As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The Common Council of the City of New Lisbon, Juneau County,
Wisconsin, or its duly authorized committee, agent or representative.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter in five days at 20° C., expressed as milligrams
per liter. Quantitative determination of BOD shall be made in accordance
with procedures set forth in "standard methods."
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 the buildings and conveys it to the building
sewer.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal beginning outside the inner face of the
building wall.
CHLORINE REQUIREMENT
The amount of chlorine in milligrams per liter which must
be added to sewage to produce a specified residual chlorine content
in accordance with procedures set forth in "standard methods."
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, phosphorus,
pH, of fecal coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified
in the WPDES permit for the publicly owned treatment works receiving
the pollutants if such works were designed to treat such additional
pollutants to a substantial degree.
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. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
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 degree that all particles will
be carried freely in suspension under the flow conditions normally
prevailing to 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 WASTE
The wastewater from industrial process, trade, or business,
as distinct from sanitary sewage, including cooling water and the
discharge from sewage pretreatment facilities.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a water course, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water
or ground waters.
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, government 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. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of 7 and a
hydrogen ion concentration of 10 exp (-7).
PUBLIC SEWER
Any sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the
City of New Lisbon. It shall also include sewers within or outside
the corporate boundaries that serve one or more persons and ultimately
discharge into the City sanitary sewer system, even though those sewers
may not have been constructed with City funds.
SANITARY SEWAGE
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes discharged
from toilets and/or sanitary plumbing facilities, together with such
ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.
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 SERVICE CHARGE
A service charge levied on users of the wastewater collection
and treatment facilities for payment of use-related capital expenses
as well as the operation and maintenance costs, including replacement
of said facilities.
A.
More than one customer on service lateral. Each customer is
required to have a separate service lateral. If this is not practical,
there shall be an additional fixed charge for each extra customer
on the same lateral. The fixed charge shall be the fixed charge for
a 5/8 inches meter.
SHOCK
Any discharge of water or wastewater which is concentration
of any given constituent or if 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
adversely affects 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 Pollution Control Federation.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in, water, wastewater, or other liquids, and that is removable by
laboratory filtering as prescribed in "Standard Methods for Examination
of Water and Wastewater" and is 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.
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 ground water, surface water, and stormwater that
may be present.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
The structures, equipment, and processes required to collect,
carry away, and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of
the effluent.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
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.