[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Webster 12-9-2015 by Ord. No. 6-2015. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 112.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 263.
Water — See Ch. 290.
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:
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The Village of Webster or its duly authorized committee, agent, or representative.
AMMONIA NITROGEN (NH3-N)
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.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
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."
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 wall of the building and conveys it to the building sewer.
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
Chemical elements and compounds that are typically found in wastewater and may be regulated by this chapter. These are as follows:
Aldrin
C12H8Cl6
Ammonia nitrogen
NH3
Arsenic
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
Hg
Molybdenum
Mo
Nickel
Ni
Nitrogen
N
PCBs
C12H10
C12H9Cl
C12H8Cl2
C12H7Cl3
C12H6Cl4
C12H5Cl5
C12H4Cl6
C12H3Cl7
C12H2Cl8
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
COMMERCIAL USER
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.
COMMISSIONERS
The Village Board of the Village of Webster.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS
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.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; NORMAL DOMESTIC STRENGTH WASTEWATER
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.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of property owned by another.
FLOATABLE OIL
Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility. A wastewater 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.
GARBAGE
The residue from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage, and sale of food products and produce.
GROUND GARBAGE
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.
HOLDING TANK SERVICE AREA
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.
INCOMPATABLE POLLUTANTS OR WASTEWATER
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.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
The wastewater from industrial process, trade, or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage, including cooling water and the discharge from sewage pretreatment facilities.
LICENSED DISPOSER
A person or business holding a valid license to do septage servicing under Ch. NR 113.
MAY
Is permissible.
MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
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."
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
PARTS PER MILLION
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.
PERSON
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company, municipal or private corporations, association, society, institution, enterprise, government agency, or other entity.
pH
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.
PHOSPHORUS
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."
POTW
Publicly owned treatment works. It is used interchangeably with "wastewater treatment facility" (WWTF).
PUBLIC SEWER
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.
REPLACEMENT COSTS
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.
RESIDENTIAL EQUIVALENT UNIT
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.
RESIDENTIAL 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."
SANITARY SEWAGE
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.
SEPTAGE
The wastewater or contents of septic or holding tanks, dosing chambers, grease interceptors, seeping beds, seepage pits, seepage trenches, privies or portable restrooms.
SEWAGE
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "municipal wastewater."
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
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.
SEWER SERVICE AREAS
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.
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
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.
SEWER SYSTEM
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.
SHALL
Is mandatory.
SLUG LOAD
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.
STANDARD METHODS
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.
STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed "storm sewer")
Drain or sewer for conveying surface water, groundwater, subsurface water of unpolluted water from any source.
STORMWATER RUNOFF
That portion of the rainfall that is collected and drained into the storm sewers.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
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.
UNPOLLUTED WATER
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.
USER
Any person who discharges, or causes to be discharged, domestic wastewater, industrial discharges or any other wastewater into the public sewer system.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
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.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
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).
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water, either continuously or intermittently.
WISCONSIN POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (WPDES) PERMIT
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.
(a) 
An application for disposal of industrial waste shall include:
[1] 
Estimated volume of waste;
[2] 
Variations in rate of discharge;
[3] 
Characteristics of waste; and
[4] 
Strength of waste.
(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. 
Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meaning under this chapter:
DEBT SERVICE CHARGES
Includes all costs associated with repayment of debts incurred for the construction and/or rehabilitation of the wastewater collection system and treatment facility.
NORMAL DOMESTIC STRENGTH WASTEWATER
Wastewater with concentrations of BOD5 and suspended solids no greater than 200 and 250 milligrams per liter (mg/l), respectively.
NORMAL USER
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.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
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:
(1) 
In the same manner as O & M;
(2) 
Land area of users;
(3) 
Number of hookups; and
(4) 
Actual or estimated water usage shall be divided proportionately among the various sewer users.
REPLACEMENT COSTS
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.
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
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.
[1]
Editor's Note: For general discharge prohibitions, see § 240-5.
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.
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 1-18, Violations and penalties.
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.