SPS 381.01(160e)
(160e) “Noncontinuous pressure" means a pressure greater than atmospheric and exerted for a period of no more than 12 continuous hours.
SPS 381.01(160m)
(160m) “Non-domestic wastewater" means any wastewater that is not domestic wastewater or storm water.
SPS 381.01(161)
(161) “Nonpotable water" means water not safe for drinking, personal or culinary use.
SPS 381.01(162)
(162) “Nonpublic" means, in the classification of plumbing fixtures, those fixtures in residences, apartments, living units of hotels and motels, and other places where the fixtures are intended for the use by a family or an individual to the exclusion of all others.
SPS 381.01(163)
(163) “Nontoxic" means a substance in the diluted form that meets one of the following requirements:
SPS 381.01(163)(a)
(a) Is listed by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) as meeting the NSF evaluation criteria for nonfood compounds.
SPS 381.01(163)(b)
(b) Is acceptable to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Title 21 section 175.300 of the Federal Regulation on Food Additives.
SPS 381.01(163)(c)
(c) Is acceptable for contact with potable water or is deemed non-toxic by a third party certification that is acceptable to the department.
SPS 381.01 Note
Note: Section
50.01 (3), Stats., reads:
SPS 381.01 Note
“Nursing home" means a place where 5 or more persons who are not related to the operator or administrator reside, receive care or treatment and, because of their mental or physical condition require access to 24-hour nursing services, including limited nursing care, intermediate level nursing care and skilled nursing services. “Nursing home" does not include any of the following:
SPS 381.01 Note
(c) A convent or facility owned or operated exclusively by and for members of a religious order that provides reception and care or treatment of an individual.
SPS 381.01 Note(d) A hospice, as defined in s.
50.90 (1), Stats., that directly provides inpatient care.
SPS 381.01 Note
(e) A residential care apartment complex.
SPS 381.01(163s)
(163s) “Occasional occupancy" means occupying a building that is served by a POWTS for less than 120 calendar days per year.
SPS 381.01(164)
(164) “Occupancy" means the purpose for which a building, structure, equipment, materials, or premises, or part thereof, is used or intended to be used.
SPS 381.01(165)
(165) “Oil interceptor" means a device designed to intercept and retain oil, lubricating grease or other similar materials.
SPS 381.01(166)
(166) “Offset" means a combination of fittings or bends that makes two changes in direction bringing one section of the pipe out of line but into a line parallel with the other section.
SPS 381.01(167)
(167) “One or 2-family dwelling" means a building containing not more than 2 dwelling units.
SPS 381.01(168m)
(168m) “Open bodies of water" means those portions of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior within the boundaries of Wisconsin, all lakes, bays, rivers, streams, springs, ponds, wells, impounding reservoirs, marshes, watercourses, drainage systems and other surface water, natural or artificial, public or private within the state or under its jurisdiction.
SPS 381.01 Note
“Ordinary high-water mark" means the point on the bank or shore up to which the presence and action of surface water is so continuous as to leave a distinctive mark such as by erosion, destruction or prevention of terrestrial vegetation, predominance of aquatic vegetation, or other easily recognized characteristic. Where the bank or shore at any particular place is of such character that it is difficult or impossible to ascertain where the point of ordinary high-water mark is, recourse may be had to the opposite bank of a stream or to other places on the shore of a lake or flowage to determine whether a given stage of water is above or below the ordinary high-water mark.
SPS 381.01(170)
(170) “Participating governmental unit" means a governmental unit which applies to the department for financial assistance under ss.
SPS 387.04 and
387.05, and which meets the conditions specified under s.
145.245 (9), Stats.
SPS 381.01(170e)
(170e) “Patient area plumbing fixture" means a plumbing fixture that is accessible to patients in a health care facility and is intended to be used for culinary, hygienic or domestic purposes.
SPS 381.01(171)
(171) “Peak flow" means the largest anticipated recurrent wastewater discharge to a private onsite wastewater treatment system.
SPS 381.01(171e)
(171e) “Peak flow, stormwater" means the largest anticipated flow from a given storm event.
SPS 381.01(173)
(173) “Pit privy" means an enclosed nonportable toilet into which nonwater-carried human wastes are deposited to a subsurface storage chamber that is not watertight.
SPS 381.01(174)
(174) “Pitch" means the gradient or slope of a line of pipe in reference to a horizontal plane.
SPS 381.01 Note
Note: Section
101.01 (11), Stats., reads:
SPS 381.01 Note
“Place of employment" includes every place, whether indoors or out or underground and the premises appurtenant thereto where either temporarily or permanently any industry, trade or business is carried on, or where any process or operation, directly or indirectly related to any industry, trade or business, is carried on, and where any person is, directly or indirectly, employed by another for direct or indirect gain or profit, but does not include any place where persons are employed in private domestic service which does not involve the use of mechanical power or in farming. “Farming" includes those activities specified in s.
102.04 (3), and also includes the transportation of farm products, supplies or equipment directly to the farm by the operator of said farm or employees for the use thereon, if such activities are directly or indirectly for the purpose of producing commodities for market, or as an accessory to such production. When used with relation to building codes, “place of employment" does not include an adult family home, as defined in s.
50.01 (1), or, except for the purposes of s.
101.11, a previously constructed building used as a community-based residential facility, as defined in s.
50.01 (1g), which serves 20 or fewer unrelated residents.
SPS 381.01 Note
Note: Section
145.01 (10), Stats., reads:
SPS 381.01 Note
“Plumbing" means:
SPS 381.01 Note
(a) 1. All piping, fixtures, appliances, equipment, devices, and appurtenances in connection with water supply systems, water distribution systems, wastewater drainage systems, reclaimed water systems, and stormwater use systems, including hot water storage tanks, water treatment devices, and water heaters connected with these systems and also includes the installation thereof.
SPS 381.01 Note
2. The construction, connection, installation, service, or repair of any drain or wastewater piping system that connects to the mains or other terminal within the bounds of, or beneath an area subject to easement for highway purposes, including private sewage systems and stormwater treatment and dispersal systems, and the alteration of any such systems, drains or wastewater piping.
SPS 381.01 Note
3. The construction, connection, installation, service, or repair of water service piping that connects to the main or other water utility service terminal within the bounds of, or beneath an area subject to easement for highway purposes and its connections.
SPS 381.01 Note
4. The water pressure system other than municipal systems as provided in ch.
281.
SPS 381.01 Note
5. A plumbing and drainage system so designed and vent piping so installed as to keep the air within the system in free circulation and movement; to prevent with a margin of safety unequal air pressures of such force as might blow, siphon or affect trap seals, or retard the discharge from plumbing fixtures, or permit sewer air to escape into the building; to prohibit cross-connection, contamination or pollution of the water supply and distribution systems, and to provide an adequate supply of water to properly serve, cleanse and operate all fixtures, equipment, appurtenances and appliances served by the plumbing system.
SPS 381.01 Note
(br) “Plumbing" does not include any of the following:
SPS 381.01 Note
1. A rainwater gutter or downspout down to the point that it discharges into a plumbing system, a subsoil drain, or a foundation drain.
SPS 381.01 Note
2g. A process water reuse system if the process water reuse system is not connected to any plumbing fixture or appliance.
SPS 381.01 Note
2m. A stormwater culvert under a roadway or walkway that is placed there only to equalize the water level from one end of the culvert to the other end.
SPS 381.01 Note
3. The practical installation of process piping within a sewage disposal plant.
SPS 381.01(177)
(177) “Plumbing appliance" means any one of a special class of plumbing devices which is intended to perform a special function. The operation or control of the appliance may be dependent upon one or more energized components, such as motors, controls, heating elements, or pressure or temperature sensing elements. The devices may be manually adjusted or controlled by the user or operator, or may operate automatically through one or more of the following actions: a time cycle, a temperature range, a pressure range, or a measured volume or weight.
SPS 381.01(178)
(178) “Plumbing fixture" means a receptacle or device which meets at least one of the following:
SPS 381.01(178)(a)
(a) Is either permanently or temporarily connected to the water supply system of the premises, and demands a supply of water from the system;
SPS 381.01(178)(b)
(b) Discharges wastewater or waste materials either directly or indirectly to the drain system of the premises.
SPS 381.01(178)(c)
(c) Requires both a water supply connection and a discharge to the drain system of the premises.
SPS 381.01(179)
(179) “Plumbing system" includes the water supply system, the drain system, the vent system, plumbing fixtures, plumbing appliances and plumbing appurtenances that serve a building, structure or premises.
SPS 381.01 Note
Note: Section
160.01 (5) Stats., reads:
SPS 381.01 Note
“Point of standards application" means the specific location, depth or distance from a facility, activity or practice at which the concentration of a substance in groundwater is measured for purposes of determining whether a preventive action limit or an enforcement standard has been attained or exceeded.
SPS 381.01(181)(b)
(b) Free from impurities present in amounts sufficient to cause disease or harmful physiological effects.
SPS 381.01(182)
(182) “POWTS" means a private onsite wastewater treatment system.
SPS 381.01(183)
(183) “POWTS component" means any subsystem, subassembly or other system designed for use in or as part of a private onsite wastewater treatment system which may include treatment, dispersal or holding and related piping.
SPS 381.01(183m)
(183m) “POWTS component manual” means a document that contains detailed design, installation, and operation and maintenance procedures for POWTS components. A component manual that is approved under s.
SPS 384.10 (3) (c) is an acceptable method under s.
SPS 383.61.
SPS 381.01(184)
(184) “POWTS dispersal component" means a device or method that is intended to promote the assimilation of treated wastewater by the environment.
SPS 381.01(185)
(185) “POWTS holding component" means any receptacle intended to collect wastewater for a period of time, including holding and dosing tanks.
SPS 381.01(186)
(186) “POWTS treatment component" means a device or method that is intended to reduce the contaminant load of wastewater.
SPS 381.01(186s)
(186s) “Pre-development" means the condition of the topography of vegetation, including that resulting from human activities that existed prior to land disturbance for construction.
SPS 381.01(187)
(187) “Prefabricated plumbing" means concealed drain piping, vent piping or water supply or a combination of these types of piping, contained in a modular building component, which will not be visible for inspection when delivered to the final site of installation.
SPS 381.01(187e)
(187e) “Prefabricated sump and pump system" means a simplex or duplex pump and sump designed as a combined unit.
SPS 381.01(188)
(188) “Pressure relief valve" means a pressure actuated valve held closed by a spring or other means and designed to automatically relieve pressure at a designated pressure.
SPS 381.01(189)
(189) “Pressure vacuum breaker assembly" means a type of cross connection control assembly which consists of an independently acting check valve force-loaded to the closed position and an independently acting air inlet valve located downstream of the check valve that is force-loaded to the open position. The assembly also includes two tightly closing shutoffs, one at the inlet of the assembly and one at the outlet of the assembly, and two tightly closing test cocks, one immediately upstream and one immediately downstream of the check valve.
SPS 381.01(190)
(190) “Pressurized flushing device" means a device that uses the water supply to create a pressurized discharge to flush a fixture exclusive of gravity type flushing systems.
SPS 381.01 Note
Note: Section
160.01 (6), Stats., reads:
SPS 381.01 Note
“Prevention action limits" means a numerical value expressing the concentration of a substance in groundwater which is adopted under s.
160.15, Stats.
SPS 381.01(192)
(192) “Principal residence" means a residence that is occupied at least 51% of the year by the owner. Principal residence includes a residence owned by a trust or estate of an individual, if the residence is occupied at least 51% of the year by a person who has an ownership interest in the residence as a beneficiary of the trust or estate.
SPS 381.01(193)
(193) “Private interceptor main sewer" means a sewer serving 2 or more buildings and not part of the municipal sewer system.
SPS 381.01(195)
(195) “Private water main" means a water main serving 2 or more buildings and not part of the municipal water system.
SPS 381.01(195m)
(195m) “Process piping” means that piping which is separated from a water supply system or drain system by the acceptable methods or means specified under ch.
SPS 382 and is part of a system used exclusively for refining, manufacturing, industrial, or shipping purposes of every character and description.
SPS 381.01(196)
(196) “Public" means, in the classification of plumbing fixtures, those fixtures which are available for use by the public or employees.
SPS 381.01 Note
Note: Section
101.01 (12), Stats., reads:
SPS 381.01 Note
“Public building" means any structure, including exterior parts of such building, such as a porch, exterior platform or steps providing means of ingress or egress, used in whole or in part as a place of resort, assemblage, lodging, trade, traffic, occupancy, or use by the public or by 3 or more tenants. When used in relation to building codes, “public building" does not include a previously constructed building used as a community-based residential facility as defined in s.
50.01 (1g) which serves 20 or fewer unrelated residents or an adult family home, as defined in s.
50.01 (1).
SPS 381.01(197m)
(197m) “Public lavatory” means a lavatory located in a public restroom or located outside of a public restroom. Hand wash sinks required by Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), Department of Health Services (DHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), or United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are considered public lavatory fixtures.
SPS 381.01(198)
(198) “Public sewer" means a sewer owned and controlled by a public authority.
SPS 381.01(199)
(199) “Public water main" means a water supply pipe for public use owned and controlled by a public authority.
SPS 381.01(199m)
(199m) “Push-fit fitting” means a mechanical fitting that joins pipes or tubes and achieves a seal by pushing the mating pipe or tube into the fitting.
SPS 381.01(200)
(200) “Quick closing valve" means a valve or faucet that closes automatically when released manually or controlled by mechanical means for fast action closing.
SPS 381.01(201)
(201) “Receptor" means a fixture or device that receives the discharge from indirect or local waste piping.
