Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 380-387 - Plumbing › Chapter SPS 381 - Definitions And Standards › Section SPS 381.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In chs.
					 SPS 381 to
					 387, except as otherwise specifically
					 defined:
(1) "Accepted engineering
				  practice" means a specification, standard, guideline or procedure in the field
				  of plumbing or related thereto, generally recognized and accepted as
				  authoritative documented through national standards or
				  specifications.
(2) "Accessible"
				  when applied to a fixture, appliance, pipe, fitting, valve or equipment, means
				  having access for maintenance, but which first may require the removal of an
				  access panel or similar obstruction.
(2m) "Accessory building" means a detached
				  building, not used as a dwelling unit but is incidental to that of the
				  dwelling.
(2r) "Adult day care
				  center" or "ADCC" has the meaning given in s.
				  DHS 105.14 (1) (b)
				  5.
(3) "Aerobic treatment component" means a
				  unit for the treatment of wastewater that utilizes the principle of oxidation
				  for biological decomposition.
(4)
				  "Agent" means an individual or agency recognized by the department to act on
				  the department's behalf relative to a specific activity or function.
(4m) "Air admittance valve" or "AAV" means a
				  device designed to allow air to enter the drainage system to balance the
				  pressure and prevent siphonage of the water trap when negative pressure
				  develops in the system.
(5)
				  "Air-break" means a piping arrangement for a drain system where the wastes from
				  a fixture, appliance, appurtenance or device discharge by means of indirect or
				  local waste piping terminating in a receptor at a point below the flood level
				  rim of the receptor and above the outlet of the trap serving the
				  receptor.
(6) "Air-gap, drain
				  system" means the unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere
				  between the outlet of indirect or local waste piping and the flood level rim of
				  the receptor into which it discharges.
(7) "Air-gap, water supply system" means the
				  unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest
				  opening from any pipe or faucet supplying water to a tank or plumbing fixture
				  and the flood level rim or spill level of the receptacle.
(7e) "Alternate plumbing system" means a type
				  of plumbing system designed in such a manner that valid and reliable data shall
				  demonstrate to the department that the plumbing system is in compliance with
				  the intent of chs.
				  SPS 381 to
				  384.
(7m) "Ambulatory surgery center" means a
				  health care facility that accepts federal funding in accordance with
				  42 CFR
				  416 of the federal register for health care
				  finance and where 4 or more individuals that undergo a surgical procedure for
				  which federal reimbursement is based.
(8) "Anaerobic treatment component" means a
				  unit for the treatment of wastewater which utilizes molecular oxygen in the
				  absence of free oxygen for biological respiration and decomposition.
(9) "Approved" means acceptance documented in
				  writing by the department.
(10)
				  "Appurtenance" means a manufactured device or prefabricated assembly of
				  component parts which is an adjunct to a plumbing product or plumbing
				  system.
(11) "Area drain" means a
				  receptor designed to collect storm waters from an open area.
(12) "Areawide water quality management plan"
				  means those plans prepared by the department of natural resources, including
				  those plans prepared by agencies designated by the governor under the authority
				  of ss. 281.11,
				  281.12 (1),
				  281.15, and
				  283.83, Stats., for the purpose
				  of managing, protecting and enhancing groundwater and surface water of the
				  state.
Note:
See ch. SPS 382 Appendix for a list of
					 water quality management agencies and their addresses.
(13) "Aspirator" means a fitting or device
				  supplied with water or other fluid under positive pressure which passes through
				  an integral orifice or constriction causing a vacuum.
(13e) "Atmospheric type vacuum breaker" means
				  a type of cross connection control device where the flow of water into the
				  device causes a float to close an air inlet port and when the flow of water
				  stops the float falls and forms a check valve against back siphonage and at the
				  same time opens the air inlet port to allow air to enter and satisfy the
				  vacuum.
(13m) "At-risk" means a
				  POWTS serving a new public or commercial facility that may produce influent to
				  a POWTS treatment or dispersal component, consisting in part of in situ soil in
				  excess of the quantities specified in s.
				  SPS
				  383.44 (2). This definition does not
				  include existing facilities where the influent has been tested and determined
				  to produce influent below the quantities specified in s.
				  SPS
				  383.44 (2) or facilities that are
				  known to produce influent exceeding the influent quantities.
(14) "Autopsy table" means a fixture or table
				  used for post-mortem examination.
(15) "Automatic fire sprinkler system" has
				  the meaning specified under s.
				  145.01 (2),
				  Stats.
Note:
Section
					 145.01 (2),
					 Stats., reads:
"Automatic fire sprinkler system", for fire protection
					 purposes, means an integrated system of underground and overhead piping
					 designed in accordance with fire protection engineering standards. The system
					 includes a suitable water supply, such as a gravity tank, fire pump, reservoir
					 or pressure tank or connection beginning at the supply side of an approved gate
					 valve located at or near the property line where the pipe or piping system
					 provides water used exclusively for fire protection and related appurtenances
					 and to standpipes connected to automatic sprinkler systems. The portion of the
					 sprinkler system above ground is a network of specially sized or hydraulically
					 designed piping installed in a building, structure or area, generally overhead,
					 and to which sprinklers are connected in a systematic pattern. The system
					 includes a controlling valve and a device for actuating an alarm when the
					 system is in operation. The system is usually activated by heat from a fire and
					 discharges water over the fire area.
(16) "Backflow" means the unwanted reverse
				  flow of liquids, solids or gases.
(17) "Back pressure" means a pressure greater
				  than the supply pressure that may cause backflow.
(17e) "Backflow preventer" means any generic
				  backflow prevention method, device, or assembly.
(18) "Backflow preventer with an intermediate
				  atmospheric vent" means a cross connection control device having 2
				  independently operating check valves separated by an intermediate chamber with
				  a means for automatically venting it to the atmosphere. This can be installed
				  in the horizontal, vertical up, or vertical down orientations. The check valves
				  are force-loaded to a normally closed position and the venting means is
				  force-loaded to a normally open position.
(19) "Back siphonage" means the creation of a
				  backflow as a result of negative pressure.
(21) "Backwater valve" means a device
				  designed to prevent the reverse flow of wastewater in a drain system.
(22) "Ballcock" means a water supply valve
				  opened or closed by means of a float or similar device used to supply water to
				  a tank.
(22m) "Barometric loop"
				  means a continuous section of supply piping that abruptly rises to a height of
				  approximately 35 feet before returning to the originating level. Barometric
				  loop is used to protect against back-siphonage but not against back
				  pressure.
(23) "Bathroom group"
				  means a water closet, lavatory and a bathtub or shower located together on the
				  same floor level.
(24) "Battery of
				  fixtures" means any group of 2 or more fixtures that discharge into the same
				  horizontal branch drain.
(25)
				  "Bedpan sterilizer" means a fixture used for sterilizing bedpans or urinals by
				  direct application of steam, boiling water or chemicals.
(26) "Bedpan washer and sanitizer" means a
				  fixture designed to wash bedpans and to flush the contents into the sanitary
				  drain system and which may also provide for disinfecting utensils by scalding
				  with steam or hot water.
(27)
				  "Bedpan washer hose" means a device supplied with hot or cold water, or both,
				  and located adjacent to a water closet or clinical sink to be used for
				  cleansing bedpans.
(28) "Bedrock"
				  means rock that is exposed at the earth's surface or underlies soil material
				  and includes:
(a) Weathered in-place
				  consolidated material, larger than 2 mm in size and greater than 50% by volume;
				  and
(b) Weakly consolidated
				  sandstone at the point of increased resistance to penetration of a knife
				  blade.