[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.
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 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.
Terms used in Articles
II and
III of this chapter mean as follows:
AUTHORITY
The Village of Footville Village Board.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
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.
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 walls of a building and conveys it to the building sewer
beginning three feet outside the building wall.
BUILDING DRAIN, STORM
A building drain which conveys stormwater or other clear
water drainage but no wastewater.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal (also called "house connection").
BUILDING SEWER, STORM
A building sewer which conveys stormwater or other clean
water drainage but no sanitary or industrial sewage.
CLASSES OF USERS
The division of wastewater treatment customers by waste characteristics,
and process or discharge similarities.
A.
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.)
B.
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.
C.
INSTITUTIONALIncludes social, charitable, religious, and educational activities such as schools, churches, hospitals, nursing homes, penal institutions and similar institutional users.
D.
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.
E.
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.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
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:
C.
Phosphorus and phosphorus compounds;
D.
Nitrogen and nitrogen compounds; and
E.
Fats, oils, and grease of animal or vegetable origin (except
as prohibited where these materials would interfere with the operation
of the treatment works).
DEPRECIATION
An annual operating cost reflecting capital consumption and
obsolescence (reduction of future service potential) of the treatment
works.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
FECAL COLIFORM
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.
FLOATABLE OIL
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.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the commercial handling,
storage and sale of produce.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
Any pollutant that is not defined as a compatible pollutant,
including nonbiodegradable dissolved solids.
INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY
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)]
INFILTRATION
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.)
INFILTRATION/INFLOW
The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow
without distinguishing the source.
INFLOW
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.)
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY
An industry that:
A.
Has a flow of 10,000 gallons or more per average workday;
B.
Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow carried by the municipal
system receiving the waste;
C.
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
D.
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.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or
groundwater.
NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE
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)].
NPDES PERMIT
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.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
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.)
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group discharging any wastewater to WWTW.
pH
The reciprocal of the logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter
of solution.
PRETREATMENT
The treatment of industrial sewage from privately owned industrial
sources prior to introduction into a public treatment works.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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.
PUBLIC AUTHORITY
Any governmental agency having jurisdiction by law over construction
and use of a wastewater collection or treatment facility.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer which is owned and controlled by the public authority
and will consist of the following increments:
A.
COLLECTOR SEWERA sewer whose primary purpose is to collect wastewaters from individual point source discharges.
B.
INTERCEPTOR SEWERA sewer whose primary purpose is to transport wastewater from collector sewers to a treatment facility.
C.
FORCE MAINA pipe in which wastewater is carried under pressure.
D.
PUMPING STATIONA station positioned in the public sewer service at which wastewater is pumped to a higher level.
REPLACEMENT
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.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sanitary and industrial wastes, and
to which storm, surface and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
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:
A.
SANITARY SEWAGEThe combination of liquid- and water-carried wastes discharged from toilet and other sanitary plumbing facilities.
B.
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).
SHALL
Is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRY
Any industry that will contribute greater than 10% of the
design flow or design pollutant loading of the treatment works.
SLUG
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.
STANDARD METHODS
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.
STORM SEWER
A sewer for conveying water, groundwater or unpolluted water
from any source and to which sanitary and/or industrial wastes are
not intentionally admitted.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
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.
TOXIC AMOUNT
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.
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 CHARGE
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.
VILLAGE INSPECTOR
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]
VOLATILE ORGANIC MATTER
The material in the sewage solids transformed to gases or
vapors when heated at 550° C. for 15 to 20 minutes.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
The structures, equipment and processes required to collect,
transport and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of
the effluent and accumulated residual solids.
WATER WORKS
All facilities for water supply, storage reservoir, water
lines and services, and booster stations for obtaining, treating and
distributing potable water.
WATERCOURSE
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.