[Adopted as Secs. 9-2-1 to 9-2-6 of the 1995 Code]
The following definitions are applicable to this chapter:
One of the oxidation states of nitrogen in which nitrogen
is combined with hydrogen in molecular form as NH3 or ionized form as NH4+. Quantitative determination
of ammonia nitrogen shall be made in accordance with procedures set
forth in "Standard Methods."
The Village Board of the Village of Fredonia or its duly
authorized deputy, agent or representative.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter in five days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams
per liter. Quantitative determination of BOD shall be made in accordance
with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods."
The Village Board of the Village of Fredonia.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge of wastewaters from soil, waste and other
drainage pipes inside the walls of a building and conveys it to the
building sewer, beginning five feet outside the inner face of the
building wall.
A sewer intended to receive either wastewater or stormwater.
Measures the oxygen required for the biochemical degradation
of organic material (carbonaceous demand) and the oxygen used to oxidize
inorganic material such as sulfides and ferrous iron. Use of a HACH
nitrification inhibitor prevents oxidations of certain forms of nitrogen
(nitrogenous demand).
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."
A measure of oxygen-consuming capacity of inorganic and organic
matter present in wastewater. COD is expressed as the amount of oxygen
consumed from a chemical oxidant in mg/l during a specific test. Results
are not necessarily related to the BOD because the chemical oxidant
may react with substances that bacteria do not stabilize.
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and stormwater.
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH or fecal
coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the discharge
permit for the publicly owned treatment works receiving the pollutants
if such works were designed to treat such additional pollutants and,
in part, does remove such pollutants to a substantial degree.
The combination of individual samples taken at intervals
of not more than one hour.
Any person, municipality or other entity that discharges
anything, without limitation, directly or indirectly into a sewerage
system or any part thereof.
Water-carried wastes normally discharging into the sanitary
sewers from dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office
buildings, factories and institutions, free from stormwater and industrial
wastes.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
Wastewater, water or other liquid after some degree of treatment
flowing out of any wastewater treatment facility.
Any sanitary sewer of the sewerage system for which construction
approval was not granted prior to its construction by the Utility.
Existing sewers may occur through annexations, public dedications
of private sewers or sewerage systems or construction undertaken in
violation of this chapter.
The charges for the cost of debt retirement associated with
the construction, erection, modification or rehabilitation of the
wastewater treatment works, along with the cost to treat infiltration/inflow,
administrative costs, billing costs and partial costs of sewer cleaning
and general maintenance. Fixed charges are based upon the size of
the water meter(s) serving the user.
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater.
A sample taken that is proportional to the volume of flow
during the sampling period.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and
sale of food.
A group of substances, including fats, waxes, free fatty
acids, calcium and magnesium soaps, mineral oils and certain other
nonfatty materials as analyzed for in accordance with "Standard Methods."
The heavy suspended mineral matter in wastewater, such as,
but not limited to, sand, gravel and cinders.
The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food 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.
Subsurface water occupying the zone of saturation from which
wells and springs are fed. In a strict sense, the term applies only
to water below the water table.
Any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant.
Any nongovernmental, nonresidential users of publicly owned
treatment works identified in the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented
under the following divisions:
A user in one of the divisions listed may be excluded if it
is determined that it will introduce primarily segregated domestic
wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
An industrial user would be classified as a "high volume" user
if metered water consumption exceeds 100,000 gallons per quarter.
The wastes dischargeable to sanitary sewers from industrial
manufacturing processes, trade or business or from the development,
recovery or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary
or normal domestic wastewater.
The water unintentionally entering sanitary sewers, building
drains and building sewers from the ground, through such means as,
but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manhole
walls. (Infiltration does not include, and is distinguished from,
inflow.)
The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow
distinguishing the source.
The water discharged into the sanitary sewers, building drains
and building sewers from such sources as, but not limited to, roof
leaders, cellar, yard and area drains, foundation drains, unpolluted
cooling water discharges, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole
covers, cross-connections from storm sewers and combined sewers, catch
basins, stormwaters, surface runoff, street wash waters or drainage.
(Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.)
Any sewer which receives the flow from a number of sanitary
sewer outlets.
Sanitary sewage in which BOD5, SS,
P, and NH3-N concentrations do not exceed normal
concentrations of:
Permit issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System.
All costs associated with the operation and maintenance of
the wastewater treatment facilities, as well as the costs associated
with periodic equipment replacement necessary for maintaining the
capacity and performance of the wastewater treatment facilities, including,
but not limited to, the following:
Wages and 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 the State of Wisconsin workers' compensation coverage.
Electrical power.
Chemicals, fuel and other operating supplies.
Repairs to and maintenance of the equipment associated therewith.
Sewer system maintenance.
Premiums for insurance providing coverage against liability
for the injury to persons and/or property and hazard insurance.
Rents and leasing costs.
Operation, licensing and maintenance costs for trucks and heavy
equipment.
Consultant and legal fees.
Replacement.
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.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm (to the base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
Total phosphorus in wastewater, which may be present in any
of three principal forms: orthophosphate, polyphosphates and organic
phosphates. Quantitative determination of total phosphorus shall be
made in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods."
The placing of any noxious or deleterious substance in any
navigable waters of the United Stated in quantities which are or may
be potentially harmful or injurious to human health or welfare, animal
or aquatic life or property, or which unreasonably interfere with
the enjoyment of life or property, including outdoor recreation.
Treatment of wastewaters by dischargers before introduction
into the sewerage system.
A sewer which is not owned by the Village or Utility.
Having processed solid materials to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing
in sanitary sewers with no particle greater than 1 1/2 inches
in any dimension.
Any sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the
Village of Fredonia. It shall also include sewers within or outside
the Village boundaries that serve one or more persons and ultimately
discharge into the Village sanitary sewer system, even though those
sewers may not have been constructed with Village funds.
Expenditures for processing and installing equipment, accessories
and appurtenances necessary during the useful life of the treatment
works to maintain its designated capacity and performance.
Means the amount of sewage contributed to the system from a
single-family residence based on the following criteria which will
be recomputed each year:
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Flow = Amount of water sold to residential units (gallons per
year)\Total number residential units
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Residential equivalent connections will be used to establish
user charges for typical residential users not serviced by a water
meter.
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial plants (other than industrial
wastes from such plants), together with such groundwater, surface
water and stormwater as may be present.
Those sewers which receive domestic wastewater and industrial
wastes without the intentional admixture of stormwater. These sewers
are owned by the Village and are located in easements to the Village
or public rights-of-way.
The layer or film of extraneous or foreign matter that rises
to the surface of a liquid and is formed there, a residue deposited
on a container or channel at the water surface or a mass of matter
that floats on the surface of wastewater.
Wastes from nonresidential sources resulting from normal
domestic activities. These activities are distinguished from industrial,
trade and/or process discharge wastes.
All facilities, including sewers and appurtenances for collecting,
transporting, pumping, treating and disposing of wastewater.
A pipe or conduit for the transportation of domestic wastewater,
industrial wastes and/or stormwater.
The portion of the sewage system located between building
and sanitary sewer.
Total charge for debt retirement, operation, maintenance
and replacement.
Is mandatory; "may" is permissible.
When permitted by the context, use of the singular shall
be construed to include the plural and of the plural to include the
singular.
Any discharge of water, wastewater or industrial waste which,
in concentration of any given constituent or in rate of flow, exceeds,
for any continuous fifteen-minute period, five times the average concentration
of that constituent or rate for a twenty-four-hour period or normal
operation of the discharger.
The latest edition of the "Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater" prepared, approved and published jointly
by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works
Association and the Water Environment Federation. "Standard Method"
definition of terms shall be applicable unless context implies that
a dictionary, legal or other definition is intended.
Those sewers which carry stormwater but exclude domestic
wastewater and industrial wastes.
Not only stormwater (water from snow, rain, sleet, hail,
flood or other natural causes) but also roof water, overflow water
(from tank, cistern, well or sump pump) and other surface water. (Stormwater
does not include, and is distinguished from, industrial and domestic
wastewater.)
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater or other liquids and
is removable by laboratory filtration as prescribed in the "Standard
Methods."
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which, when
discharged to the sewerage system in sufficient quantities, interferes
with any wastewater treatment process, or constitutes a hazard to
human being or animals, or inhibits aquatic life in the receiving
waters of the effluent from the wastewater treatment facility.
A user who is not connected to the municipal water system
and thereby does not have his private waste supply metered.
Water not containing any pollutants limited or prohibited
by the effluent standards in effect or water whose discharge will
not cause any violation of receiving water quality standards.
Any person discharging domestic wastewater or industrial
wastes into the collection system.
A service charge levied on users of the wastewater collection
and treatment facilities for operation, maintenance and replacement
costs of said facilities.
That system which generates operation, maintenance and replacement
(OM&R) revenues equitably for providing each user category with
services.
The Village of Fredonia Sewer Utility.
The Village of Fredonia, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.
The Village Board of the Village of Fredonia as defined in
§ 61.32, Wis. Stats.
An arrangement of devices and structures for the storage,
treatment, recycling and reclamation of wastewater, liquid industrial
wastes and sludge. These systems include interceptor sewers, outfall
sewers, wastewater collection systems, individual systems, pumping,
power and other equipment and their appurtenances; any works that
are an integral part of the treatment process or are used for ultimate
disposal of residues from such treatments; or any other method or
system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating
or disposing of municipal or industrial wastes.
Industrial wastes or domestic wastewater, or both, whether
treated or untreated, which enters the sanitary sewerage system.
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water,
either continuously or intermittently.
Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit.
General provisions are stated in Chapter NR 205 of the Wisconsin Administrative
Code. The discharge limitations are as established by the current
permit issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
[Amended 11-17-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-6]
The management, operation and control of the Sewer Utility of
the Village is vested in the Board of said Village; all records, minutes,
written procedures thereof and financial records shall be kept by
the Village Clerk of the Village.
The Sewer Utility of the Village shall have the power to construct
sewer lines for public use and shall have the power to lay sewer pipes
in and through the alleys, streets and public grounds within the Village
boundaries, and generally to do all such work as may be found necessary
or convenient in the management of the sewer system. The Village Board,
its officers, agents and employees are empowered to enter upon any
land for the purpose of inspection or supervision in the performance
of their duties under this chapter, without liability therefor; and
the Village Board shall have power to purchase and acquire for the
Utility all real and personal property which may be necessary for
construction of the sewer system or for any repair, remodeling or
addition thereto.
Whenever any real estate or any easement therein, or use thereof,
shall, in the judgment of the Village Board, be necessary to the sewer
system, and whenever, for any cause, an agreement for the purchase
thereof cannot be made with the owner thereof, the Board shall proceed
with all necessary steps to take such real estate easement, or use
by condemnation in accordance with the Wisconsin Statutes and the
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policy
Act of 1970, if federal funds are used.
All property, real, personal and mixed, acquired for the construction
of the sewer system and all plans, specifications, diagrams, papers,
books and records connected therewith said sewer system and all buildings,
machinery and fixtures pertaining thereto shall be the property of
said Village.
The Village of Fredonia Sewer Utility will annually notify the
users of the treatment works which portions of the sewer service charge
are attributable to debt retirement, operation, maintenance and replacement.
The Cost Methodology Formula, on file with the Village Clerk, contains
the methodology used to determine these costs.
