For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
APPROVING AUTHORITY. The Superintendent of the Village Sewer Utility, or such other officer, employee, or board as the Village Board may assign to perform the duties of the APPROVING AUTHORITY, as described in this chapter.
B.O.D. (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter in five days at 20° centigrade, expressed as milligrams per liter. Quantitative determination of B.O.D. shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in STANDARD METHODS.
BUILDING DRAIN. The 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 system and conveys it to the building sewer.
CHLORINE REQUIREMENT. The amount of chlorine in milligrams per liter which must be added to sewage to produce a residual as specified in the Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
GARBAGE. The residue from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of food products and produce.
GROUND GARBAGE. The residue from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely in suspension under the flow conditions normally prevailing in the wastewater collection system with no particle greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
HOLDING TANK. A watertight receptacle which receives and retains domestic sewage conveyed by a water carrying system, and is designed and constructed to facilitate ultimate disposal of the sewage at another site.
HUMAN HABITATION. The use or occupation of a structure by human beings including, but not limited to, single- and multi-family residences, commercial and industrial facilities, and governmental and institutional buildings.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS. Wastewater or septage with pollutants that will adversely affect or disrupt the wastewater treatment processes, or effluent quality or sludge quality if discharged to a wastewater treatment facility.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. The wastewater from industrial process, trade, or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage including cooling water and the discharge from sewage pretreatment facilities.
LATERAL. The extension from the building drain which connects the interior wastewater lines of a building to the village wastewater collection system sewer main sewer lines.
PARTS PER MILLION. A weight-to-weight ratio. The parts per million value multiplied by the factor 8.34 is equivalent to pounds per 1,000,000 gallons of water.
PERSON. Every natural person, firms, company, municipal or private corporations, associations, societies, institutions, enterprises, governmental agency, and other entity.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration. The concentration is the weight of the hydrogen ions, in grams per liter of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of 7.
RATE RESOLUTION. A resolution periodically passed by the Village Board to establish user charge rates and fees that reflect proportionate payment of total operating cost of the system incurred by the transmission and treatment of the user’s wastewater.
SANITARY SEWAGE. A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial plants (other than industrial wastes from such plants), together with such ground, surface, and stormwaters as may be present.
SANITARY SEWER. A public sewer main that conveys wastewater, industrial wastes, or a combination of both, and into which storm, surface, and groundwaters or unpolluted industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
SEPTAGE. Scum, liquid, sludge, or other waste from a septic tank, soil absorption field, vault toilet, or privy. This does not include the waste from a grease trap.
SEWAGE. The spent water of a community. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.
SEWER. A publicly-owned pipe or conduit for conveying sewage or any other waste liquids, including storm, surface, and groundwater drainage.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER. A user that discharges more than 25,000 gallons per day of wastewater (including process wastewater, sanitary wastewater, non-contact cooling water, and boiler blowdown), or high strength wastewater with a mass of B.O.D. or suspended solids greater than the mass contained in 25,000 gallons per day of domestic waste.
SLUG. Any discharge of sewage or industrial waste which in quantity of concentration of any given constituent adversely affects the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment plant.
STANDARD METHODS. The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage, and Industrial Wastes published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
STORM SEWER (DRAIN). A sewer that carries storm, surface, and groundwater drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in, water, wastewater, or industrial waste, 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.
VILLAGE. The Village of Turtle Lake, Wisconsin.
WASTEWATER. The spent water of a community. 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 but not intentionally admitted.
WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM. The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection, transportation, and pumping of wastewater and industrial wastes, including all public sanitary sewers.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY. An arrangements of devices and structures (including treatment plant) for treating and disposing of wastewater, industrial wastes, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with WASTE TREATMENT.
WISCONSIN POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (WPDES) PERMIT. A document issued by the State Department of Natural Resources, which establishes effluent limitations and monitoring requirements for the municipal wastewater treatment facility.
(Ord. passed 1-21-2013)