No plumber, pipe fitter or other person will be permitted to
do plumbing or pipe-fitting work in connection with the sewer system
without first receiving a license from the State of Wisconsin, except
in cases where state law permits building owners to do their own work
without being licensed.
A new connection to the municipality's sanitary sewer system
will be allowed only if there is available capacity in all of the
downstream wastewater treatment facilities. No new connections to
the municipality's sanitary sewer will be allowed for areas outside
of the municipality's corporate limits without approval of the approving
authority.
A.
Application for service.
(1)
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or
opening into, use, alter or disturb the sanitary sewer or appurtenances
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the approving
authority. Every person connecting with the sewer system shall file
an application, in writing, to the Utility in such form as is prescribed
for that purpose. Blanks for such applications will be furnished by
the Village Clerk-Treasurer. The application must state fully and
truly all the use which will be allowed. If the applicant is not the
owner of the premises, the written consent of the owner must accompany
the application.
(2)
The application may be for service to more than one building, or
more than one unit of service through one service connection, only
if previously approved by the State of Wisconsin Department of Safety
and Professional Services, and, in such case, charges shall be made
accordingly.
(3)
If it appears that the service applied for will not provide adequate
service for the contemplated use, the Utility may reject the application.
If the Utility shall approve the application, it shall issue a permit
for services as shown on the application.
B.
Permits. After sewer connections have been completed in a building
or upon any premises, no plumber shall make any alterations, extensions
or attachments, unless the party ordering such work shall exhibit
the proper permit.
C.
User to keep in repair. All users shall keep their own 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.
D.
User use only. No user shall allow others or other services to connect
to the sewer system through his or her lateral.
E.
User to permit inspection. Every user shall permit the Village Board,
or its duly authorized agent, at all reasonable hours of the day,
to enter his or her 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.
F.
Utility responsibility. The Village and its agents and employees
shall not be liable for damages occasioned 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 water and sewer service at any time for the
purpose of repairs, or any other necessary purpose in accordance with
PSC regulation, any permit granted or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding.
Whenever it shall become necessary to shut off the sewer service within
any district of said Village, the Village shall, if practicable, give
notice to each and every consumer within said Village of the time
when such service will be so shut off.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the approving
authority, to meet all requirements for this chapter.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building
sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe,
jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall conform to the
requirements of the municipality's building and plumbing code or other
applicable rules and regulations of the municipality. In the absence
of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and
procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and
WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the
building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings
in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the
public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall
be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
A.
In making excavations in streets or highways for laying service pipe
or making repairs, the paving and earth removed must be deposited
in a manner that will occasion 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.
Excavations shall be backfilled in accordance with the Village standard
specifications. This work, together with the replacing of sidewalks,
ballast and paving, must be done so as to make the area as good, at
least, as before it was disturbed, and satisfactory to the Village,
county and state. No opening of the streets for tapping the pipes
will be permitted when the ground is frozen, except when necessary.
D.
A permit from the Village or other appropriate governmental body
shall be obtained prior to excavating in any street, alley or other
public way. Such permit shall be obtained and exhibited to the Plumbing
Inspector before a plumbing permit will be issued.
A.
No person, except those having special permission from the Utility,
or persons in its service and approved by it, 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 permit or order from said Village.
B.
The connection of the building sewer into the sanitary sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other
applicable rules and regulations of the municipality or the procedures
set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual
of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and
watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials
must be approved by the approving authority before installation.
C.
The person making a connection to a public sewer shall notify the
approving authority when the building sewer is ready for inspection
and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be inspected
and approved by the approving authority.
D.
Pipes should always be tapped on the top and not within 18 inches
(45 centimeters) of the joint or within 36 inches (90 centimeters)
of another lateral connection.
E.
All connections to existing sewer mains shall be made with a saddle
"T" or "Y" fitting set upon a carefully cut opening centered in the
upper quadrant of the main sewer pipe and securely strapped on with
corrosion-resistant straps or rods, or with solvent-welded joints
in the case of plastic pipe.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any unpolluted
or clear waters, such as sump pump discharges, roof drains, surface
drains, foundation water drains, groundwater, refrigerator cooling
waters and water from air-conditioning units, to any sanitary sewer.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted water, including industrial
cooling water or process water, shall be discharged to a storm sewer
where available, or to a natural outlet approved by the approving
authority and other regulatory agencies.
A.
Permit required. No person shall open any street, alley or other
public place for the purpose of connecting to a storm sewer or other
terminal without first obtaining a right-of-way permit from the Village
of Wrightstown.
B.
Inspection. Any person receiving a permit to connect to a storm sewer
shall notify Public Works whenever such work is ready for inspection.
All work is to be left uncovered until inspection is complete and
approved in writing by Public Works.
A.
No person shall make connection of roof downspout, sump pump, exterior
foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff
or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which is connected
directly or indirectly to a sanitary sewer.
B.
No person shall discharge any clear water directly into a public
street or alley from November 1 to March 31, inclusive. No person
shall discharge any clear water directly into a public street or alley
from April 1 to October 31, inclusive, without first obtaining a permit
from the Director of Public Works.
C.
No person shall permit the drainage of water directly onto any sidewalk
or other public area.
D.
Where a storm sewer is not available, the discharge of clear water
shall be either:
(1)
Into an underground conduit leading to a drainage ditch, aboveground
conduit leading to a drainage ditch;
(2)
Sump pump discharge shall not be directed so as to flow on adjacent
property nor shall the discharge be allowed to accumulate and create
ponds of standing water or other public nuisance. Nothing contained
in this subsection shall act to relieve a person from complying with
the other provisions of this section.
E.
All existing sump pump connections, roof downspout or groundwater drains, etc., connected directly or indirectly to a sanitary sewer shall be disconnected within 10 days of the date of an official written notice from the approving authority or Director of Public Works. Any person who shall thereafter continue to violate the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalties described in Chapter 102, Fees and Penalties, of the Wrightstown Code.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or
cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes
to any public sewers:
A.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
B.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquid
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, that could injure or interfere with any waste treatment
or sludge disposal process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals
or create a public nuisance in the receiving waters of the wastewater
treatment facility.
C.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.0 or in excess of 9.0
or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the wastewater treatment
facilities.
D.
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in public sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the wastewater treatment facilities,
such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings,
metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage,
whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshing, entrails and paper
dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage
grinders.
E.
The following described substances, materials, waters or waste shall
be limited in discharges to sanitary sewer systems to concentrations
or quantities which will not harm either the sanitary sewers, wastewater
treatment process or equipment; will not have an adverse effect on
the receiving stream; or will not otherwise endanger lives, limbs,
public property or constitute a nuisance. The approving authority
may set limitations more stringent than those established below if
such more stringent limitations are necessary to meet the above objectives.
The approving authority will give consideration to the quantity of
subject waste in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials
or construction of the sanitary sewers, the wastewater treatment facility
and other pertinent factors. Wastes or wastewaters discharged to the
sanitary sewers shall not exceed the following limitations:
(1)
Wastewater having a temperature higher than 150° F. (65°
C.).
(2)
Wastewater containing more than 25 milligrams per liter of petroleum
oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oils or products of mineral oil origin.
(3)
Wastewater from industrial plants containing floatable oils, fat
or grease.
(4)
Any unground garbage. Garbage grinders may be connected to sanitary
sewers from homes, hotels, institutions, restaurants, hospitals, catering
establishments 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.
(5)
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and
other toxic and nonconventional pollutants to such degree that the
concentration exceeds levels specified by federal, state and local
authorities.
(6)
Any waters or wastes containing odor-producing substances exceeding
limits which may be established by the approving authority or limits
established by any federal or state statute, rule or regulation.
(7)
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the approving authority in compliance
with applicable state or federal regulations.
(8)
Any waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable
to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment processes employed
or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the wastewater
treatment facility effluent cannot meet the requirements of other
agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
(9)
Any water or wastes which, by interaction with other water or wastes
in the sanitary sewer system, release obnoxious gases, form suspended
solids or create a condition deleterious to structures and treatment
processes.
(10)
Materials which exert or cause:
(a)
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the wastewater
treatment facility.
(b)
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting
"slugs" as defined herein.
(c)
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but
not limited to, fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues) or
of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium sulfate).
(d)
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions).
(11)
Incompatible pollutants in excess of the allowed limits as determined
by local, state and federal laws and regulations by the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), 40 CFR 403, as amended from time to time.
No person shall cause or permit a discharge into the sanitary
sewers that would cause a violation of the municipality's WPDES permit
and any modifications thereof.
No statement contained in this chapter shall be construed as
prohibiting any special agreement between the approval authority and
any person whereby a waste of unusual strength or character may be
admitted to the wastewater treatment facilities, either before or
after pretreatment, provided that there is no impairment of the functioning
of the wastewater treatment facilities by reason of the admission
of such wastes and no extra costs are incurred by the municipality
without recompense by the person; and further provided that all rates
and provisions set forth in this chapter are recognized and adhered
to.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to
be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property
within the Village or in any area under the jurisdiction of said approving
authority any human or animal excrement, garbage or objectionable
waste.
B.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the
Village, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said approving authority,
any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment
has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this
chapter.
C.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater.
(1)
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings or properties used for human
occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes situated within
the Village and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which
there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary
sewer of the Village is hereby required, at the owner's expense, to
install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities
directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter within 365 days after date of official notice to do
so, provided that said public sewer is within 100 feet (30.5 meters)
of the property line. Upon failure to do so, the Village 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, all pursuant to W.S.A.
§ 281.45; provided, however, that the owner may, within
30 days after the completion of the work, file a written request with
the Utility stating that he or she cannot pay such amount in one sum
and asking that it be levied in not to exceed five equal installments
and that the amount shall be so collected with interest at the rate
of 12% per annum from the completion of the work, the unpaid balance
being a special tax lien, all pursuant to W.S.A. § 281.45.
(2)
In lieu of the above, the Utility, 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 an amount equal to 150% of the average residential charge for sewer
service, payable quarterly for the period in which the failure to
connect continues, and, upon failure to make such payment, said charge
shall be assessed as a special tax lien against the property, all
pursuant to W.S.A. § 281.45.
A.
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions
of this chapter, the building sewer shall be connected to a private
wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of this section.
B.
Before commencement of construction of a private wastewater disposal system, the owner(s) shall first obtain a written permit signed by the approving authority. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the approving authority, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary by the approving authority. A permit and inspection fee as set forth in Chapter 102, Fees and Penalties, shall be paid to the approving authority at the time the application is filed.
C.
A permit for a private wastewater disposal system shall not become
effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction
of the approving authority. The approving authority shall be allowed
to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in the event,
the applicant for the permit shall notify the approving authority
when the work is ready for final inspection and before any underground
portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within 48 hours
of receipt of notice by the approving authority.
D.
The type, capacities, location and layout of a private wastewater
disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department
of Health Services of the State of Wisconsin. No septic tank or cesspool
shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.
E.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served
by a private wastewater disposal system, as provided in this chapter,
a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer within 90 days,
in compliance with this chapter, and any septic tanks, cesspools and
similar private wastewater disposal facilities shall be cleaned of
sludge and filled with suitable material.
F.
The owner(s) shall operate and maintain the private wastewater disposal
facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the
approving authority. No statement contained in this section shall
be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may
be imposed by the Health Officer.
No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is a part of the sewage facility. Any persons violating
this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under a charge
of disorderly conduct.
