As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter in five days at 20° C., expressed as milligrams
per liter (mg/l). Quantitative determination, of BOD shall be made
in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods."
BUILDING DRAIN
The 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 the building and conveys it to the building
sewer, beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of
the building wall.
CATEGORY A
Those sanitary sewer users who discharge normal domestic
strength wastewater with concentrations of BOD no greater than 250
mg/l, suspended solids no greater than 250 mg/l, phosphorus no greater
than 10 mg/l and nitrogen measured as ammonia N no greater than 25
mg/l.
CATEGORY B
Those sanitary sewer users who discharge wastewater with
concentrations of BOD in excess of 250 mg/l, 250 mg/l of suspended
solids, 10 mg/l of phosphorus and nitrogen as ammonia N of 25 mg/l.
Users whose wastewater exceeds the concentrations for any one of these
parameters shall be in Category B.
CHLORINE REQUIREMENT
The amount of chlorine, in mg/l, which must be added to sewage
to produce a residual chlorine as specified in the Wisconsin Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) permit.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or
surface water.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, phosphorus,
pH, or fecal coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified
in the WPDES permit for the publicly owned wastewater treatment facility
receiving the pollutants, if such works were designed to treat such
additional pollutants, and, in fact, does remove such pollutants to
a substantial degree.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specified use of land owned
by others.
FLOATABLE OIL
Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. Wastewater shall be considered free of floatable oil if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection or treatment process systems.
GARBAGE
The residue from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of food products
and produce.
GROUND GARBAGE
The residue from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles
will be carried freely in suspension under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in public sewers with no particle greater than 1/2 inch
in any dimension.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS
Wastewater with pollutants that will adversely affect or
disrupt the quality of wastewater treatment if discharged to a wastewater
treatment facility.
INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY CHARGE
A charge collected by the Village from industrial users discharging
industrial wastes for the recovery of the Federal EPA grant amount
allocable to the treatment of the users' wastewater volume and characteristics
at design capacity of Federal EPA funded wastewater collection and
treatment facilities.
INDUSTRIAL USER
For the purpose of industrial cost recovery is:
A.
Any nongovernmental, nonresidential user of publicly owned treatment
works which discharges more than the equivalent of 25,000 gallons
per day (gpd) of sanitary wastes and which is identified in the Standard
Industrial Classification Manual (1972), Office of Management and
Budget, as amended and supplemented under one of the following divisions:
(1)
Division A - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing.
(3)
Division D - Manufacturing.
(4)
Division E - Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and
Sanitary Services.
B.
Grantee may exclude domestic wastes or discharges from sanitary
conveniences.
C.
After applying the sanitary waste exclusion, dischargers in
the above division that have a volume exceeding 25,000 gpd or the
weight of BOD, suspended solids, phosphorus or nitrogen equivalent
to that weight found in 25,000 gpd of sanitary waste are considered
industrial users.
D.
A user which discharges any wastewater containing toxic pollutants
or which has any other adverse effect on the treatment works.
E.
A commercial user of an EPA-funded individual system.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
The wastewater from industrial process, trade, or business
as distinct from sanitary sewage.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY
An industry that:
A.
Has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average workday;
B.
Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow carried by the wastewater
collection and treatment facilities, receiving the waste;
C.
Has a material in its discharge included on a list of toxic
pollutants issued under § 283.21(1), Wis. Stats.; or
D.
Has a significant impact, either singularly or in combination
with other contributing industries, on the wastewater treatment facility
or the quality of its effluent.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water
or groundwater.
NORMAL DOMESTIC STRENGTH WASTEWATER
Wastewater with concentrations of BOD no greater than 250
mg/l, suspended solids no greater than 250 mg/l, phosphorus no greater
than 10 mg/l and nitrogen (ammonia N) greater than 25 mg/l.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
All costs associated with the operation and maintenance of
the wastewater collection and treatment facilities, as well as costs
associated with periodic equipment replacement necessary for maintaining
capacity and performance of wastewater collection and treatment facilities.
PARTS PER MILLION
A weight-to-weight ratio; the parts per million value multiplied
by the factor 8.34 shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons
of water.
PERSON
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company,
municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution,
enterprise, governmental agency, or other entity.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen-ions, in grams, per liter
of solution. Natural water, for example, has a pH value of seven and
a hydrogen-ion concentration of 10-7.
PHOSPHORUS
Total phosphorus and is expressed in mg/l of P (phosphorus).
PUBLIC SEWER
Any publicly owned sewer, storm, drain, sanitary sewer or
combined sewer.
REPLACEMENT COSTS
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories,
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
wastewater collection and treatment facilities to maintain the capacity
and performance for which such facilities were designed and constructed.
Operation and maintenance costs include replacement cost.
SANITARY SEWAGE
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes discharged
from toilets and/or sanitary plumbing facilities.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions,
together with minor quantities of ground, storm, and surface waters
that are not admitted intentionally.
SEWAGE
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
A service charge levied on users of the wastewater collection
and treatment facilities for payment of capital-related expenses,
as well as operating and maintenance costs of said facilities. (User
charge which covers operation and maintenance and replacement costs,
is a part of the sewer service charge.)
SHALL
Is mandatory; "may" is permissible.
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
twenty-four-hour concentration of flows during normal operation, and
shall adversely affect the system and/or performance of the wastewater
treatment works.
STANDARD METHODS
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
most recent edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water,
Sewage and Industrial Wastes" published jointly by the American Public
Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and the
Water Environment Federation.
STORM DRAIN (STORM SEWER)
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water, or unpolluted water from any source.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in, water, wastewater, or other liquids, and that are removable by
laboratory filtering as prescribed in "Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater," and are referred to as "nonfilterable residue."
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 the wastewater collection and
treatment facilities for payment of operation and maintenance costs
of said facilities.
WASTEWATER
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source,
it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water, and stormwater that
may be present.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with waste
treatment.
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water,
either continuously or intermittently.
WISCONSIN POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (WPDES) PERMIT
A document issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources which establishes effluent limitations and monitoring requirements
for the Village's wastewater treatment facility. WPDES Permit No.
WI-0021938 and modifications thereof pertain to the Village's wastewater
treatment facility.
The Village of Winneconne shall conduct an annual audit, the
purpose of which shall be to maintain the proper proportion among
users and user classes of the sewer service charge system, and to
ensure that adequate revenues are available to cover debt service
expenses and increasing operation, maintenance, and replacement costs.