumbing inside and in connection
with buildings served, and service pipes, from building to street
main.
The areas presently served and anticipated to be served by
a municipal wastewater collection system. State regulations (Ch. NR
121) require that water quality management plans delineate sewer service
areas of urban areas with a population of over 10,000. Approved facility
plans contain less detailed sewer service areas for communities under
10,000 population.
A service charge levied on users of the wastewater collection
and treatment facilities for payment of use-related capital expenses
as well as the operation and maintenance costs, including replacement
of said facilities.
The common sanitary sewers within a sewerage system which
are primarily installed to receive wastewaters directly from facilities
which convey wastewater from individual structures or from private
property and which include service connection y-fittings designed
for connection with those facilities. The facilities which convey
wastewater from individual structures, from private property to the
public sanitary sewer, or its equivalent, are specifically excluded
from the definition of "sewerage collection system, except that pumping
units and pressurized lines for individual structures or groups of
structures may be included as part of a sewer system when such units
are cost effective and are owned and maintained by the sewerage owner.
Is mandatory.
Any substance release at a discharge rate and/or concentration
which causes interference to wastewater treatment processes or plugging
or surcharging of the sewer system.
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 Water
Pollution Control Federation.
Drain or sewer for conveying surface water, groundwater,
subsurface water of unpolluted water from any source.
That portion of the rainfall that is collected and drained
into the storm sewers.
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in, water, wastewater, septage, or other liquids and that are removable
by laboratory filtering as prescribed in "Standard Methods" and is
referred to as nonfilterable residue.
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 benefited 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 sewer system.
The structures, equipment, and processes required to collect,
carry away, store, and treat domestic and industrial waste and septage
and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
septage, industrial waste, and sludge. Sometimes used synonymously
with "wastewater treatment facility(ies)" [WWTF(s)] or "Publicly Owned
Treatment Works" (POTW).
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water,
either continuously or intermittently.
The document issued by the State of Wisconsin Department
of Natural Resources which establishes effluent limitations and monitoring
requirements for a municipal wastewater treatment facility.
The management, operation, and control of the sewer system for
the Village of Webster is vested in the Village Board; all records
and minutes and all written proceedings thereof shall be kept by the
Village Clerk-Treasurer; the Village Clerk-Treasurer shall keep all
the financial records.
A.
Construction. The Village Board shall have the power to construct
wastewater treatment facilities, transport facilities, and 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
Webster 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 chapter, without liability
therefor, and the Village Board shall have power to purchase and acquire
for the Village of Webster all real and personal property which may
be necessary for construction of the sewer system or for any repair,
remodeling, or additions thereto.
B.
Maintenance of services. The property owner shall maintain sewer service from the street main to the house and including all controls between the same, without expense to the Village of Webster, except when they are damaged as a result of negligence or carelessness on the part of the Village of Webster. All sewer services must be maintained free of defective conditions, by and at the expense of the property owner or occupant of the property. 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. Each new service shall conform to the requirements set forth in § 240-4 of this ordinance.
C.
Condemnation of real estate. Whenever any real estate or any easement
therein, or use thereof, shall in the judgment of the Village of Webster
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 of Webster shall proceed with all necessary steps to take
such real estate easement or use by condemnation in accordance with
the Wisconsin Statutes and the Uniform Relocation and Real Property
Acquisition Policy Act of 1970, if federal funds are used.
D.
Title to real estate and personalty. 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 the Village of Webster.
A.
General. The rules, regulations, and sewer rates of the Village of
Webster hereinafter set forth shall be considered a part of the contract
with every person, company or corporation who is connected to or uses
the Village of Webster sewer system or wastewater treatment facility,
and every such person, company or corporation by connecting with the
sewer system or wastewater treatment facility shall be considered
as expressing their assent to be bound thereby. Whenever any of said
rules and regulations, or such others as the Village of Webster may
hereafter adopt, are violated, the use or 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 of Webster and
on payment of all arrears, the expenses and established charges of
shutting off and putting on, and such other terms as the Village of
Webster may determine, and a satisfactory understanding with the party
that no further cause for complaint shall arise. In case of such violation,
the Village of Webster, 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 of Webster to change these said rules,
regulations, and sewer rates from time to time as they may deem advisable
and make special rates and contracts in all proper cases. The following
rules and regulations for the government of licensed plumbers, sewer
users and others are hereby adopted and established.
B.
Plumbers. 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
and obtaining permission from the Village of Webster. All service
connections to the sewer main shall comply with the State Plumbing
Code.
C.
Users.
(1)
Mandatory hookup.
(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 364 days of notice in writing from the Village of Webster.
Upon failure to do so, the Village of Webster 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; however, the owner may within 30 days
after the completion of the work file a written option with the Village
of Webster stating that he or she cannot pay such amount in one sum
and ask that there be levied in not to exceed 10 equal installments
and that the amount shall be so collected with interest at the rate
of 6% per annum from the completion of the work, the unpaid balance
being a special tax lien, all pursuant to § 66.0715, Wis.
Stats.
(b)
In lieu of the above, the Village of Webster, 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, of a forfeiture in the amount equal
to 150% of the minimum monthly charge for sewer service, payable monthly
for the period in which the failure to connect continues. Upon failure
to make such payment, said charge shall be assessed as a special tax
lien against the property, all pursuant to § 66.0715, Wis.
Stats.
(c)
This ordinance ordains that the failure to connect to the sewer
system is contrary to the minimum health standards of the Village
of Webster and fails to assure preservation of public health, comfort,
and safety of the Village of Webster.
(2)
Septic tank prohibited. The maintenance and use of septic tanks,
holding disposal systems within the area of the tanks and other private
sewage disposal serviced by its sewer system are hereby declared to
be a public nuisance and a health hazard. From and after December
9, 2015, the use of septic tanks, holding tanks or any private sewage
disposal system within the area of the Village of Webster serviced
by the sewerage system shall be prohibited.
(3)
Application for sewer service. Every person desiring to connect to
the sewer system shall file an application in writing to the Village
of Webster on such forms as is prescribed for that purpose. Blanks
for such applications will be furnished at the office of the Village
Clerk-Treasurer. The application must state fully and truthfully all
the wastes which will be discharged. The application must provide
the complete, correct legal description of the property to be served.
(b)
The applicant shall be the owner of the premises. A copy of
Form 1, Webster Application Form for Water and Sewer Connection, is
available in the office of the Village Clerk-Treasurer. Persons connected
to the sewer system of the Village of Webster are referred to herein
as "users."
(c)
If it appears that the service applied for will not provide
adequate service for the contemplated use, the Village of Webster
may reject the application. If the Village of Webster approves the
application, it shall issue a permit for service as shown on the application.
(d)
The service shall not be installed and no building shall be
connected to an existing lateral until the Village of Webster approves
the application.
(e)
Applications for service shall have a fee as set by the Village
of Webster Board.
(4)
Application for septage disposal. Discharge of septage will not be
allowed to the Village sewerage system.
(5)
Costs for connections and lateral installation. Users attaching to
a sewer main shall have the lateral from the sewer main installed
at their own expense. This includes all work within the street right-of-way
and on private property. Patching of Village of Webster streets, county
or state roads, curb, and sidewalks shall be the responsibility of
the person attaching to the sewer main. All lateral installations
will be inspected by the Village of Webster or its authorized representative
to ensure compliance with Village of Webster requirements. The person
connecting shall be responsible to pay for all inspection charges
by the Village of Webster or its authorized representative.
(6)
User to keep in repair. All users shall keep their own building sewer
or 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. This includes the portion of the service pipe
located within the street right-of-way and the service way or connection
to the main.
(7)
Backflow preventor. All floor drains in new construction areas shall
have a backflow prevention valve at the owner's expense.
(8)
Foundation drain, sump pump, and roof drain discharges to the sanitary
sewer are prohibited. No foundation drains, sump pumps, roof drains,
or catch basin drains are permitted to discharge to the sanitary sewer
system. Stormwater and clearwater sources must be excluded from the
sanitary sewer system.
(9)
User use only. No user shall allow other persons or other services
to connect to the sewer system through their lateral.
(10)
Vacating of premises and discontinuance of service. Whenever
premises served by the system are to be vacated, or whenever any person
desires to discontinue service from the system, the Village of Webster
must be notified in writing. The owner of the premises shall be liable
for any damages to the property of the system other than through the
fault of the system or its employees, representatives, or agents.
(11)
User permit inspection. Every user shall permit the Village
of Webster 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, all in accordance
with this chapter and § 196.171, Wis. Stats.
(12)
Utility responsibility. It is expressly stipulated that no claim
shall be made against the Village of Webster or acting representative
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 of any other necessary purpose, any permit
granted or regulations to the contrary notwithstanding. Whenever it
shall become necessary to shut off the sewer within any district of
the Village of Webster, the Village of Webster shall, if practicable,
give notice to each and every consumer within the area of the time
when such service will be shut off.
(13)
Excavations.
(a)
In making excavations in streets or highways for laying service
pipe or making repairs, the paving and the earth removed must be deposited
in a manner that will result in 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 of Webster. No opening of
the streets for tapping the pipes will be permitted when the ground
is frozen.
(14)
Tapping the mains. No persons, except those having special permission
from the Village of Webster 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 permits or order from the Village
of Webster to ensure that new sewers and connections to the sewer
system are properly designed and constructed.
(a)
Pipes should always be tapped on top and not within six inches
(15 cm) of the joint or within 24 inches (60 cm) of another lateral
connection. All service connections to mains must comply with the
State Plumbing Code. Lateral connections to existing sewers shall
be made with saddles and by coring the existing sewer or by inserting
(cutting in) a wye or tee into the existing sewer. The wye or tee
shall be of the same pipe material as the existing sewer. The lateral/tee
connection shall be made with approved adaptors or couplings.
(b)
A separate tap or connection fee shall be paid for each connection
to the sewage system. The Village of Webster shall specify these fees
by separate ordinance. Each building with sewer service on a property
shall be responsible to pay a tap or connection fee.
(15)
Installation of house laterals. All building sewers and service
pipes (laterals) on private property will be installed in accordance
with State of Wisconsin Administrative Code Ch. COMM 82, Design, Construction,
Installation, Supervision, and Inspections of Plumbing, especially,
§ COMM 82.30, Sanitary Drain Systems.[1] Building sewers within the street right-of-way shall be
installed per Village standards.
(a)
Every new user and every existing user who makes changes to
or replaces the service lateral which serves said user shall have
a backflow preventor installed in the sewer lateral on the user's
property, prior to the property line. Connections shall be made by
permit only, using a licensed and certified contractor.
(b)
As required by § COMM 82.34(5),[2] all laterals shall be inspected: "The building sewer and/or
private interceptor gain sewer shall be inspected upon completion
of placement of the pipe and before backfilling and tested before
or after backfilling."
[2]
Editor's Note: See now § SPS 382.34(5); so
in original.
(c)
Fees for building sewer connections and inspections shall be
established by the Village by separate ordinance.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now Ch. SPS 382 and § SPS
382.30, respectively.
(16)
Extensions. The Village of Webster shall extend sewer mains
to a new person(s) in accordance with the following charges and the
following conditions:
(a)
When an extension of a sewer main is required by the prospective
user, said person shall make an application on such a form as prescribed
for that purpose for such extension in writing to the Village of Webster
by filing of such an application, the Village of Webster shall first
determine the logical location of the next manhole or manholes. Next,
the Village of Webster shall determine the length and location of
the extension, taking into consideration the prospective demands for
service, the capacity of downstream facilities, and the orderly development
of the particular area. No extension shall be made for a distance
less than the next manhole. All sewer extensions shall be constructed
in compliance with local and state laws, ordinances, and regulations.
(b)
The person who requests the extension shall pay the entire cost
of said extension, including the manhole or manholes that are part
of the extension. If more than one user is involved, the entire cost
shall be divided among these users.
(c)
After making the decision as to the length and location of the
extension and prior to the time of making the charge to the person(s),
the Village of Webster shall determine the benefits to be received
by any parcel that can be served by said extension. Before making
a determination as to benefits received, the Village of Webster shall
first divide the area to be served into logical building lots. The
Village of Webster may consider the recommendations of the landowner
in determining said building lots if the landowner as part of his
or her application accompanies said application with a proposed division
of said land into lots for sale or use. In determining the amount
to be paid by the original users, if more than one user is involved,
the division of the charge shall be made by considering each building
lot as a separate user.
(d)
Payments are to be considered contributions to construction,
and after the original contribution in any future connection by reason
other than to a lot owned by a party making a previous contribution,
such user shall be required to pay to the Village of Webster its pro
rata share of the lot or lots owned by the new attaching user in the
entire extension cost as if said user had been one of the original
contributors.
(e)
In addition to the charge made as above provided to each lot,
each user shall pay the full cost of the lateral from the main to
their building.
(17)
Private systems prohibited. The maintenance and use of private
sewage disposal systems within the area of the Village of Webster
are hereby declared to be a public nuisance and a health hazard. The
use of any private sewage disposal system within the boundaries of
the Village of Webster serviced by the sewerage system shall be prohibited.
(18)
Additional authority. The Village of Webster may at any time
establish specific connection and lateral charges for any main not
covered by other provisions in this chapter or when the Village of
Webster has made an extension and the Village of Webster has failed
to provide lateral or connection charges. It is further provided that
the Village of Webster may:
(a)
Amend or alter any connection or later charge after its establishment
under the terms of this article or previous ordinances or resolutions.
(b)
Require a user to provide special waste treatment, pretreatment,
pumping, grinding, or other practices, to be maintained at the user's
expense, if the Village or its duly authorized representative determines
the wastewater from that user merits such measures prior to discharge
to the sewerage system and wastewater treatment facility.
(19)
Grease and/or sand interceptors. Grease, oil, and sand interceptors
shall be provided by commercial, public authority and industrial dischargers
when, in the opinion of the Village, they are necessary for the proper
handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or
any flammable wastes, sand, and other harmful components. The interceptor
unit shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning
and inspection. In the maintaining of these interceptors, the discharger
shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate
means of the captured material and shall maintain records of the dates
and means of disposal which are subject to review by the Village.
Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed by
the discharger's personnel must be performed by currently licensed
disposal firms.
(a)
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious
materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature.
They shall be of substantial construction, watertight, and equipped
with easily removable covers which when bolted in place shall be gastight
and watertight.
(b)
Depending on the type of industry, monthly monitoring may be
required. No industry should be monitored less than quarterly. Monitoring
must be done so the industry will be properly billed for sewer use
charges.
(c)
Sewer users with grease, oil or sand interceptors shall provide
reports of inspections and cleaning, and invoices from cleaning by
disposal firms, if requested by the Village of Webster.
No discharger shall contribute or cause to be discharged, directly
or indirectly, any of the following prescribed substances into the
wastewater disposal system or otherwise to the facilities of the authority:
A.
Any liquids or gases which by reason of their nature or quantity
are, or may be, sufficient either alone or by interaction to cause
fire or explosion or be injurious in any other way to the operation
of the Village of Webster wastewater facilities or wastewater treatment
works. This includes but is not limited to gasoline, naphtha, fuel
oil, lubricating oil, and benzene.
B.
Solid or viscous substances which will or may cause obstruction to
the flow in a sewer or other interference with the operation of the
wastewater system. This includes but is not limited to ashes, cinders,
sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics,
wood, paunch manure, etc.
C.
Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.0 or higher than nine or having
any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to
structures, equipment, or personnel of the system (unless the system
is specifically designed to accommodate such wastewater).
D.
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity,
either singly or by interaction to injure or interfere with any wastewater
treatment process, to constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or
to exceed the limitation set forth in state or federal categorical
pretreatment standards. A toxic pollutant shall include but not be
limited to any pollutant identified in the Toxic Pollutant List set
forth in Ch. NR 215 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
E.
Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases, or solids which either
singly or by interaction are capable of creating a public nuisance
or hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers
for their maintenance and repair.
F.
Any substance which may cause the Village of Webster effluent or
treatment residues, sludges, or scums to be unsuitable for reclamation
and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process.
G.
Any substance which will cause the Village of Webster to violate
its WPDES and/or other disposal system permits.
H.
Any substance with objectionable color not removed in the treatment
process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning
solutions.
I.
Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological
activity in the Village of Webster treatment works, resulting in interference,
but, in no case, wastewater with a temperature at the introduction
into the publicly owned treatment works which exceeds 40° C. (104°
F.).
J.
Any slugload, which shall mean any pollutant, including oxygen-demanding
pollutants (BOD, etc.), released in a single extraordinary discharge
episode of such volume or strength as to cause interference to the
publicly owned treatment works.
K.
Any unpolluted water, including, but not limited to, non-contact
cooling water.
L.
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such
half-life or concentration as exceeds limits established by the Village
of Webster in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
M.
Any wastewater that causes a hazard to human life or creates a public
nuisance.
N.
Any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff or surface
drainage or any other connections from inflow sources to the sanitary
sewer. Such waters may be discharged to a storm sewer or other waterway
with permission of the Village of Webster.
O.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. Garbage grinders
may be connected to sanitary sewers from homes, hotel, institutions,
restaurants, or similar places where garbage originates from the preparation
of food in kitchens for the purpose of consumption on the premises
or when served by caterers.
P.
Any septage into a sewer manhole or any storage area located in the
collection system, which would cause the septage to be delivered to
the wastewater treatment facility.
Q.
Any water or wastes which may contain more than 100 parts per million
by weight of fat, oil, or grease.
A.
National Categorical Pretreatment Standards. National Categorical
Pretreatment Standards as promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency shall be met by all dischargers of the regulated industrial
categories.
B.
State requirements. State requirements and limitations on discharges
to the Publicly Owned Treatment Works shall be met by all dischargers
which are subject to such standards in any instance in which they
are more stringent than federal requirements and limitations or those
in this or any other applicable ordinance.
C.
Right of revision. The Authority reserves the right to amend this
chapter to provide for more stringent limitations or requirements
on discharges to the Publicly Owned Treatment Works where deemed necessary
to comply with the objectives set forth in this chapter.
D.
Dilution. No discharger shall increase the use of potable or process
water in any way, nor mix separate waste streams for the purpose of
diluting a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate
treatment to achieve compliance with the standards set forth in this
chapter.
E.
Accidental discharges.
(1)
Each discharger shall provide protection from accidental discharge
of prohibited or regulated materials or substances established by
this chapter. Where necessary, facilities to prevent accidental discharge
of prohibited materials shall be provided and maintained at the discharger's
cost and expense. Detailed plans showing facilities and operating
procedures to provide this protection shall be submitted to the Authority
for review and shall be approved by the Authority before construction
of the facility. Review and approval of such plans and operating procedures
by the Authority shall not relieve the discharger from the responsibility
to modify its facility as necessary to meet the requirements of this
chapter.
(2)
Dischargers shall notify the Authority immediately upon the occurrence
of a "slugload," or accidental discharge of substances prohibited
by this chapter. The notification shall include location of discharge,
date and time thereof, type of waste, concentration and volume, and
corrective actions. Any discharger who discharges a slugload of prohibited
materials shall be liable for any expense, loss or damage to the Village
of Webster wastewater facilities or wastewater treatment works, in
addition to the amount of any fines imposed on the Authority on account
thereof under state or federal law.
(3)
Signs shall be permanently posted in conspicuous places on the discharger's
premises, advising employees whom to call in the event of a slug or
accidental discharge. Employers shall instruct all employees who may
cause or discover such a discharge with respect to emergency notification
procedure.
A.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGES
NORMAL DOMESTIC STRENGTH WASTEWATER
NORMAL USER
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
REPLACEMENT COSTS
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meaning
under this chapter:
Includes all costs associated with repayment of debts incurred
for the construction and/or rehabilitation of the wastewater collection
system and treatment facility.
Wastewater with concentrations of BOD5 and suspended solids no greater than 200 and 250 milligrams per
liter (mg/l), respectively.
A user whose contributions to the sewerage system consist
only of normal domestic-strength wastewater originating from a house,
apartment, flat, or other living quarters occupied by a person or
persons constituting a distinct household, business or commercial
enterprise.
Includes all costs associated with the operation and maintenance
of the wastewater collection and treatment facilities. These costs,
clearwater flows (I/I), may be distributed:
Includes all costs necessary to accumulate the resources
to replace equipment as required to maintain capacity and performance
during the design life of the facility. A separate segregated distinct
replacement fund shall be established and used for only replacement
of equipment.
A service charge levied on users of the sewerage system for
payment of capital expenses as well as the operation and maintenance
costs, including replacement of said facilities.
B.
Policy. It shall be the policy of the Village of Webster to obtain
sufficient revenues to pay the costs of the operation and maintenance
of the sewerage facilities, 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 sewerage system during the service
life for which such facilities were designed and constructed), through
a system of sewer service charges as defined in this section. The
system shall assure that each user of the sewerage system pays its
proportionate share of the cost of such facilities.
C.
Basis for service charge. The minimum quarterly billing shall be
sufficient to pay the billing and customer-related administrated expenses.
The unit price per volume shall be sufficient to pay the remaining
annual cost of operation and maintenance, including any replacement
fund, of the sewerage facilities. The method for determining the user
charges is given in the User Charge System. The Village of Webster
has provided the initial estimates of number of users, costs, etc.,
to calculate the first year's user charges. See samples following
the methodology of the rates in this section.[1] (NOTES: *Replacement: The design life of the facility
is 20 years. **A portion of the debt service may be budgeted by levying
an ad valorem tax in accordance with state statutes. Operation, maintenance
and replacement costs cannot be put on the ad valorem tax base unless
the municipality had an ad valorem tax base before December 1977.
***This is only a suggested method. Other methods may be utilized.)
[1]
Editor's Note: Said samples are on file in the Village
offices.
A.
Industrial discharges. If any waters, wastes or septage discharged, or proposed to be discharged, to the public sewerage system contains substance or possesses the characteristics enumerated in § 240-7[1] and which, in the judgement of the Village of Webster,
may be detrimental to the sewerage system, the Village of Webster
may:
(1)
Reject the wastes.
(2)
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to
the sewerage system.
(3)
Require a control over the quantities and rates of discharge.
(4)
Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating
the waste not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges.
B.
Control manholes.
(1)
Each person discharging industrial wastes into a public sewer shall
construct and maintain one or more control manholes or access points
to facilitate observation, measurement, and sampling of the waste,
including domestic sewage.
(2)
Control manholes or access facilities shall be located and built
in a manner acceptable to the Village of Webster. If measuring devices
are to be permanently installed, they shall be a type acceptable to
the Village of Webster.
(3)
Control manholes, access facilities, and related equipment shall
be installed by the person discharging the industrial waste, at his
expense, and shall be maintained by the person discharging the waste
so as to be in safe condition, to be accessible, and to be in proper
operating condition at all times. Plans for installation of the control
manholes or access facilities and related equipment shall be approved
prior to the beginning of construction.
C.
Measurement of flow. The volume of flow used for computing the sewer
service and the cost recovery charges shall be based upon the water
consumption of the person. A water meter shall be installed at all
commercial and industrial facilities to record water consumption for
billing purposes. The water meter shall be installed, owned, and maintained
by the person discharging the wastewater. The water meter installation
shall be reviewed and approved by the Village of Webster prior to
installation. Following approval and installation, such meters may
not be removed without the consent of the Village of Webster.
D.
Provision for deductions. In the event that a person discharging
industrial waste into the public sewers produces evidence satisfactory
to the Village of Webster that more than 10% of the total annual volume
of water used for all purposes does not reach the public sewer, then
the determination of the water consumption to be used in computing
the waste volume discharged into the public sewer may be made a matter
of agreement between the Village of Webster and the industrial waste
discharger.
E.
Metering of waste. Devices for measuring the volume of waste discharged
may be required by the Village of Webster if this volume cannot otherwise
be determined from the metered water consumption records. Metering
devices for determining the volume of water shall be installed, owned,
and maintained by the person discharging the wastewater. Following
approval and installation, such meters may not be removed without
the consent of the Village.
F.
Waste sampling.
(1)
Industrial waste discharges into the public sewers shall be subject
to periodic inspection and a determination of character and concentration
of said waste at least quarterly.
(2)
Samples shall be collected in such a manner as to be representative
of the composition of the wastes. The sampling may be accomplished
either manually or by the use of mechanical equipment acceptable to
the Village of Webster. A minimum of at least quarterly sampling shall
be necessary to determine sewer service charges.
(3)
Testing facilities shall be the responsibility of the person discharging
the waste or septage and shall be subject to the approval of the Village
of Webster or its duly authorized representatives at all times. Every
care shall be exercised in the collection of samples to ensure their
preservation in a state comparable to that at the time the sample
was taken.
G.
Pretreatment. When required, in the opinion of the Village of Webster,
to modify or eliminate wastes that are harmful to the structures,
processes, or operation of the sewerage system, the discharger shall
provide, at its expense, such preliminary treatment or processing
facilities as may be required to render this waste acceptable for
admission to the public sewers.
H.
Analyses.
(1)
All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of water
and waste to which reference is made in this chapter 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, and Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for
Analysis of Pollutants (1978, 40 CFR 136). Sampling methods, locations,
times, durations, and frequencies are to be determined on an individual
basis subject to approval by the Village of Webster.
(2)
Determination of the character and concentration of the industrial
waste shall be made by the person discharging them or his agent, as
designated and required by the Village of Webster. The Village of
Webster may also make its own analyses of the wastes, and these determinations
shall be used as a basis for charges. If the person discharging the
waste contests the determination, he may elect to have an independent
laboratory determine the character and concentration of the waste.
Said independent laboratory shall be certified under Ch. NR 149, Wis.
Adm. Code, and be acceptable to both the Village of Webster and the
person discharging the waste. All costs incurred by the independent
laboratory in making the determination shall be assumed by the discharger.
I.
Submission of information. Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent
information relating to proposed flow equalization, pretreatment,
or processing facilities shall be submitted for review of the Village
of Webster prior to the start of their construction if the effluent
from such facilities is to be discharged into the public sewers.
J.
Submission of basic data.
(1)
Within three months after passage of this chapter, each person who
discharges industrial wastes to a public sewer shall prepare and file
with the Village of Webster a report that shall include pertinent
data relating to the quantity and characteristics of the waste discharged
to the sewerage system.
(2)
Similarly, each person desiring to make a new connection to a public
sewer for the purpose of discharging industrial wastes shall prepare
and file with the Village of Webster a report that shall include actual
or predicted data relating to the quantity and characteristics of
the waste to be discharged.
K.
Extension of time. When it can be demonstrated that circumstances
exist which would create an unreasonable burden on the person proposing
to discharge a waste to comply with the time schedule imposed herein,
a request for extension of the time may be presented for consideration
to the Village of Webster.
A.
Payment and penalty. Failure to receive a bill shall be no exemption
from penalty. Every reasonable care will be exercised in the delivery
of bills. Failure to receive a bill shall not relieve any person of
the responsibility for payment of sewer rates within the prescribed
period or exempt any person from any penalty imposed for delinquency
in the payment thereof.
B.
Charges a lien. All sewage charges shall be a lien upon the property
serviced pursuant to § 66.0809, Wis. Stats., and shall be
collected in the manner therein provided.
C.
Disposition of revenue. The amounts received from the collection
of charges authorized by this chapter shall be credited to a sanitary
sewerage account that shall show all receipts and expenditures of
the sewerage system. Charges collected for replacement expenses shall
be credited to a segregated, nonlapsing replacement account. These
funds are to be used exclusively for replacement. When appropriated
by the Village of Webster, the credits to the sanitary sewerage account
shall be available for the payment of the requirements for operation,
maintenance, repairs, and depreciation of the sewerage system consistent
with § NR 162.11, Wis. Adm. Code. Any surplus outside the
purview of § NR 162.11 in said account shall be available
for the payment of principal and interest of bonds issued and outstanding,
or which may be issued, to provide funds for said sewerage system,
or part thereof, and all or part of the expenses for additions and
improvements and other necessary disbursements or indebtedness, and
the Village of Webster may resolve to pledge each surplus or any part
thereof for any such purpose. All present outstanding sewer system
general obligation bonds, including the refunding bonds, shall be
paid from this fund as to both principal and interest.
D.
Additional charges. Additional charges may be imposed upon each lot,
parcel of land, building, or premises served by public sewer and wastewater
facilities located outside the boundaries of the Village of Webster
to equalize local capital costs. Such additional charges shall result
in a minimum charge for each user according to the schedule of debt
repayment from utility revenues. Such additional charges shall be
added to the sewer bill for each billing period.
E.
Excess revenues. Excess revenues collected from a user class will
be applied to operation and maintenance costs attributable to that
class for the next year.
A.
Damages. No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or
negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with
any structure, appurtenance or equipment that is part of the sewerage
system. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate
arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
B.
Written notice of violation. Any person connected to the sewerage
system found to be violating a provision of this chapter shall be
served by the Village with a written notice stating the nature of
the violation and providing a reasonable time for the satisfactory
correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time
stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
C.
Accidental discharge. Any person found to be responsible for accidentally
allowing a deleterious discharge into the sewer system that caused
damage to the sewerage system and/or receiving water body shall, in
addition to a fine, pay the amount to cover all damages, both of which
will be established by the Village of Webster.
D.
Accidental discharge reporting. Any person responsible for an accidental
discharge that may have a detrimental impact on the sewerage system
shall immediately report the nature and amount of the discharge to
the Village.
E.
Continued violations. Any person, partnership, or corporation, or any officer, agent, or employee thereof, who or which shall continue any violation beyond the aforesaid notice time limit provided shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Code.[1] Each day in which any violation is continued beyond the
aforesaid notice time limit shall be deemed a separate offense.
F.
Liability of the Village of Webster for losses. Any person violating
any provision of this article shall become liable to the Village of
Webster for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned by reason of such
violation that the Village of Webster may suffer as a result thereof.
G.
Damage recovery. The system shall have the right of recovery from
all persons of any expense incurred by said system for the repair
or replacement of any part of the sewerage system damaged in any manner
by any person by the performance of any work under his control or
by any negligent acts.