A.
The provisions of this chapter shall govern the use of private and
public sanitary sewers and the discharge of wastewater into the public
(Village) sanitary sewer system within the Village of Whitefish Bay,
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
B.
This chapter provides a means for determining wastewater volumes,
constituents, and characteristics, the setting of charges and fees,
and the issuing of permits to users. Revenues derived from the application
of this chapter shall be used to defray the costs of operating and
maintaining the wastewater collection system, paying for wastewater
treatment costs and providing for sufficient funds for capital improvements
and debt service costs. The charges and fees herein have been established
pursuant to requirements of the Wisconsin Statutes. This chapter shall
supersede any previous Village ordinance, rules or regulations and
shall repeal all parts thereof that may be inconsistent with this
chapter. If there is any conflict between this chapter and any applicable
statute, the state statute shall be controlling.
A.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Village of Whitefish
Bay adopts Wisconsin Statues (Chs. 145 and 147, Wis. Stats.; Wisconsin
Administrative Code Chs. SPS 302 and 305, Uniform Dwelling Code Chs.
SPS 320 to 325 and the Administrative Code that is typically referred
as the Wisconsin State Plumbing Code (State Plumbing Code) Chs. SPS
381 through 387; the Standard Specifications for Sewer and Water Construction
in Wisconsin latest edition and Construction and Materials Manual
Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) latest edition, and the
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) Rules.
B.
The Village of Whitefish Bay is required to comply with the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) requirements including but not
limited to Ch. NR 110, Wis. Adm. Code, Sewerage Systems, the Wisconsin
Pollution Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) and the DNR General
Permit No. WI 0047341-05-0 and MMSD Rules.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The person, Village Board, or other body in whom decisionmaking
responsibility is vested under the provisions of this Code. Whenever
action is directed to be taken by a specific person, authority is
also granted for that specific person to delegate that action to another.
The quantity of oxygen used 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 the most recent edition
of standard methods.
The horizontal piping within or under a building, installed
below the lowest fixture or the lowest flow level from which fixtures
can drain by gravity to the private sanitary sewer lateral.
A regulation promulgated under 33 U.S.C. § 1311
or 1317 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and set forth
in 40 CFR Parts 405 to 471 or promulgated under § 281.13,
Wis. Stats., by the Department of Natural Resources and set forth
in the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
Used as a measurement of pollutants in wastewater and natural
waters.
Any chemical discovered in water or in the environment that
had not previously been detected or were only present in insignificant
levels. CECs can range from pharmaceuticals, personal care or household
cleaning products, lawn care, agricultural products, and organic pollutants
used in industrial processes.
The person authorized by the Village Board to perform inspections,
issue permits, and is authorized to ensure that the State Plumbing
Code is enforced.
The person authorized by the Village to manage and operate
the Village publicly owned sanitary sewer system and to ensure compliance
with the State Plumbing Code for the private sanitary sewer system.
Organic compounds derived from animal and/or plant sources
that contain multiple carbon chain triglyceride molecules. These substances
are detectable and measurable using analytical test procedures established
in the United States Code of Federal Regulations 40 CFR 136, as may
be amended from time to time. All are sometimes referred to herein
as grease or greases.
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 or treatment system.
A system designed to capture, store and manage geographic
data.
A satellite-based navigational system using satellite signals
to provide geolocation data which is used in a GIS.
Defined in Wisconsin DNR Rule NR 110.03(16), water other
than wastewater that enters a sanitary sewer system (including private
sanitary sewer laterals) from the ground through such sources as defective
pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes. Infiltration does not
include, and is distinguished from, inflow.
Defined in Wisconsin DNR Rule NR 110.03(17), water other
than wastewater that enters a sanitary sewer system (including private
sanitary sewer laterals) from sources such as roof leaders (downspouts),
cellar drains, yard drains, area drains, foundation drains, prohibited
sump pump drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross-connections
between storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers,
stormwaters, surface runoff, street wash waters, or drainage. Inflow
does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
Owns the water reclamation facilities that treat the wastewater
discharged into the Village publicly owned sanitary sewer system.
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.
The section of private pipe that carries wastewater and liquid
waste from the building drain to the Village sanitary sewer main.
The Village publicly owned sanitary sewer piping system that
receives and carries flows of wastewater, sewage and liquid waste
from the private sanitary sewer laterals to the Milwaukee Metropolitan
Sewerage District (MMSD) water reclamation facilities.
A release of untreated or partially treated wastewater from
a municipal sanitary sewer system.
All the Village structures, conduits, and sanitary sewer
mains by which wastewater is collected, treated and disposed of, except
plumbing inside and in connection with building service and private
sanitary sewer laterals.
A sewage collection system that is tributary to a regional
water reclamation facility (MMSD) that provides treatment.
Any nonroutine batch discharge, including but not limited
to discharges resulting from a spill.
The latest edition is the sewer design manual for the State
of Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Administrative Code chapters that are applicable
to plumbing, Ch. SPS 381 to 387.
A Village drain or storm sewer for conveying surface water,
groundwater, subsurface water or unpolluted water from any source.
The Environmental Protection Agency is a United States federal
government agency whose mission is to protect human and environmental
health.
Water of quality equal 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
sewer mains and the water reclamation facilities.
The Village of Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin.
All water that contains pollutants.
The water reclamation facilities owned by Milwaukee Metropolitan
Sewerage District (MMSD) to treat wastewater. A water reclamation
facility is an arrangement of structures to treat wastewater, septage,
industrial wastes, and solids. In the case of the Village of Whitefish
Bay, the Village wastewater generated is discharged to and treated
by the water reclamation facilities owned by the Milwaukee Metropolitan
Sewerage District.
The Wisconsin administrative rules and have the force of
the law via the authority that comes from statues and the Wisconsin
Constitution.
The regulatory authority that monitors discharge of pollutants
to waters of the state.
Permit issued by the DNR.
A compilation of the general laws of the State of Wisconsin
currently in effect.
A.
The management, operation and responsibility of the Village sanitary
sewer system is vested in the Director of Public Works. The management,
operation, and responsibility of the Plumbing Code is vested in the
Director of Building Services.
B.
The Village shall have the authority to construct sanitary sewers
for public use and shall have the authority to install sanitary sewer
pipes in and through the alleys, streets, and public grounds of the
Village and generally to do all such work as may found necessary or
convenient in the management of the sanitary sewer system.
The Village authorized representatives shall be permitted to
gain access to all properties, at reasonable hours of the day, to
enter the premises or buildings to ensure Code compliance. In the
event of withdrawal of consent, the Village is authorized and directed
to discontinue sewer and water service to any property only after
reasonable notice and opportunity to appeal.
Sanitary sewer and plumbing work performed in the Village must be by master plumbers in the State of Wisconsin per § 145.06, Wis. Stats., with the exception of work performed as outlined in Chapter 20 of this Code. Permits are required for any work performed and permits must be obtained prior to performing any work performed with the exceptions listed in Chapter 20.
