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.
G. 
Permit fees. A connection permit shall be obtained from the Utility prior to connecting any piping to the laterals or mains. The fee for this permit shall be as stated in the current sewer service charge system.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 102, Fees and Penalties.
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.