NR 210.03 Note
Note: Section
NR 110.03 (17) reads: “Inflow" means water other than wastewater that enters a sewerage system (including sewer service connections) from sources such as roof leaders, cellar drains, yard drains, area drains, foundation drains, sump pumps, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections between storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, storm waters, surface runoff, street wash waters, or drainage. Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
NR 210.03(8)
(8) “Percent removal" means a percentage expression of the removal efficiency across a treatment plant for a given pollutant parameter, as determined from the 30-day average values of the raw wastewater influent pollutant concentrations to the facility and the 30-day average values of the effluent pollutant concentrations for a given time period.
NR 210.03 Note
Note: Section
NR 110.03 (26m) reads: “Private interceptor main sewer" means a sewer serving two or more buildings and not part of the municipal sewer system.
NR 210.03(9)
(9) “Privately owned domestic sewage treatment works" means those facilities which treat domestic wastewater and are owned and operated by nonmunicipal entities or enterprises such as mobile home parks, restaurants, hotels, motels, country clubs, resorts, etc., which are permitted under ch.
283, Stats.
NR 210.03(10)
(10) “Sanitary sewer overflow" means a release of wastewater from a sewage collection system or an interceptor sewer directly into a water of the state or to the land surface.
NR 210.03(10m)
(10m) “Sanitary survey" means a thorough investigation and evaluation of a surface water including bacteriological sampling to determine the extent and cause of any bacterial contamination.
NR 210.03 Note
Note: Section
NR 110.03 (28) reads: “Sewage collection system" means the common sanitary sewers, interceptor sewers, and appurtenant equipment, such as lift stations, within a sewerage system which are primarily installed to receive wastewaters directly from facilities which convey wastewater from individual structures or from private property, and which include service connection “Y" fittings designed for connection with those facilities. The facilities which convey wastewater from individual structures such as building sewers and private interceptor sewers, from private property to the public sanitary sewer, or its equivalent, are specifically excluded from the definition of “sewage collection system"; except that pumping units and pressurized lines for individual structures or groups of structures are included as part of a “sewage collection system" when such units are cost effective and are owned and maintained by the sewerage system owner.
NR 210.03 Note
Note: Section
NR 110.03 (29) reads: “Sewage treatment facility" means all the structures, pipes and other equipment that constitute the various treatment processes and treatment units employed to reduce pollutants in sewage.
NR 210.03(13)
(13) “Sewage treatment facility overflow" means a release of wastewater from a location within a sewage treatment facility, other than permitted effluent outfall structures, directly to a water of the state or to the land surface. A sewage treatment facility overflow does not include blending, controlled diversions or discharges from permitted combined sewage treatment facility effluent outfall structures.
NR 210.03 Note
Note: Section
NR 110.03 (29m) reads: “Sewer extension" means installation of a sewer or interceptor sewer, or extension thereof, to provide additional conveyance capacity and service to development within the existing or proposed tributary area of the extension. Alterations or modifications of existing sewerage systems designed to replace inadequate existing structures or installed because of inadequate hydraulic sewer capacity and that do not extend sanitary sewer service to areas previously not served are not sewer extensions.
NR 210.03 Note
Note: Section
NR 110.03 (30) reads: “Sewerage system" means all structures, conduits and pipes, by which sewage is collected, treated, and disposed of, except plumbing inside and in connection with buildings served, and service pipes, from building to street main.
NR 210.03(16)
(16) “Significant biological treatment" means the use of an aerobic or anaerobic biological treatment process in a treatment works to consistently achieve a 30-day average of at least 65% removal of BOD
5.
NR 210.03 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1986, No. 370, eff. 11-1-86;
CR 09-123: cr. (9m)
Register July 2010 No. 655, eff. 8-1-10;
CR 12-027: am. (intro.), cr. (2e), (2m), (2s), (3d), (3h), (3p), (3t), (6e), (6m), (6s), (8m), renum. (9m) to (12) and am., renum. (10) to (16), cr. (10), (11), (13) to (15)
Register July 2013 No. 691, eff. 8-1-13; correction in (14) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register July 2013 No. 691;
CR 19-014: (10m) renum. from NR 102.03 (6) Register April 2020 No. 772, eff. 5-1-20.
Subchapter II — Monitoring Requirements and
Effluent Limitations
NR 210.035
NR 210.035 Applicability. This subchapter applies to publicly owned treatment works and privately owned domestic sewage treatment works that discharge to surface waters.
NR 210.035 History
History: CR 12-027: cr.
Register July 2013 No. 691, eff. 8-1-13.
NR 210.04(1)(1)
Discharges subject to the provisions of this chapter shall at a minimum monitor the effluent for BOD
5, SS, and pH.
NR 210.04(2)
(2) Influent wastewater strengths and volumes shall be characterized at treatment facilities subject to the monitoring provisions of sub.
(1) by monitoring for flow, BOD
5 and SS.
NR 210.04(3)
(3) Monitoring requirements may be adjusted on a case-by-case basis depending on wastewater characteristics and their potential to degrade water quality.
NR 210.04(4)
(4) The department shall require the use of 24-hour flow proportional samplers for monitoring influent and effluent wastewater quality except where the department determines through the permit issuance process that other sample types may adequately characterize the influent or effluent quality. In evaluating permit monitoring requirements, the department may consider:
NR 210.04(4)(c)
(c) Previous performance records as reported on the discharge monitoring report;
NR 210.04(4)(d)
(d) Type of wastewater treated: domestic, municipal or industrial wastewater; and
NR 210.04 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1986, No. 370, eff. 11-1-86.
NR 210.05
NR 210.05 Effluent limitations. Publicly owned treatment works and privately owned domestic sewage treatment works shall meet as a minimum the effluent limits specified in this section.
NR 210.05(1)(c)
(c) The effluent pH shall be within the range of 6.0 to 9.0.
NR 210.05(1)(d)
(d) Upon request by the permittee, pursuant to s.
NR 210.07 (4), the department may substitute the parameter CBOD
5 for the parameter BOD
5 and the levels of effluent quality specified in par.
(a). The following effluent quality levels of CBOD
5 shall be applicable:
NR 210.05(1)(e)
(e) More stringent effluent limitations than those specified in pars.
(a) to
(d) may be imposed for any pollutant where necessary to meet water quality standards for water receiving the treated discharge.
NR 210.05(2)(d)
(d) The effluent pH shall be within the range of 6.0 to 9.0.
NR 210.05(2)(e)
(e) The daily minimum effluent dissolved oxygen level shall be 4.0mg/l.
NR 210.05(2)(f)
(f) Upon request by the permittee, pursuant to s.
NR 210.07 (4),the department may substitute the parameter CBOD
5 for the parameter BOD
5 and the levels of effluent quality specified in par.
(a). The following effluent quality levels of CBOD
5 shall be applicable:
NR 210.05(2)(g)
(g) More stringent effluent limitations than those specified in pars.
(a) to
(f) may be imposed for any pollutant where necessary to meet water quality standards for water receiving the treated discharge.
NR 210.05(3)(c)
(c) The effluent pH shall be within the range of 6.0 to 9.0.
NR 210.05(3)(d)
(d) The daily minimum effluent dissolved oxygen level shall be 4.0mg/l.
NR 210.05(3)(e)
(e) Upon request by the permittee, pursuant to s.
NR 210.07 (4),the department may substitute the parameter CBOD
5 for the parameter BOD
5 and the levels of effluent quality specified in par.
(a). The following effluent quality levels of CBOD
5will be applicable:
NR 210.05(3)(f)
(f) More stringent effluent limitations than those specified in pars.
(a) to
(e) may be imposed for any pollutant where necessary to meet water quality standards for water receiving the treated discharge.
NR 210.05(4)
(4) Effluent limitations may be imposed for pollutants other than those specified in subs.
(1) to
(3) where necessary to meet water quality standards for waters receiving the treated discharge.
NR 210.05(5)
(5) When determining whether more stringent effluent limitations are required under this section to meet water quality standards in the receiving water or downstream waters, the department shall apply the reasonable potential procedures in s.
NR 205.067.
NR 210.05 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1986, No. 370, eff. 11-1-86;
CR 03-050: r. (2) (c)
Register February 2004 No. 578, eff. 3-1-04; correction in (1) (intro.) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register February 2004 No. 578;
CR 17-002: cr. (5)
Register April 2018 No. 748, eff. 5-1-18.
NR 210.06
NR 210.06 Disinfection requirements. NR 210.06(1)(1)
Disinfection requirements. Disinfection shall be required of dischargers subject to the provisions of this chapter when the department determines, based on the information identified in sub.
(3), the discharge of wastewater poses a risk to human and animal health. Disinfection shall be required:
NR 210.06(1)(a)
(a) From May 1 through September 30 annually to protect recreational uses, or
