[Adopted 8-17-1998 (Ch. 20 of the 1988 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The Village Administrator of the Village of Pleasant Prairie,
Lake Michigan Sewer Utility District and Sewer Utility District D
or a duly authorized deputy, agent or representative of the Utility
Districts.
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter in five days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams
per liter (mg/l). 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 building and conveys it to the building
sewer.
BUILDING SEWER
A sanitary sewer which begins immediately outside of the
foundation wall of any building or structure being served and ends
at its connection to the public sewer.
CATEGORY A
Those sanitary sewer users who discharge normal domestic
strength wastewater with concentrations of BOD no greater than 180
mg/l, suspended solids no greater than 200 mg/l, phosphorus no greater
than six mg/l, and oil and grease no greater than 100 mg/l.
CATEGORY B
Those sanitary sewer users who discharge wastewater with
BOD concentration in excess of 180 mg/l of BOD, 200 mg/l of suspended
solids, six mg/l of phosphorus, or 100 mg/l of oil and grease. Users
whose wastewater exceeds the concentrations for any one of these parameters
shall be in Category B and subject to a sanitary sewer surcharge unless
and until the concentrations are below the thresholds listed for 24
consecutive months.
[Amended 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 12-23]
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.
COMMERCIAL
Those users that operate an enterprise that sells, rents
or provides services to customers or tenants, whether it operates
as a for-profit or no-profit enterprise.
[Added 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 12-23]
CONNECTION
The physical connection of a private sewer or lateral to
the public sewer shall be deemed to have been made, irrespective of
when sewage flows through the line.
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 system.
GROUND GARBAGE
The residue from preparation, cooking, dispensing, handling,
storage, or sale of food products and produce 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 the
wastewater collection and treatment facilities or disrupt the quality
of wastewater treatment if discharged to the wastewater collection
and treatment facilities.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance discharged or escaping
from any industrial, manufacturing, or commercial establishment. Such
term includes any wastewater which is not sanitary sewage.
MUNICIPALITY
The Village of Pleasant Prairie is Pleasant Prairie Sewer
Utility or Lake Michigan Sewer Utility District.
[Amended 5-2-2011 by Ord. No. 11-11]
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water
or groundwaters.
NONRESIDENTIAL
Customer category which includes all sewer residential users
of five or more users. Nonresidential customers include but are not
limited to public buildings, commercial establishments, industrial
establishments, recreation halls, municipal buildings, clubhouses,
mobile home parks, apartment complexes and funeral homes.
[Amended 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 12-23; 9-16-2013 by Ord. No. 13-43; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art.
II)]
NORMAL DOMESTIC STRENGTH WASTEWATER
Wastewater with concentrations of BOD no greater than 180
mg/l, suspended solids no greater than 200 mg/l, phosphorus no greater
than six mg/l, and oil and grease no greater than 100 mg/l.
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. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of 7 and a
hydrogen ion concentration of 10-7.
PHOSPHORUS
Total phosphorus and is expressed in mg/l of P (phosphorus).
PRIVATE SEWER
Any privately owned sewer, storm drain, sanitary sewer, or
combined sewer with discharges into a public sewer. Private sewers
are required to discharge normal domestic-strength wastewater. Any
private sewer that discharges wastewater above the listed thresholds
will be listed as a Category B user.
[Added 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 12-23]
PUBLIC AUTHORITY
Any government chartered by the statutes of the State of
Wisconsin as a corporation that has the ability to levy taxes or user
charges that is governed by an elected body.
[Added 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 12-23]
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 treatment facility to maintain the capacity and performance
for which such facilities were designed and constructed.
RESIDENTIAL
Customer category which includes family dwellings and multifamily
dwellings users less than five residential living units.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
SANITARY SEWAGE
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes discharged
from toilets and/or sanitary plumbing facilities.
SANITARY SEWER SURCHARGE
A charge levied on users of the wastewater and treatment
facilities to Category B users.
[Added 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 12-23]
SATELLITE SYSTEM
Satellite sewage collection system means a municipally owned
or a privately owned sewage collection system that conveys wastewater
to the Pleasant Prairie Sewer Utility system.
[Added 9-16-2013 by Ord. No. 13-43]
SEWAGE
The spent water of a person or community. The preferred term
is "wastewater."
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
A charge levied on users of the wastewater collection and
treatment facilities for payment of operation and maintenance expenses,
depreciation, return-on-investment, and other expenses or obligations
of said facilities.
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/or
adversely affects the wastewater collection system and/or performance
of the wastewater treatment facility.
STANDARD METHODS
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater published jointly by the American Public Health Association,
the American Water Works Association, and the Water Environment Federation.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
STORM SEWER OR DRAIN
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water, or unpolluted water from any source.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface,
or is in suspension in water, wastewater, or other liquids, and that
is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and referred to as "nonfilterable
residue."
UNPOLLUTED WATER
Water(s) which may lawfully be deposited, without prior treatment,
directly into the receiving stream. The term shall include, but not
be limited to, potable water, stormwater, uncontaminated groundwater
and surface runoff water.
WASTEWATER
The spent water of a community or person. 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.
All residential and nonresidential customers
discharging to sewers tributary to the City of Kenosha shall comply
with the applicable requirements set forth in Section 32.08 of the
City of Kenosha Code of Ordinances.
[Amended 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 12-23; 9-16-2013 by Ord. No. 13-43]
A. Submission of basic data.
(1) The approving authority may require each person who discharges or
seeks to discharge industrial wastes to the public sewer to prepare
and file with the approving authority, at such times as it determines,
a report that shall include pertinent data relating to the quantity
and characteristics of the wastes discharged to the wastewater collection
and treatment facilities. In the case of a new connection, the approving
authority may require that this report be prepared prior to making
the connection to the public sewers.
(2) Industrial dischargers are further subject to the applicable rules
and regulations set forth in Section 32.08 of the Kenosha Code of
Ordinances regarding submittal of applications, operational data and
reports, baseline monitoring reports, compliance reports, chemical
analysis, etc.
B. Industrial discharges. If any waters or wastes are discharged or
are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters or
wastes contain substances or possess the characteristics which, in
the judgment of the approving authority or the City of Kenosha wastewater
treatment facility, have a deleterious effect upon the wastewater
collection and treatment facilities, processes, equipment, or receiving
waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life, health, or constitute
a public nuisance, the approving authority may:
(2) Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to
the public sewers;
(3) Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or
(4) Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating
the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the
provisions of this article.
C. Control manholes. Each industrial or nonresidential discharger shall,
at the discretion of the approving authority, construct and maintain
one or more control manholes or access points together with measuring
and sampling devices to facilitate observation, measurement, and sampling
of wastes, including sanitary sewage.
(1) Control manholes or access facilities shall be located and built
in a manner acceptable to the approving authority. All measuring and/or
sampling devices shall be of a type acceptable to the approving authority.
(2) Control manholes, access facilities, and related equipment shall
be installed by the industrial or nonresidential discharger, at the
discharger's expense, and shall be maintained by the discharger so
as to be in safe condition, accessible, and in proper operating condition
at all times. Plans for installation of the control manholes or access
facilities and related equipment shall be approved by the approving
authority prior to the beginning of construction.
D. Measurement of flow. The volume of flow when used for computing sewer service charges shall be the metered water consumption of the person as shown in the records of meter readings maintained by the municipality except as noted in Subsection
E.
E. Metering of waste. Devices for measuring the volume of waste discharge may be required by the approving authority if this volume cannot otherwise be determined from the metered water consumption records. Metering devices for determining the volume of waste shall be installed and owned by the industrial or nonresidential discharger, subject to the approval of the approving authority. The approving authority may require or undertake at the discharger's expense necessary metering calibration and maintenance of metering devices. Following approval and installation, such meters may not be removed without the consent of the approving authority. The approving authority may require reporting in accordance with Subsection
K.
F. Waste sampling. Industrial and nonresidential wastes discharged into
the public sewers shall be subject to periodic inspection and a determination
of character and concentration of said wastes. The determination shall
be made for the industry and nonresidential user as often as may be
deemed necessary by the approving authority.
(1) Samples shall be collected in such a manner as to be representative
of the composition of the wastes. The sampling may be accomplished
either manually or by the use of mechanical equipment acceptable to
the approving authority. Every care shall be exercised in the collection
of samples to ensure their preservation in a state comparable to that
at the time the sample was taken.
(2) Installation, operation, and maintenance of the sampling facilities
shall be the responsibility of the industrial or nonresidential discharger
and shall be subject to the approval of the approving authority. The
approving authority may require the discharger to use a contractor
from a list of prequalified contractors.
(3) Access to sampling locations shall be granted to the approving authority
or its duly authorized representative at all times.
(4) The approving authority shall collect and analyze the samples. If
the sample is significantly different from prior samples or out of
sample range, the approving authority may choose to resample for that
month.
(5) An industry or nonresidential discharger may split samples with the
approving authority upon request. Samples must be tested at a lab
certified by the State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
using the same testing methods as the lab contracted by the Village
of Pleasant Prairie. If there is a significant difference between
the split samples, the discharger can request a resample at its cost.
[Amended 1-16-2017 by Ord. No. 17-05]
(6) In the event of a resample, the approving authority may choose the
most appropriate sample or average the two samples.
(7) Industrial or nonresidential discharger shall pay for all costs incurred by the approving authority or its contracted representative for the metering, monitoring and sampling required under this section, whether taken by the discharger or the approving authority. These charges are separate from and in addition to the sewer service charges in §
285-19.
(8) Any waste sampling results over the listed thresholds for a Category B user under §
285-15 will subject the discharger to a sanitary sewer surcharge under § 281-19, until the sampling result concentrations are below the Category B thresholds for 24 consecutive months.
(9) In addition to the foregoing, for satellite systems the following
requirements shall be required unless waived by the approving authority
upon application of the satellite system:
(a)
Sampling of the volume of the discharge from the satellite system
shall be monitored by a continuous flow monitor (not less than five-minute
increments) maintained by the approving authority. The approving authority
shall download the data monthly and provide the data to the satellite
system within 18 days.
(b)
Sampling of the waste characteristics of the discharge shall
be performed by the approving authority on no less than a monthly
basis.
(c)
Samples may be tested for fats, oils and grease (FOG), biological
oxygen demand (BOD), total suspended solids (TSS), phosphorus (P)
and any other test deemed necessary based on the nature of the discharge.
Certified lab results from any sample shall be sent to the satellite
system 18 working days after the sample is taken in the field.
(d)
If the satellite system wants to request a resample of any test
result, it must do so within three days of receiving the sample result.
G. Pretreatment. Persons discharging industrial wastes into any public
sewer may be required to pretreat such wastes:
(1) If the approving authority determines pretreatment is necessary to
protect the wastewater collection and treatment facilities or prevent
the discharge of incompatible pollutants.
(2) In the event such person shall provide at his expense such pretreatment
or processing facilities as may be determined necessary to render
wastes acceptable for admission to the sanitary sewers.
H. National Categorical Pretreatment Standards. National Categorical
Pretreatment Standards (NCPS), as promulgated by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, shall be met by all dischargers of
the regulated industrial categories.
I. State requirements. State requirements and limitations on discharges
to the publicly owned treatment works shall be met by all dischargers
which are subject to such standards in any instance in which they
are more stringent than federal requirements and limitations or those
in this article or any other applicable ordinance.
J. Grease, oil, and sand interceptors. Grease, oil, and sand interceptors
shall be provided when, in the opinion of the approving authority,
they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing
floatable grease in amounts in excess of those specified in this article,
or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients, except
that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters
or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity
approved by the approving authority and shall be located as to be
readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In maintaining
these interceptors, the owner(s) shall be responsible for proper removal
and disposal by appropriate means of the captured material and shall
maintain records of the dates and means of disposal which are subject
to review by the approving authority. Disposal of the collected materials
performed by owner's personnel or currently licensed waste disposal
firms must be in accordance with currently acceptable Department of
Natural Resources rules and regulations.
K. Analyses.
(1) All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters
and wastes to which reference is made in this article shall be determined
in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods and with
the Federal Regulations, 40 CFR 136, Guidelines Establishing Test
Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants, as amended from time to time.
(2) Unless otherwise set forth in this section, sampling methods, location,
times, durations, and frequencies are to be determined on an individual
basis subject to approval by the approving authority.
(3) The industrial or nonresidential discharger shall report any and
all sampling data which it undertakes to the approving authority in
a time and format specified by the approving authority.
L. Accidental discharges. Each industrial discharger shall provide protection
from accidental discharge of prohibited or regulated materials or
substances established by this article. Where necessary, facilities
to prevent accidental discharge of prohibited materials shall be provided
and maintained at the discharger's cost and expense. Detailed plans
showing facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection
shall be submitted to the approving authority for review and shall
be approved by the approving authority before construction of the
facility. Review and approval of such plans and operating procedures
by the approving authority shall not relieve the discharger from the
responsibility to modify its facility as necessary to meet the requirements
of this article.
(1) Dischargers shall notify the approving authority immediately upon
the occurrence of a slug load, or accidental discharge of substances
prohibited by this article. The notification shall include location
of discharge, date and time thereof, type of waste, concentration
and volume, and corrective actions. Any discharger who discharges
a slug load of prohibited materials shall be liable for any expense,
loss or damage to the wastewater facilities or wastewater treatment
works, in addition to the amount of any fines imposed on the Authority
on account thereof under state or federal law.
(2) Signs shall be permanently posted in conspicuous places on the discharger's
premises, advising employees whom to call in the event of a slug or
accidental discharge. Employers shall instruct all employees who may
cause or discover such a discharge with respect to the emergency notification
procedure.
M. Submission of facility information. Plans, specifications, and any
other pertinent information relating to proposed flow equalization,
pretreatment, or grease and/or sand interceptor facilities shall be
submitted for review and approval of the approving authority prior
to the start of their construction if the effluent from such facilities
is to be discharged into the public sewers. No construction of such
facilities shall commence until said approval has been granted.
N. Discharges from satellite systems. Each satellite system discharger
shall adopt and implement a capacity, management, operation and maintenance
(CMOM) program, in substantial conformance with the provisions of
§ NR 210.23(4), Wis. Adm. Code, subject to the review and
approval of the approving authority.
O. Reports. Industrial and nonresidential dischargers shall keep records
of the sampling results and maintenance performed for seven years
and submit an annual report to the approving authority containing
a summary of this information by February 10 each year unless the
approving authority agrees to an alternative schedule for reporting.
This article shall take effect and be in force
from and after July 1, 1985.
Except as otherwise provided herein, any person who shall violate any provision of this article, or any regulation, rule or order made hereunder, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty as provided by Chapter
1, §
1-4, of the Code of the Village of Pleasant Prairie.