Words used in the present tense include the future; the singular
number includes the plural; the plural number includes the singular
number; the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory. Terms as
used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:
AQUIFER
Any pervious soil and rock strata that contains groundwater.
CESSPOOL
An excavation which receives domestic wastewater by means
of a drain system without pretreatment of the wastewater and retains
the organic matter and solids, permitting the liquids to seep from
the excavation. Currently prohibited in Wisconsin.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
CLEANOUT
An accessible opening in a drain system used for the removal
of obstructions.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
DEPARTMENT
The Washington County Planning and Parks Department.
[Added 10-9-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-12]
DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL
Employees of the Washington Planning and Parks Department
and other authorized personnel.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1999-45; 10-9-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-12]
DISTRIBUTION CELL
A dimensional zone that is part of a POWTS treatment or dispersal
component where wastewater is disseminated into in situ soil or engineered
soil.
[Added 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
Wastewater, not including stormwater, normally discharged
or similar to that discharged from plumbing fixtures, appliances and
devices, including, but not limited to, sanitary, bath, laundry, dishwashing,
garbage disposal and cleaning wastewaters.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
EFFLUENT
Liquid discharged from a process, device, appurtenance or
piping system.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
FLOODPLAINS
Land which has been or may be covered by floodwater during
the regional flood. The floodplain includes the floodway, flood fringe,
shallow-depth flooding, flood storage and coastal floodplain areas.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
GARBAGE
Discarded materials resulting from handling, processing,
storage and consumption of food.
GROUNDWATER
Any of the waters of the state as defined in § 281.01(18),
Wis. Stats., occurring in a saturated subsurface geological formation
of rock and soil.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
HIGH GROUNDWATER
Zones of soil saturation which include perched water tables,
shallow regional groundwater tables or aquifers, or zones that are
seasonally, periodically or permanently saturated.
HOLDING TANK
An approved, watertight receptacle for the collection and
holding of wastewater.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
LIQUID INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Industrial wastes, including suspended solids, which are
in a nongaseous fluid or semifluid state and which are biodegradable
and of animal or plant origin.
MANHOLE
An opening constructed to permit access by a person to a
sewer or any underground portion of a plumbing system.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
NUISANCE
Any source of filth or probable cause of sickness.
PARTIES-IN-INTEREST
All abutting property owners and all property owners within
200 feet of the subject site.
PERMANENT OUTDOOR TOILETS
A nontransportable structure incorporating holding facilities
designed to receive human body wastes directly from the user.
PORTABLE OUTDOOR TOILETS
A transportable watertight structure incorporating holding
facilities designed to receive human body wastes directly from the
user.
PRIVATE ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (POWTS)
A sewage treatment and disposal system serving a single structure
with a septic tank and soil absorption field located on the same parcel
as the structure. This term also means an individual site design approved
by the Department, including a substitute for the septic tank or soil
absorption field, a holding tank, a system serving more than one structure
or a system located on a different parcel than the structure. A POWTS
may be owned by the property owner or a special-purpose district.
[Amended 10-9-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-12; 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
PRIVY
A structure that is not connected to a plumbing system which
is used by persons for the deposition of human body wastes.
PRIVY, SOIL PIT
A structure used by the public for the deposition of human
body wastes and the associated cavity in the ground constructed for
toilet uses which receives human body wastes either to be partially
absorbed directly by the surrounding soil or storage for decomposition
and periodic removal.
PRIVY, VAULT
A privy incorporating watertight vault facilities designed
to receive human body wastes directly from the user.
REFUSE
Combustible and noncombustible rubbish, including, but not
limited to, paper, wood, metal, glass, cloth and products thereof,
litter and street rubbish, ashes, and lumber, concrete and other debris
resulting from the construction or demolition of structures.
REGIONAL FLOOD
A flood determined by the Department to be representative
of large floods known to have generally occurred in Wisconsin and
which may be expected to occur on a particular stream because of like
physical characteristics. The regional flood generally has an average
frequency of the 100-year recurrence interval flood.
SALVAGEABLE MATERIAL
Material which is of further usefulness only as raw material
for reprocessing or as imperfect stock from which replacement or spare
parts can be extracted.
SEPTIC TANK
A tank which receives and partially treats sewage through
processes of sedimentation, oxidation, flotation and bacterial action
so as to separate solids from the liquid in the sewage and which discharges
the liquid to a soil absorption system.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
SERVICING
Removing the scum, liquid, sludge or other wastes from a
POWTS, such as septic or holding tanks, dosing chambers, grease interceptors,
distribution cells, privies or portable restrooms and properly disposing
or recycling of the contents as provided in this chapter.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
SEWAGE
Wastewater containing fecal coliform bacteria exceeding 200
CFU, colony forming units, per 100 ml.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
SHORELANDS
Those lands lying within the following distances: 1,000 feet
from the high-water elevation of navigable lakes, ponds and flowages;
300 feet from the high-water elevation of navigable streams or to
the landward side of the floodplain, whichever is greater.
SOIL MAPPING UNIT
Soil types, slopes and erosion factors delineated on operational
soil survey maps prepared by the Natural Resources Conservation Service
for the County in cooperation with the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional
Planning Commission.
SOLID WASTE
Has the meaning specified in § 289.01(33), Wis.
Stats.
[Amended 10-9-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-12]
TOXIC OR HAZARDOUS WASTES
Solid wastes, such as pesticides, acids, caustics, pathological
wastes, radioactive materials, flammable or explosive materials and
similar chemicals and harmful wastes, which require special handling
and disposal to protect and conserve the environment.
WASTES
Any materials, such as explosives, fuel, litter, paper, garbage,
sewage, gas, inflammables, oil, refuse, rubbish, tar, wood ashes or
other solid or liquid materials, that may cause or contribute to health
hazards or a reduction in surface or subsurface water quality.
WELL
An excavation or opening into the ground made by digging,
boring, drilling, driving or other methods for the purpose of obtaining
groundwater for human consumption.
WETLANDS
An area where water is at, near or above the land surface
long enough to be capable of supporting aquatic or hydrophytic vegetation
and which has soils indicative of wet conditions.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
The rules of administrative agencies having rulemaking authority
in Wisconsin published as directed by the Wisconsin Statutes, including
subsequent amendments to those rules.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]
WISCONSIN SANITARY LICENSE
A license to service septic tanks, holding tanks, seepage
pits, grease traps, mobile public toilets or permanent or portable
privies, issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources pursuant
to Wisconsin Statutes.
[Amended 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-18]