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SPS 383.21 (1) (a) Plans shall be submitted to the department, a designated agent, or the governmental unit in accordance with this section for all of the following types of installations or modifications:
(2) (a) 3. Plans and specifications submitted for review shall be clear, legible, and permanent copies.
(b) 1. All plans submitted for review shall be accompanied by sufficient data and information to determine if the proposed POWTS or modification of an existing POWTS and their performance will conform with chs. SPS 382 to 384 including, but not limited to all of the following: a. (Note) Note: The Department forms required in this chapter are available for a nominal fee at telephone 800-DOC-SALE or 411 (Telecommunications Relay) or at docsales@doa.state.wi.us, or at no charge at the Department’s Web site website at http://dsps.wi.gov through links to Division of Industry Services forms dsps.wi.gov/Programs/Industry-Services/Industry-Services-Programs. 2. In addition to the information required under subd. 1., plans for one or more holding tanks serving a large commercial, industrial, recreational, or residential development with an estimated daily wastewater flow of 3,000 gallons or more shall include information pursuant to s. NR 113.07 (1) (e). 20
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SPS 383.22 (2) (c) 1. Signed and sealed in accordance with s. A-E 2.02 by an individual who is registered by the department as an architect, engineer, designer of plumbing systems, or designer of private sewage onsite wastewater treatment systems. 22
SPS 383.22 (2) (d) (Note) Note: Nothing in this chapter is intended to prohibit the submission and acceptance of planning documents in an electronic or digital media.
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SPS 383.22 (3) (b) Conditional approval. 1. If, upon review, the applicable reviewing agency determines that the plans conform to this chapter and chs. SPS 382 and to 384, a conditional approval shall be granted in writing. 2. All conditions indicating nonconformance to this chapter and chs. SPS 382 and to 384 shall be corrected before or during installation. (c) Denial of approval. If, upon review, the applicable reviewing agency determines that the plans do not conform to this chapter and chs. SPS 382 and to 384, the request for conditional approval shall be denied in writing. (7) (a) When plans are required to be approved by the department, designated agent, or governmental unit under sub. (1), the plumber responsible for the installation of a POWTS or the modification of an existing POWTS shall keep at the construction site at least one set of plans bearing evidence of approval by the department, designated agent, or governmental unit and at least one copy of specifications.
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SPS 383.25 (2) (b) (intro.) New construction. A municipality may not issue a building permit to commence construction or installation of a structure that necessitates the use of a POWTS to serve the structure, unless the following conditions apply:
1. The owner of the property possesses a sanitary permit for the installation of a POWTS in accordance with s. SPS 383.21; or. (c) 1. A municipality may not issue a building permit to commence construction of any addition or alteration to an existing structure when the proposed construction will modify the design wastewater flow or contaminant load, or both, to an existing POWTS, unless the owner of the property complies with at least one of the following:
a. Possesses a sanitary permit to either modify the existing POWTS or construct a POWTS to accommodate the modification in wastewater flow or contaminant load, or both; or.
2. For the purpose of this paragraph, a modification in wastewater flow or contaminant load shall be considered to occur for both of the following:
a. For commercial facilities, public buildings, and places of employment, when there is a proposed change in occupancy of the structure; or the proposed modification affects either the type or number of plumbing appliances, fixtures or devices discharging to the system; and.
(d) 3. A written investigative report prepared by an architect, engineer, designer of plumbing systems, designer of private sewage onsite wastewater treatment systems, master plumber, master plumber-restricted service or certified POWTS inspector analyzing the proposed modification and the performance capabilities of the existing POWTS.
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SPS 383.44 (2) (d) The department may designate a new facility as “at-risk” if the department determines that the facility may generate waste with influent quality in excess of the parameters under par. (a). A facility designated as “at-risk” shall submit additional testing data as specified in par. (b) to the department and the governmental unit within one year of installation of the POWTS components. A facility that continues to produce influent with parameters above the limits in par. (a) or the approved design shall reduce wastewater strength according to the facility’s management plan required under s. SPS 383.54 (1). 26
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SPS 383.44 (6) (a) 2. The longest dimension of a POWTS treatment or dispersal component consisting in part of in situ soil located at or above the original grade shall be oriented along within 1 percent of the surface contour of the component site location unless otherwise approved by the department.
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SPS 383.45 (2) Frozen soil. POWTS treatment and dispersal components consisting in part of in situ soil may not be installed if the soil is frozen at or below the infiltrative surface of the component.
(6) (b) Vent pipes and observation pipes serving POWTS components that are located in floodplain areas shall terminate at least 2 feet above regional flood levels.
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SPS 383.45 (7) Minimum depth. The top of the effluent lines and forcemains shall be covered by a minimum of 12 inches of soil.
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SPS 383.54 (2) (a) General. The management plan specified in sub. (1) shall include the procedures for metering or monitoring of POWTS influent or effluent as specified in this subsection.
(e) 2. (Note) Note: Acceptable sampling procedures include those contained in the following sources:
“Procedures Manual for Ground Water Monitoring at Solid Waste Disposal Sites Facilities," EPA SW-611, Office of Water and Waste Management, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, December 1980, Washington, D. C.
“Techniques of Water Resources Investigations of the United States Geological Survey, Guidelines for Collection and Field Analysis of Ground Water Samples for Selected Unstable Constituents," Book I, Chapter D2, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.
“Procedures for the Collection of Representative Water Quality Data from Monitoring Wells," Cooperative Groundwater Report 7, Illinois State Water Survey, 1981, Champaign, Illinois.
“Manual of Ground Water Sampling Procedures," NWWA/EPA Series, Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory, 1981, Ada, Oklahoma.
“Groundwater Sampling Procedures Guidelines Desk Reference – Parts 1 and 2," Wisconsin DNR, PUBL-WR-153 PUBL-DG-037 96, February 1987 September 1996.
“Groundwater Sampling Procedures Field Manual," Wisconsin DNR, PUBL-WR-168 PUBL-DG-038 96, September 1987 1996.
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Table A-383.43-1 Public Facility Wastewater Flows |
Source | Unit | Estimated Wastewater Flow (gpd) |
Apartment or condominium | Bedroom | 100 |
Assembly hall (no kitchen) | Person (10 sq. ft./person) | 1.3 |
Bar or cocktail lounge (no meals served) a | Patron (10 sq. ft./patron) | 4 |
Bar or cocktail lounge a (w/meals – all paper service) a | Patron (10 sq. ft./patron) | 8 |
Bowling alley | Bowling lane | 80 |
Bowling alley a (with bar) | Bowling lane | 150 |
Camp, day and night | Person | 25 |
Camp, day use only (no meals served) | Person | 10 |
Campground or camping resort | Space, with sewer
connection and/or service building | 30 |
Campground sanitary dump stationa | Camping unit or RV served | 25 |
Church (no kitchen) | Person | 2 |
Church a b (with kitchen) | Person | 5 |
Dance hall | Person (10 sq. ft./person) | 2 |
Day care facility (no meals prepared) | Child | 12 |
Day care facilitya b (with meal preparation) | Child | 16 |
Dining hall a (kitchen waste only without dishwasher and/or food waste grinder) | Meal served | 2 |
Dining hall a (toilet and kitchen waste without dishwasher and/or food waste grinder) | Meal served | 5 |
Dining hall a (toilet and kitchen waste with dishwasher and/or food waste grinder) | Meal served | 7 |
Drive-in restaurant a (all paper service with inside seating) | Patron seating space | 10 |
Drive-in restaurant a (all paper service without inside seating) | Vehicle space | 10 |
Drive-in theater | Vehicle space | 3 |
Employees (total all shifts) | Employee | 13 |
Floor drain (not discharging to catch basin) | Drain | 25 |
Gas station / convenience store b | Patron | 3 |
Gas station (with service bay) Patron Service bay | Patron Service bay | 3 50 |
Hotel, motel, or tourist rooming house | Room | 65 |
Manufactured home (served by its own POWTS) | Bedroom | 100 |
Manufactured home community | Manufactured home site | 200 |
Medical office building b Doctors, nurses, medical staff Office personnel Patients | Person Person Person | 50 13 6.5 |
Migrant labor camp (central bathhouse) | Employee | 20 |
Nursing, rest home, community-based residential facility a b | Bed space | 65 |
Outdoor sport facilities (toilet waste only) | Patron | 3.5 |
Parks (toilets waste only) | Patron (75 patrons/acre) | 3.5 |
Parks (toilets and showers) | Patron (75 patrons/acre) | 6.5 |
Public shower facility | Shower taken | 10 |
Restaurant a, 24-hr. (dishwasher and/or food waste grinder only) | Patron seating space | 4 |
Restaurant a, 24-hr. (kitchen waste only without dishwasher and/or food waste grinder) | Patron seating space | 12 |
Restaurant, 24-hr. (toilet waste) | Patron seating space | 28 |
Restaurant a, 24-hr. (toilet and kitchen waste without dishwasher and/or food waste grinder) | Patron seating space | 40 |
Restaurant a, 24-hr. (toilet and kitchen waste with dishwasher and/or food waste grinder) | Patron seating space | 44 |
Restaurant a (dishwasher and/or food waste grinder only) | Patron seating space | 2 |
Restaurant a (kitchen waste only without dishwasher and/or food waste grinder) | Patron seating space | 6 |
Restaurant (toilet waste) | Patron seating space | 14 |
Restaurant a (toilet and kitchen waste without dishwasher and/or food waste grinder) | Patron seating space | 20 |
Restaurant a (toilet and kitchen waste with dishwasher and/or food waste grinder) | Patron seating space | 22 |
Retail store (no food preparation) | Patron (70% of total retail area / 30 sq. ft. per patron) | 1 |
School a (with meals and showers) | Classroom (25 students/classroom) | 500 |
School a (with meals or showers) | Classroom (25 students/classroom) | 400 |
School (without meals or showers) | Classroom (25 students/classroom) | 300 |
Self-service laundry c (toilet waste only) | Clothes washer | 33 |
Self-service laundry c (with only residential clothes washers) | Clothes washer | 400 |
Swimming pool bathhouse | Patron | 6.5 |
a May Expected to be high in Biochemical Oxygen Demand biological oxygen demand (BOD), and total suspended solids (TSS), or Fats, Oils or Grease fats, oils, and grease (FOG).
b May be high in medication and personal care products At-risk system (potentially high in biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), total suspended solids (TSS), or fats, oils, and grease (FOG)).
c May contain a high level of lint.
