[Adopted 12-4-1980 by Ord. No. 127 (Ch. 8 of the 1990 Code)]
A.
The user charge system covered under this article shall take precedence
over any preexisting agreements which are inconsistent with Section
204(b)(1)(a) of Act and 40 CFR 35, Subpart E, of the Federal regulations
governing the same, or its subsequent revision(s). This approved user
charge system shall be in effect prior to completion and the operation
of a grant-funded facility. Users discharging toxic pollutants shall
pay for any increased operation, maintenance, and replacement costs
caused by the toxic pollutants.
B.
Basis for wastewater service charges.
(1)
The wastewater service charge for the use of and for service supplied
by the wastewater facilities of the Village shall consist of a basic
user charge for operation and maintenance plus replacement, a debt
service charge and a surcharge, if applicable.
(2)
The debt service charge shall be computed by dividing the annual
debt service of all committed or outstanding loans by the number of
1,000 gallons of metered water consumption of the various user classes
as reported in the previous year's annual Public Service Commission
report. Through further divisions, the quarterly debt service charges
can be computed.
(3)
The basic user charge shall be based on water usage as recorded by
water meters and/or sewage meters on the basis of 1,000 gallons increments
for wastes having the following normal concentrations:
(4)
It shall consist of operation and maintenance costs plus replacement
and shall be computed as follows:
(a)
Estimate the projected annual revenue required to operate and
maintain the wastewater facilities including a replacement fund for
the year for all works categories.
(b)
Proportion the estimated costs to wastewater facility categories
by volume, suspended solids and BOD, if possible.
(c)
Estimate wastewater volume, pounds of SS and pounds of BOD to
be treated.
(d)
Proportion the estimated costs to nonindustrial and industrial
users by volume, suspended solids and BOD.
(e)
Compute costs per 1,000 gallons for normal sewage strength.
(f)
Compute surcharge costs per 1,000 gallons per mg/l in excess
of normal sewage strength for BOD and SS.
(g)
Excess revenue collected from a user class O & M projection
shall be applied to those costs by user class for the following year.
(h)
Charges for extraneous flows shall be distributed among users
in the same manner as are O & M costs.
(5)
A surcharge will be levied to all users whose waters exceed normal
concentrations for BOD (200 mg/l) and SS (250 mg/l). The surcharge
will be based on water usage as recorded by water meters and/or sewage
meters for all wastes which exceed the 200 mg/l and 250 mg/l concentrations
for BOD and SS, respectively. Section 319-14F specifies the procedure
to compute a surcharge.
(6)
Adequacy of the wastewater service charge shall be reviewed annually
by certified public accountants or Village officials for the Village
in their annual audit report. The wastewater service charge shall
be revised periodically to reflect a change in debt service or a change
in operation and maintenance costs including replacement costs. Users
shall be notified annually of the portion of user charges attributable
to wastewater treatment services.
C.
Measurement of flow. The volume of flow used for computing basic
user charges and surcharges shall be the metered water consumption
read to the lowest even increments of 100 gallons.
(1)
If the person discharging wastes into the public sewers procures
any part or all of his water from sources other than the public waterworks
system, all or a part of which is discharged into the public sewers,
the person shall install and maintain, at his expense, water meters
of a type approved by the Village Board for the purpose of determining
the volume of water obtained from these other sources.
(2)
Devices for measuring the volume of waste discharged may be required
by the Village Board if these volumes cannot otherwise be determined
from the metered water consumption records.
(3)
Metering devices for determining the volume of waste shall be installed,
owned and maintained by the person. Following approval and installation,
such meters may not be removed unless service is canceled, without
the consent of the Village Board.
D.
Debt service charge. A debt service charge in an amount per 1,000
gallons of metered water consumption to be reviewed and determined
annually by resolution of the Village Board, which amount shall be
placed on record with and be available from the Village Clerk to each
user of the wastewater facility of the Village is hereby established.
E.
Basic user rate.
(1)
There shall be and there is hereby established a minimum charge and
a basic user rate for the use of and for service supplied by the wastewater
facilities of the Village. A minimum charge per quarter in an amount
to be determined by resolution of the Village Board, which amount
shall be placed on record with and be available from the Village Clerk,
shall be applied to all users whose water consumption does not exceed
6,000 gallons per quarter.
(2)
A basic user rate per 1,000 gallons in an amount to be determined
by resolution of the Village Board, which amount shall be placed on
record with and be available from the Village Clerk, shall be applied
to all users for water consumption in excess of 6,000 gallons per
quarter.
(3)
All nonmetered residential users of the wastewater facilities shall
pay a minimum flat rate charge per quarter adequate to cover the costs
of the minimum debt service charge, the minimum service charge and
the basic user rate per 1,000 gallons in an amount to be determined
as stated above. The flat rate charge per quarter in an amount to
be determined as stated above will allow a maximum usage of 15,000
gallons per quarter.
(4)
In the event use of the wastewater facilities is determined by the
Village Board to be in excess of 15,000 gallons per quarter, the Village
Board may require such flat rate user to install metering devices
on the water supply or sewer main to measure the amount of service
supplied.
F.
Surcharge rate. The rates of surcharges for BOD5 and SS shall be as follows:
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CS = Bc (B) + Sc (S)
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G.
Computation of surcharge. The concentration of wastes used for computing
surcharges shall be established by waste sampling. Waste sampling
shall be performed as often as may be deemed necessary by the Village
Board and shall be binding as a basis for surcharges.
H.
Computation of wastewater service charge. The wastewater service
charge shall be computed by the following formula:
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CW = (CD.x) + (CM.x) + (Vu-x) CD + (Vu-x) CM + CS
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Where:
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CW
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Amount of wastewater service charge(s) per billing period
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CD
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Debt service charge per 1,000 gallons of metered water consumption (§ 319-14D)
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CM
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Charge for operation, maintenance and replacement per 1,000 gallons of metered water consumption (§ 319-14E)
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Vu
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Wastewater volume for the billing period in 1,000 gallons of
metered water consumption
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x
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Allowable consumption in gallons for the minimum 6,000 gallons per quarter charge (§ 319-14E)
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Cu
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Basic user rate for operation, maintenance and replacement (§ 319-14E)
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CS
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Bc
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$/# BOD5
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Sc
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$/# suspended solids
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B
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# BOD5 per 1,000 gallons of waste less
# BOD5 @ 200 mg/l
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S
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# SS per 1,000 gallons of waste less # SS @ 250 mg/l
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[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. III)]
When an industrial user, as defined in 2 CFR Part 1500, requests
connection to the public sewage collection and disposal system, an
industrial cost recovery system must be developed in accordance with
2 CFR Part 1500. Industrial permit reports shall be completed when
required by the industry or appropriate regulatory agency with copies
of the permit reports to be filed with the Village.
[Amended 3-6-1986]
A.
Wastewater rates or charges for service shall be payable quarterly.
B.
The owner of the premises, the occupant thereof and the user of the
service shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for the service
to such premises and the service is furnished to the premises by the
Village only upon the condition that the owner of the premises, occupant
and user of the services are jointly and severally liable therefor
to the Village.
C.
Bills for sewer service shall be sent out by the Village by the last
day of the month succeeding the period for which the service is billed.
D.
All sewer bills are due and payable 30 days after being sent out.
A penalty of 10% shall be added to all bills not paid by the 20th
day after they have been rendered. Appropriate notice of this penalty
and the due date for timely payment of same so as to avoid the penalty
shall be included in the bill.
If the charges for such services are not paid within 30 days
after the rendition of the bill for such services, such services shall
be discontinued without further notice and shall not be reinstated
until all claims are settled.
Whenever a bill for sewer service remains unpaid for 45 days
after it has been rendered, the Village Clerk shall take appropriate
action to perfect a lien on the subject user property by placing the
delinquent account on the tax roll or such other appropriate enforcement
action.
Property subject to a lien for unpaid charges shall be sold
for nonpayment of the same, and the proceeds of the sale shall be
applied to pay the charges, after deducting costs, as is the case
in the foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure shall be by
bill-in-equity in the name of the Village. The Village Attorney is
hereby authorized and directed to institute such proceedings in the
name of the Village in any court having jurisdiction over such matters
against any property for which the bill has remained unpaid 45 days
after it has been rendered.
A.
All revenues and monies derived from the operation of the sewerage
system shall be deposited in the sewerage account of the sewerage
fund. All such revenues and monies shall be held by the Village Clerk
separate and apart from their private funds and separate and apart
from all other funds of the Village.
B.
The Village Clerk shall receive all such revenues from the sewerage
system and all other funds and monies incident to the operation of
such system as the same may be delivered to them and deposit the same
in the account of the fund designated as the "Sewerage Fund of the
Village." The Clerk shall administer such fund in every respect in
the manner provided by statute.
A.
The Village Clerk shall establish a proper system of accounts and
shall keep proper books, records, and accounts in which complete and
correct entries shall be made of all transactions relative to the
sewerage system, and at regular annual intervals he shall cause to
be made an audit by an independent auditing concern of the books to
show the receipts and disbursements of the sewerage system.
B.
In addition to the customary operating statements, the annual audit
report shall also reflect the revenues and operating expenses of the
wastewater facilities, including a replacement cost, to indicate that
sewer service charges under the waste cost recovery system and capital
amounts required to be recovered under the industrial cost recovery
system do in fact meet these regulations. In this regard, the financial
information to be shown in the audit report shall include the following:
(1)
Flow data showing total gallons received at the wastewater plant
for the current fiscal year.
(2)
Billing data to show total number of gallons billed.
(3)
Debt service for the next succeeding fiscal year.
(4)
Number of users for the next succeeding fiscal year.
(5)
Number of nonmetered users.
(6)
A list of users discharging nondomestic wastes (industrial users)
and volume of waste discharged.
A copy of this article properly certified by the Village Clerk
shall be filed in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Rock County,
published in the official paper of the Village, and shall be deemed
notice to all owners of real estate of the charges of the sewerage
system of the Village on their properties.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provisions of
this article shall be subject to a forfeiture not less than $100 nor
more than $500 for each offense.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or its authorized
representative shall have access to any books, documents, papers and
records of the Village which are applicable to the Village system
of user charges or industrial cost recovery for the purpose of making
audit, examination, excerpts and transactions thereof to insure compliance
with the terms of the special and general conditions to any federal
grant.
Wastewater service charges shall be as established from time
to time by the Village Board, and shall be on file in the office of
the Village Clerk.
[Amended 7-2-1987]
A.
In accordance with § 66.0621, Wisconsin Statutes, it is
hereby determined that of the revenues received from sewer service
in the Village of Footville, the following proportions shall be set
aside for the following purposes:
(1)
Seventy-eight percent for the reasonable and proper operation and
maintenance of the sewer utility.
(2)
Twenty-two percent for the purpose of establishing a proper and adequate
repair and replacement fund. Any accumulations in said repair and
replacement fund may be invested and, if invested, income from the
investment shall be carried in the repair and replacement fund. Amounts
in this fund shall be expended in making payments required for repairs
or replacements incurred in the wastewater treatment facility upgrading.
(3)
As may be required, the 22% of the sewer service charges established in the repair and replacement fund detailed in Subsection A(2) shall be transferred and applied to the payment of the cost incurred of any repair or replacement items required on the sewage disposal plant incurred by the Village of Footville. This amount shall be set apart and paid into a special fund in the treasury of the Village to be identified as the "Village of Footville Wastewater Treatment Facility Repair and Replacement Account," or other appropriate title.
B.
Until such time as it becomes necessary for the Village of Footville
to issue sewage disposal improvement obligations, the 22% of the sewer
service fee to be set aside and applied to the payment of expenses
incurred for repair or replacement items as set forth by this section
shall be allocated for use in the repair and replacement fund.
C.
Any sums presently held aside for the retirement of any revenue bond
issues or debt service fund under the previous ordinance shall be
transferred to the operation and maintenance fund for use by the Village
of Footville for operation and maintenance of the sewage disposal
plant and mains.
D.
If any surplus is accumulated in any of the above bonds, it shall
be disposed of as provided in § 66.0811(2), Wis. Stats.
The Village of Footville Village Board.
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in mg/l, utilized in the
biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory
procedures in five days at 20° C.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of a building and conveys it to the building sewer
beginning three feet outside the building wall.
A building drain which conveys sanitary or industrial sewage
only.
A building drain which conveys stormwater or other clear
water drainage but no wastewater.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal (also called "house connection").
A building sewer which conveys sanitary or industrial sewage
only.
A building sewer which conveys stormwater or other clean
water drainage but no sanitary or industrial sewage.
The division of wastewater treatment customers by waste characteristics,
and process or discharge similarities.
RESIDENTIALIncludes all dwelling units such as detached, semidetached, and row houses, mobile homes, garden and standard apartments, permanent multifamily dwellings. (Transient lodging, considered commercial in nature, is not included.)
COMMERCIALIncludes transient lodging, retail and wholesale establishments or places engaged in selling merchandise for personal, household or industrial consumption, and/or rendering services to others.
INSTITUTIONALIncludes social, charitable, religious, and educational activities such as schools, churches, hospitals, nursing homes, penal institutions and similar institutional users.
GOVERNMENTALIncludes legislative, judicial, administrative, and regulatory activities of federal, state, and local governments, such as courthouses, police and fire stations, city halls, and similar governmental users.
INDUSTRIALIncludes manufacturing activities involving the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into other products. These activities occur in establishments usually described as plants, factories, or mills and characteristically use power-driven machines and material handling equipment.
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH, and fecal
coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the NPDES
permit if the treatment works was designed to treat such pollutants
and in fact does remove such pollutants to a substantial degree. The
term "substantial degree" is not subject to precise definition, but
generally contemplates removals in the order of 80% or greater. Minor
incidental removals in the order of 10% to 30% are not considered
substantial. Examples of the additional pollutants which may be considered
compatible include:
An annual operating cost reflecting capital consumption and
obsolescence (reduction of future service potential) of the treatment
works.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
Any of a number of organisms common to the intestinal tract
of man and animals, whose presence in sanitary sewage is an indicator
of pollution.
Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state, such that will separate
by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a pretreatment facility
approved by the Authority.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the commercial handling,
storage and sale of produce.
Any pollutant that is not defined as a compatible pollutant,
including nonbiodegradable dissolved solids.
Recovery from the industrial users of a treatment works of
the grant amount allocable to treatment of wastes from such users
pursuant to Section 204(b) of P.L. 92-500 and 2 CFR Part 1500.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. III)]
The water entering a sewer system, including building drains
and sewers, from the ground, through such means as, but not limited
to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manhole walls. (Infiltration
does not include and is distinguished from inflow.)
The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow
without distinguishing the source.
The water discharge into a sewer system, including building
drains and sewers, from such sources as, but not limited to, roof
leaders, cellar, yard and area drains, foundation drains, unpolluted
cooling water discharges, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole
covers, cross-connections from storm sewers and combined sewers, catch
basins, stormwaters, surface runoff, street wash waters or drainage.
(Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.)
An industry that:
Has a flow of 10,000 gallons or more per average workday;
Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow carried by the municipal
system receiving the waste;
Has in its waste a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined
in standards issued under Section 307(a) of P.L. 92-500; or
Has a significant impact, either singly or in combination with
other contributing industries, on a treatment works or on the quality
of effluent from that treatment works.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or
groundwater.
As defined for the purposes of determining surcharge, shall
mean wastewater or sewage having an average daily suspended solids
concentration of not more than 250 mg/l, and average daily BOD of
not more than 200 mg/l [an average daily phosphorus concentration
of 11 mg/l and containing not more than 2.5 mg/l of Hexane soluble
matter (grease and oil)].
A permit issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System for discharge of wastewaters to the navigable waters of the
United States pursuant to Section 402 of P.L. 92-500.
All costs, direct and indirect (other than debt service),
necessary to insure adequate wastewater treatment on a continuing
basis, conform with at related federal, state, and local requirements,
and assure optional long-term facility management. (These costs include
depreciation and replacement.)
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group discharging any wastewater to WWTW.
The reciprocal of the logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter
of solution.
The treatment of industrial sewage from privately owned industrial
sources prior to introduction into a public treatment works.
A sewer which is not owned by a public authority.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in public
sewers with no particle greater than 3/8 inch in any dimension.
Any governmental agency having jurisdiction by law over construction
and use of a wastewater collection or treatment facility.
A sewer which is owned and controlled by the public authority
and will consist of the following increments:
COLLECTOR SEWERA sewer whose primary purpose is to collect wastewaters from individual point source discharges.
INTERCEPTOR SEWERA sewer whose primary purpose is to transport wastewater from collector sewers to a treatment facility.
FORCE MAINA pipe in which wastewater is carried under pressure.
PUMPING STATIONA station positioned in the public sewer service at which wastewater is pumped to a higher level.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories
or appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the
treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works were designed and constructed.
A sewer which carries sanitary and industrial wastes, and
to which storm, surface and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
The combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions
(including polluted cooling water). The two most common types of sewage
are:
SANITARY SEWAGEThe combination of liquid- and water-carried wastes discharged from toilet and other sanitary plumbing facilities.
INDUSTRIAL SEWAGEA combination of liquid- and water-carried wastes, discharged from any industrial establishment, and resulting from any trade or process carried on in that establishment (this shall include the wastes from pretreatment facilities and polluted cooling water).
Is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
Any industry that will contribute greater than 10% of the
design flow or design pollutant loading of the treatment works.
Any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period
of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average
of 24 hours concentration of flows during normal operation.
The laboratory procedures set forth in the latest edition,
at the time of analysis, of "Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater" prepared and published jointly by the American
Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and
the Water Pollution Control Federation.
A sewer for conveying water, groundwater or unpolluted water
from any source and to which sanitary and/or industrial wastes are
not intentionally admitted.
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
The sum of suspended and dissolved solids.
Concentrations of any pollutant or combination of pollutants,
which upon exposure to or assimilation into any organism will cause
adverse effects, such as cancer, genetic mutations, and physiological
manifestations, as defined in standards issued pursuant to Section
307(a) of P.L. 92-500.
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.
A charge levied on users of a wastewater treatment works
for the cost of operation and maintenance of such works pursuant to
Section 204(b) of P.L. 92-500.
For purposes of this chapter, the Village Inspector shall
be the Director of the Department of Public Works.
[Added 8-4-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-08]
The material in the sewage solids transformed to gases or
vapors when heated at 550° C. for 15 to 20 minutes.
The structures, equipment and processes required to collect,
transport and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of
the effluent and accumulated residual solids.
All facilities for water supply, storage reservoir, water
lines and services, and booster stations for obtaining, treating and
distributing potable water.
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.
The provisions of Appendix #2 and #3 of Ordinance No. 127, adopted
December 4, 1980, are hereby adopted and made a part of this chapter
by reference, to the extent that such provisions are presently operable
and in effect under the terms of such provisions, independent of this
adoption by reference.
