Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection - General › Chapter NR 108 - Requirements For Plans And Specifications Submittal For Reviewable Projects And Operations Of Community Water Systems, Sewerage Systems And Industrial Wastewater Facilities › Section NR 108.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) "Approval" means the written approval of
				the department for any project requiring approval pursuant to s.
				281.41, Stats.,
				and s.
				NR
				108.03.
(2) "Community water system" means a public
				water system which serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round
				residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents.
(2m) "Construction" means any placement,
				assembly or installation of facilities or equipment at the premises where such
				equipment will be used.
(3)
				"Compliance determination systems" means devices, such as flow meters and
				mechanical sampling equipment, used to determine whether a discharge is
				complying with permit conditions.
(4) "Department" means the department of
				natural resources.
(5) "Groundwater
				monitoring system" means wells, piezometers or other equipment used to
				determine groundwater quality or elevation.
(6) "Industrial pretreatment facility" means
				a facility which reduces or removes pollutants from industrial wastes prior to
				discharge to a publicly owned sewerage system.
(7) "Industrial wastewater facility" means a
				facility which reduces or removes pollutants from industrial wastes prior to
				discharge to waters of the state, other than through publicly owned treatment
				works.
(8) "Living unit" means a
				domicile.
(9) "Municipal water
				system" means a community water system owned by a county, city, village, town,
				town sanitary district, utility district, public institution as defined in s.
				49.10(12) (f) 1, Stats., or a privately owned water utility serving any of the
				above.
Note:
1985 Wis. Act 29 repealed s. 49.10,
				  Stats.
(10) "Non-community
				water system" means a public water system that is not a community water system.
				A non-community water system typically serves a transient population rather
				than permanent year-round residents.
(11) "Permit" means a Wisconsin pollution
				discharge elimination system permit for the discharge of pollutants issued by
				the department under ch. 283, Stats.
(12) "Public water system" means a system
				providing piped water to the public for human consumption, if the system has at
				least 15 service connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25
				individuals daily at least 60 days out of the year. A public water system is
				either a "community water system" or a "non-community water system". A public
				water system includes:
(a) Any collection,
				treatment, storage, and distribution facilities under control of the operator
				of the public water system and used primarily in connection with the public
				water system, and
(b) Any
				collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under control of the operator
				of the public water system which are used primarily in connection with the
				public water system.