[Adopted 12-17-1985 by Ord. No. 389 as Secs. 6.11 and 6.20 of the 1985 Code]
[Amended 7-15-2008 by Ord. No. 681; 11-18-2014 by Ord. No. 753]
When the Village constructs storm sewers in streets that are being reconstructed or resurfaced, the Village shall extend storm sewer laterals to each property abutting the right-of-way of the reconstructed or resurfaced street. The cost of the storm sewer main shall be the responsibility of the Village and the cost of the storm sewer lateral from the main to the building or structure on the abutting property shall be the responsibility of the property owner. Laterals will be sized in accordance with the State Plumbing Code, with the minimum size being four-inch diameter.
[Added by Ord. No. 386; amended 7-15-2008 by Ord. No. 681; 11-18-2014 by Ord. No. 753; 3-7-2023 by Ord. No. 825]
A. Required connection. Except as provided in Subsection
B hereof, when a storm sewer lateral is installed to a property, the property owner shall have a sump pump installed and connected to the lateral within one year of lateral installation for the purpose of discharging clear water from foundation drains and ground infiltration. Lateral connection to the property sump pump shall be the responsibility of the property owner and shall be in compliance with local and state plumbing codes.
B. Waiver of required connection. A property owner may petition the Village Board for a waiver from the requirement to connect a sump pump to the storm sewer lateral serving the property. The Village Board may grant a waiver of the sump pump connection requirement under the following circumstances:
(1) If the property owner demonstrates to the Village by clear and convincing evidence that there is no clear water infiltration whatsoever from the property into the Village sanitary sewer system, and the property owner executes a written waiver agreement approved by the Village Board; or
(2) If the property owner demonstrates to the Village by clear and convincing evidence, including detailed cost estimates, that the cost to install a clear water drainage system including sump pump connection would result in financial hardship as defined herein to the property owner, the Village Board determines that the property owner's situation is unique and that the financial hardship to the property owner exceeds the benefit to the Village or the public, and the property owner executes a written waiver agreement approved by the Village Board.
C. Evidence. The evidence to be provided by a property owner requesting a waiver under Subsection
B shall include a video recording made in the presence of a Village employee, at the property owner's expense, showing the sanitary sewer lateral from inside the building to the lateral connection with the Village's sanitary sewer main, the floor drain connections, and all clean out connections in the front and back of the basement. The Village may conduct such other inspections of the property deemed necessary by the Village, at the property owner's expense, to determine whether a waiver should be issued.
D. Other clear water disposal. Where no storm sewer system is available to a property or a storm sewer is not adequate to receive the anticipated flow, clear water or stormwater shall be disposed of in such a manner as will not constitute a public nuisance as defined herein.
E. Illicit discharges and connections to the storm sewer system.
(1) No person shall dump or dispose of materials other than stormwater into the municipal separate storm sewer system. The accidental discharge of substances other than stormwater into the municipal separate storm sewer or water of the state in the Village shall immediately be reported to the Village Department of Public Works, Village Police Department or Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
(2) No person shall discharge polluted stormwater from industrial activity into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
(3) In the event that the Village of Saukville municipal separate storm sewer system is connected to another municipal separate storm sewer system, an appropriate intermunicipal agreement shall be created to control the contribution of pollutants from one system to another.
(4) The Village of Saukville shall carry out inspections, surveillance, and monitoring procedures to detect illicit discharges into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
(5) Whenever the Village of Saukville finds that a person (or entity) has violated or failed to meet a requirement of this section, the Village may order compliance by written notice of violation to the responsible person. Such notice may require, without limitation:
(a) The performance of monitoring, analyses, and reporting:
(b) The elimination of illicit connections or discharges;
(c) That violating discharges, practices, or operations shall cease and desist;
(d) The immediate abatement or remediation of stormwater pollution or contamination hazards and the restoration of any affected property; and
(e) The implementation of source control or stormwater best management practices. If abatement of a violation and/or restoration of affected property is required, the notice shall set forth a deadline within which such remediation or restoration must be completed within 72 hours of notification. Said notice shall further advise that should the violator fail to remediate or restore within the established deadline, the work will be done by a designated governmental agency or a contractor and the expense thereof shall be charged to the violator.
(6) No person shall discharge, spill or otherwise deposit substances or materials which are not entirely composed of stormwater onto driveways, sidewalks, parking lots or other impervious or pervious areas that drain into the streams and watercourses within the village.
(7) The following discharges are exempt from the provisions of this article:
(a) Discharges authorized by a permit issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources;
(b) Discharges resulting from firefighting activities;
(c) Discharges from uncontaminated groundwater, portable water sources, roof drains, foundation drains and foundation drain sump pump discharges, air-conditioning condensation, lawn watering, watering main and hydrant flushing and swimming pools, if the pool water has been dechlorinated;
(d) Discharges from individual automobile washing by automobile owners not involving any commercially zoned site;
(e) Agricultural activities if such activities are done in a manner consistent with good soil and water conservation practices;
(f) Facility maintenance activities undertaken by any federal, state, county or municipal agency if facility maintenance is done in accordance to all applicable construction erosion control measures.
F. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP The fact or condition under which the strict application of this section to a particular property is unduly costly in relation to the property owner's income or assets or the fair market value of the property without a sump pump installed and connected to a storm sewer lateral.
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS An illicit connections is defined as either of the following:
(1) Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, which allows an illegal discharge to enter the storm drain system, including, but not limited to, any conveyances which allow any nonstormwater discharge, including sewage, processed wastewater, and wash water, to enter the storm drain system and any connections to the storm drainage system from indoor drains and sinks, provided that said drain or connection had not been previously allowed, permitted, or approved in writing by the Village of Saukville; or
(2) Any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial or industrial land use to the storm drainage system which has not been documented in plans, maps, or equivalent records and approved by the Village of Saukville.
ILLICIT DISCHARGE Any direct or indirect nonstormwater discharge to the storm drainage system, except as exempted in §
159-12 of this article. This includes, but is not limited to, activities related to spills, dumping and disposal of any substance or material.
PUBLIC NUISANCE The discharge of any clear water or stormwater into a public sanitary sewer system, on to public streets or sidewalks, or on to property not under the control of the person making or causing such discharge constitutes a public nuisance and is prohibited.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, any person who violates any provision of this article shall be subject to a penalty as provided in §
1-19 of this Code.
[Adopted 11-16-1999 by Ord. No. 544]
The Village Board, pursuant to the provisions of § 66.068, Wis. Stats., does hereby declare the Village-owned sewer system, consisting of the wastewater treatment facility, collection system (as hereafter defined), and all other appurtenances and equipment used for such purposes, or wastewater works (as hereafter defined) a public utility as of August 5, 1980.
This article, its rules, regulations and rates shall apply to all individuals, firms and corporations residing within the corporate limits of the Village and any person, firm or corporation, by attachment or otherwise coming in to locate within the Village subsequent to the effective date hereof.
The meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
ACT The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) as amended by the Federal Water Pollution Act Amendments of 1972, Pub. L. 92-500 and Pub. L. 92-243, or modified by Ch. 283, Wis. Stats., or appropriate sections of the Wisconsin Administrative Code adopted pursuant to Ch. 283, Wis. Stats.
AUTHORITY The Village Board or its authorized deputy, agent or representative.
BOD The quantity of oxygen expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l), utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory conditions for five days at a temperature of 20º centigrade. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods."
COLLECTION SYSTEM The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection, transportation and pumping of domestic wastewater and industrial waste.
CONNECTION CHARGE A charge levied on users for each lateral connected to the public sanitary sewer. The revenues generated from the connection charge shall be used to cover expenditures relating to customer costs and costs related to flow not directly attributable to users (infiltration/inflow).
DEBT RETIREMENT All annual principal and interest requirements and obligations of the Village for the wastewater works.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER Waterborne wastes normally being discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings, apartment houses, hotels, office buildings, factories and institutions, free of industrial wastes and in which the average concentrations of suspended solids is established at or below 250 mg/l, the BOD is established at or below 200 mg/l and phosphorus is established at or below six mg/l.
[Amended 3-6-2018 by Ord. No. 784]
INDUSTRIAL USER A. Any nongovernmental, nonresidential user of publicly owned wastewater works which discharges more than the equivalent of 25,000 gallons per day (gpd) of sanitary wastes and whose activities are identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under the following divisions: Division A, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; Division D, Manufacturing; Division E, Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services; Division I, Services. In determining the amount of a user's discharge for purposes of industrial cost recovery, the grantee may exclude domestic wastes or discharges from sanitary conveniences. After applying the sanitary waste exclusion, discharges in the above divisions that have a volume exceeding 25,000 gpd or the weight of BOD or suspending solids (SS) equivalent to that weight found in 25,000 gpd of sanitary waste are considered industrial users. Sanitary wastes, for purposes of this calculation of equivalency, are the wastes discharged from residential users.
B. Any nongovernmental user of a publicly owned wastewater works whose discharges contain toxic pollutants or poisonous solids, liquid or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to contaminate the sludge of any municipal systems or to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, or which constitutes a hazard to humans or animals, creates a public nuisance, or creates any hazard in or has adverse effect on the waters receiving any discharge from the treatment works, even if the industrial user does not discharge the equivalent of 25,000 gallons per day of sanitary wastes.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES Any waterborne solids, liquids or gaseous wastes other than domestic wastewater, resulting from discharging, flowing or escaping from any commercial, industrial, manufacturing or food processing operation or process or from the development of any natural resource, or any mixture of these with water or domestic wastewater.
INTERCEPTING SEWER A sewer constructed to receive the dry weather flow of untreated or inadequately treated sewage from one or more existing sanitary sewer system terminals, other than from a dwelling or building, that presently discharges or formerly discharged flow directly into any waters of the state, and convey the flow to a treatment works, or is to serve in lieu of an existing or proposed treatment works.
METERING MANHOLE A manhole constructed for the purpose of monitoring the discharge of industrial waste from a single user.
NATURAL OUTLET Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or groundwater.
NORMAL SEWAGE Sanitary sewage in which BOD, suspended solids or phosphorous concentrations do not exceed normal concentrations of:
[Amended 3-6-2018 by Ord. No. 784]
A. A five-day 20°C., BOD of not more than 200 milligrams per liter (mg/l);
B. A suspended solids concentration of not more than 250 parts per million; or
C. Phosphorous not more than six milligrams per liter (mg/l).
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COST The actual sums spent by the utility in the operation and maintenance of its wastewater works consisting of, but not limited to, each and all of the following purposes:
A. Wages, salaries and employee related expenses of operating, maintenance, clerical, laboratory and supervisory personnel, together with fringe benefits and premiums paid on such wages and salaries for state workers compensation coverage.
C. Chemicals, fuel and other operating supplies.
D. Repairs to and maintenance of the equipment associated therewith.
E. Premiums for hazard insurance.
F. Premiums for insurance providing coverage against liability for the injury to persons and/or property.
H. Operation, licensing and maintenance costs for trucks and heavy equipment.
I. Consultant and legal fees.
PERSONS Any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm, company, municipal or private corporation, association, governmental agency or other entity and agents, servants or employees.
pH The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration expressed in moles per liter. It shall be determined by one of the procedures outlined in the "Standard Methods."
PUBLIC SEWER A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled or owned by the public authority.
REPLACEMENT Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories and appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
RESIDENTIAL EQUIVALENT CONNECTION The amount of sewage contributed to the system from a single-family residence based on the following criteria, which will be recomputed each year.
| Flow = amount of water used by single family units |
| ____________________________________________________ |
| total number single family units |
| BOD = 200 mg/l |
| SS = 250 mg/l |
SANITARY SEWER A sewer that conveys domestic wastewater, industrial waste or a combination of both, and into which stormwater, surface water and groundwater or unpolluted industrial wastewater are not intentionally passed.
SEPTAGE Scum, liquid, sludge or other waste from a septic tank, soil absorption field, holding tank, vault toilet or privy. This does not include the waste from a grease trap.
SEWER USE CHARGES A charge levied on users to recover the component of total operation, maintenance and capital costs of the sewerage system that relates to sewage flow generated by users of the system. The sewer use charge shall consist of a volumetric charge in terms of dollars per thousand gallons ($/1,000 gallons) of domestic strength wastewater.
SLUG Any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration of any given concentration or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation and shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
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 Federation.
STORM SEWER A sewer which carries storm and surface drainage but excludes domestic wastewater and industrial wastes.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by a laboratory filtration device. Quantitative determination of suspended solids shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods."
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 A person discharging domestic wastewater or industrial wastes into the collection system.
UTILITY The Village Sewer Utility established by this article.
WASTE Any solid, liquid or gaseous material or combination thereof discharged from any residence, business building, institution and industrial establishment into the collection system or storm sewer.
WASTEWATER A combination of the water-carried waste discharged into the collection system from residences, business building institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground surface and storm water as may be present.
WASTEWATER WORKS All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of domestic wastewater and industrial wastes.
WPDES PERMIT A permit to discharge pollutants obtained under the Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) pursuant to Ch. 283, Wis. Stats.
[Amended 8-9-2014 by Ord. No. 750]
Any person who accidentally discharges wastes or wastewater prohibited under § 159.12 into the wastewater works or storm sewer shall immediately report such discharge to the Wastewater Utility Superintendent.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided at repair garages, gasoline stations, car washes and other industrial or commercial establishments for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, oil, flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients. All interceptors shall be constructed in accordance with the Wisconsin Plumbing Code and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for easy cleaning and inspection. All grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuous, efficient operation at all times.
The Village shall be permitted to gain access to such properties as may be necessary for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance with provisions of this article.
When requested by the user furnishing a report or permit application or questionnaire, the portions of the report or other document, which might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made available for use by the Village or any state agency in judicial review or enforcement proceeding involving the person furnishing the report.
The Village shall operate the sewer utility and enforce this article in accordance with Section NR 162.11 Wis. Adm. Code. The main items included in Section NR 162.11 are as follows:
A. The Village shall maintain a proportionate distribution of operation and maintenance costs among users and user classes.
B. The Village shall generate sufficient revenues to pay total operation, maintenance, replacement costs and debt service.
C. The Village shall apply excess revenues collected from a class of users to the costs of operation and maintenance attributable to that class for the next year and adjust the rate accordingly.
D. All user charges specifically collected for replacement shall be deposited in a separate and distinct fund which shall be used exclusively for replacement.
E. Users discharging toxic pollutants shall pay for any increased operation, maintenance and replacement costs caused by the toxic pollutants.
F. Users shall be notified at least annually, in conjunction with a regular bill, of the rate and that portion of the user charges which are attributable to wastewater treatment services.
G. This article shall take precedence over any terms or conditions of agreement or contracts between the Village and users which are inconsistent with the requirements of NR 162.11.
[Amended 6-20-2006 by Ord. No. 651; 9-5-2006 by Ord. No. 656]
A. A sewer system user or person disposing of septage may appeal a decision made by the Village to the Utility Committee. A written appeal request shall be submitted to the Village Administrator within seven days of receipt of the written decision appealed from. In the event of an appeal, the Utility Committee shall set a time and place for hearing thereof and give to the appellant at least 10 days' notice of the hearing by mail or personal delivery. The Utility Committee shall make a decision within 30 days of receipt of an appeal.
B. In the event a licensed septage disposer disputes a septage disposal fee charged by the utility, the licensed disposer shall contact the Village Administrator with its written request for a review of the disputed fee. The Village Administrator shall then put the item of the next month's Utility Committee agenda to review the disputed fee and make a determination whether such fee is reasonable.
The Village of Saukville, through its duly qualified governing body, may amend this article in part or in whole whenever it may deem necessary.