The following definitions shall be applicable in this article:
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in terms of weight and concentration [milligrams
per liter (mg/l)].
DNR
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
INDUSTRIAL USER
A user which discharges to the wastewater disposal system
liquid wastes resulting from the processes employed in industrial,
manufacturing, trade, or business establishments, or from the development
of any natural resource.
PERMIT
Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (WPDES
Permit).
PRETREATMENT
The process of reducing the amount of pollutants, eliminating
pollutants, or altering the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater
to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise
introducing such pollutants into the wastewater disposal system. The
reduction, elimination, or alteration may be obtained by physical,
chemical or biological processes, process changes or other means accepted
by DNR.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer intended to carry wastewater from homes, businesses
and industries.
STORM SEWER
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of
or is suspended in water, wastewater or other liquids and which is
removable by a standard glass fiber filter.
USER
Any person who discharges or causes or permits the discharge
of wastewater into the Village wastewater disposal system.
WASTEWATER
The liquid or water-carried industrial or domestic wastes
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions,
with any groundwater, surface water, and stormwater that may be present,
whether treated or untreated, which is discharged into or permitted
to enter the Village wastewater disposal system.
WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM or SYSTEM
Any devices, facilities, structures, equipment or works owned
or used by the Village for the purpose of the transmission, storage,
treatment, recycling, and reclamation of wastewater.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article or rules or regulations of the Village, or who shall violate any provisions of the Wisconsin Statutes, Wisconsin Administrative Code or any other materials which are incorporated by reference shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in accordance with §
1-4 of this Code.
There are hereby adopted all the rules and regulations of the
State Plumbing and State Building Codes and the building rules of
the Department of Safety and Professional Services of the State of
Wisconsin insofar as the same are applicable to the Village.