Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety › Chapter ATCP 72 - Hotels, Motels, And Tourist Rooming Houses › Section ATCP 72.10 - Water supply and waste disposal

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Service
				availability. The requirements covering water supply and sewage disposal
				facilities for all hotels, motels, and tourist rooming houses are based upon
				the availability of public utilities as well as the practicability of
				connection to public utilities.
(2)
				Public utilities. If an approved public water supply and approved public
				sewerage facilities are available to the premises of a hotel, motel, or tourist
				rooming house, connection and use are required.
(3) Private wells. A private well is
				permitted as a source of water when a public water facility is not available to
				the premises. The well shall be located on the premises and be constructed and
				the pump installed in accordance with ch. NR 812 , rules of the department of
				natural resources governing well drilling and pump installation. Whenever safe
				water cannot be obtained consistently from a well constructed in apparent
				compliance with ch. NR 812 , as evidenced by laboratory reports, the well shall
				be reconstructed or a new well constructed in accordance with ch. NR 812 except
				that if the reconstruction or new construction is determined to be impractical
				or is found to be ineffective, the use of the well shall be discontinued and
				water shall be transported on a temporary basis from a source and in a manner
				approved by the department.
(4)
				Plumbing. All plumbing and fixtures shall meet the requirements contained in
				ch. SPS 382 and shall be maintained in good repair and in a sanitary
				condition.
(5) Private sewage
				disposal.
(a) A private sewage disposal
				system as defined in s.
				145.01(12),
				Stats., is permitted when a public sewer facility is not available to the
				premises. The system shall be located on the premises and shall be designed,
				constructed and operated in accordance with chs.
				SPS 382 and 383 and s.
				145.245,
				Stats.
(b) Failed on-site private
				waste disposal systems shall be replaced or rehabilitated. A failed system has
				the meaning prescribed for "failing private sewage system" in s.
				145.245(4),
				Stats.
(c) Plans and installation
				details covering the design and construction, alteration or extension of
				private sewage disposal systems shall receive the approval of the department of
				safety and professional services or its designated agent prior to the
				construction, alteration or extension of the systems.
(d) All plumbing fixtures shall be connected
				to the building drainage system with discharge to a public sewer or private
				sewage disposal system.
(e) Privies
				are only acceptable at existing hotels, motels, and tourist rooming houses.
				They shall be constructed in accordance with the applicable requirements of s.
				SPS
				362.2900 and ch. SPS 391 and shall be approved by the
				department. When a new operator takes over the management of a hotel, motel, or
				tourist rooming house, privies, shall be eliminated.