Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biological oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20º C., expressed in milligrams per liter or pounds.
BUILDING SEWER
A sanitary sewer beginning at the immediate outside of the
foundation wall of any building being served to its connection with
a community sewer or interceptor.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)
A measure of the oxygen-consuming capacity of inorganic and
organic matter present in wastewater. It is expressed as the amount
of oxygen consumed from a chemical oxidation in a specific test.
COMMUNITY SEWER
Any sanitary sewer owned and operated by the village which
is tributary to an intercepting sewer or treatment facility operated
by the village.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
The biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH or fecal
coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the Wisconsin
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) permit. The village
wastewater treatment plant was designed to treat such pollutants and
in fact does remove such pollutants to a substantial degree.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
A sample consisting of portions of a waste taken over a time
period in proportion to the volume of flow of such water.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any use, such as air conditioning,
cooling or refrigeration, during which the only pollutant added to
the water is heat.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
Wastewater discharged from sanitary conveniences which contains
no incompatible pollutants exceeding the limits set forth in this
article.
FEDERAL ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1151
et seq.) and Public Law 84-660, as amended by the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92-500) and Public Law
92-243, or any subsequent amendments, or as implemented by W.S.A.
ch. 283 or appropriate sections of the Wisconsin Administrative Code
adopted pursuant to W.S.A. ch. 283, as well as any guidelines, limitations
and standards promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant
to the Act.
FLOATABLE OIL
Any 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 oil if
it is properly pretreated and does not interfere with the collection
system.
GARBAGE
The solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of food.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks, such as septic tanks, chemical
toilets, campers, trailers and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY (ICR)
Recovery by the village from the industrial users of its
wastewater works of the amount allocable to the construction of facilities
for the treatment of wastes from such users pursuant to Section 204(b)
of the Federal Act.
INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE
Any waterborne solids, liquids or gaseous wastes, other than
domestic wastewater, resulting from, discharging, flowing or escaping
from any industrial user defined herein.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any user defined in CFR Title 40, Section 35.905-8, who has
an industrial discharge.
MAJOR INDUSTRIAL CONTRIBUTOR
An industrial user that has a discharge flow which:
(1)
Is 10,000 gallons or more per average workday;
(2)
Is greater than 5% of the total flow rate or
design-compatible pollutant loading received at the municipal wastewater
treatment plat;
(3)
Contains a material included on a list of toxic
pollutants as defined in W.S.A. s. 283.21(1); or
(4)
Contains a waste which the Department of Natural
Resources or the village has found to have significant impact, either
singularly or in combination with other contributing industries, on
the wastewater facilities or upon the effluent from such facilities.
MANAGER
The designated agent or representative of the village who
shall be in charge of the discharge control program and the enforcement
of this article.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, partnership or association
and private, public and municipal corporations, districts and all
political subdivisions and governmental agencies.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
All applicable rules and regulations contained in the Code
of Federal Regulations as published in the Federal Register, under
Section 307 of Public Law 92-500, now in effect or as amended from
time to time.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer owned and maintained by a governmental agency or
public utility.
PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEM OR SEWERAGE FACILITIES
All structures, conduits and pipelines by which wastewater
is collected and disposed of, including the wastewater treatment works,
except plumbing inside and in connection with buildings and properties
served and building sewers.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants or institutions.
STANDARD METHODS
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater, as prepared, approved and published jointly by the American
Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and the
Water Pollution Control Federation, and in compliance with federal
regulation 40 CFR 136, Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for
Analysis of Pollutants.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or immediately following any form
of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of or is in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids and that
is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods
and referred to as "unfilterable 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
Any person discharging wastes to the village sewers.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
The structures, equipment and processes designed to collect,
carry and treat domestic wastewater and industrial discharges.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Any arrangement of devices and structures for treating domestic
wastewater and industrial discharges. The term is sometimes used as
synonymous with "wastewater treatment" or "wastewater treatment works"
or "water pollution control works."