SPS 381.01 NoteNote: A pressure sterilizer is also referred to as an autoclave.
SPS 381.01(241)(241) “Sterilizer, pressure instrument washer” means a pressure vessel designed to both wash and sterilize instruments during the operating cycle of the device. SPS 381.01(242)(242) “Sterilizer, utensil” means a device for the sterilization of utensils. SPS 381.01(243)(243) “Sterilizer vent” means a separate pipe or stack, indirectly connected to the drain system at the lower terminal, which receives the vapors from nonpressure sterilizers, or the exhaust vapors from pressure sterilizers, and conducts the vapors directly to the outer air. SPS 381.01(244)(244) “Sterilizer, water” means a device for sterilizing water and storing sterile water. SPS 381.01(245)(245) “Storm sewer” means a pipe, other than a pipe located inside a building, that carries any of the following: storm water, groundwater or clear water. SPS 381.01(246)(246) “Storm water” means wastewater from a precipitation event. SPS 381.01(247)(247) “Subsoil drain” means that part of a drain system that conveys groundwater to a point of discharge or dispersal. SPS 381.01(248)(248) “Sump” means a tank or pit that receives wastewater that must be emptied by mechanical means. SPS 381.01(249)(249) “Sump pump” means an automatic device located in a sump, pit or low point that is designed to elevate storm water, groundwater or clear water. SPS 381.01(250)(250) “Sump vent” means a vent pipe from a nonpressurized sump. SPS 381.01(251)(251) “Supports” means hangers, anchors and other devices for supporting and securing pipes or fixtures to structural members of a building. SPS 381.01(252)(252) “Surface water” means those portions of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior within the boundaries of Wisconsin, all lakes, bays, rivers, streams, springs, ponds, impounding reservoirs, marshes, water courses, drainage systems, and other surface water, natural or artificial, public or private within the state or under its jurisdiction, except those waters which are entirely confined and completely retained upon the property of a facility. SPS 381.01(253)(253) “Swimming pool” means a structure, basin, chamber or tank containing an artificial body of water for swimming, diving or recreational bathing. SPS 381.01(254)(254) “Temperature and pressure relief valve” means a combination relief valve designed to function as both a temperature relief and pressure relief valve. SPS 381.01(255)(255) “Temperature relief valve” means a temperature actuated valve designed to automatically discharge at a designated temperature. SPS 381.01(256)(256) “Tempered water” means water ranging in temperature from 85°F. to less than 110°F. SPS 381.01(256e)(256e) “Ten-year, 24-hour storm” or “10-year, 24-hour storm” means a discrete rain storm event characterized by a specific duration, temporal distribution, rainfall intensity, return frequency and total depth of rainfall. SPS 381.01 NoteNote: The frequency, intensity, and duration of rainfall varies considerably during a storm by geographic location. Precipitation frequency atlases, NOAA Atlas 2, have been prepared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service. In chapter SPS 382, this value may be expressed as a specific “design storm”. The calculated volume of rainfall, or stormwater, may be determined from this value and used to calculate peak discharge.
SPS 381.01(256m)(256m) “Thermal disinfection” means a method of providing bacterial control within a water distribution system using water that is heated and initially circulated to a minimum temperature of 140°F and with a minimum temperature of 124°F at the point of return to the heat source. SPS 381.01(257)(257) “Total suspended solids” or “TSS” means solids in wastewater that can be removed readily by standard filtering procedures in a laboratory and reported as milligrams per liter (mg/L). SPS 381.01(259)(259) “Trap” means a fitting, device or arrangement of piping so designed and constructed as to provide, when properly vented, a liquid seal which prevents emission of sewer gases without materially affecting the flow of wastewater through it. SPS 381.01(260)(260) “Trap seal” means the vertical distance between the top of the trap weir and the top of the dip separating the inlet and outlet of the trap. SPS 381.01(260m)(260m) “Trap seal primer, drainage and electric types” means a device designed to supply water to a drain trap to provide and maintain its water seal by using a supply fixture drain line, an anti-siphon fill valve for water closet tanks, flushometer valve tailpiece, or an electric trap seal primer. SPS 381.01(261)(261) “Trap seal primer, water supply fed” means a type of valve designed to supply water to the trap in order to provide and maintain the water seal of the trap. SPS 381.01(262)(262) “Trap weir” means that part of a trap that forms a dam over which wastes must flow to enter the drain piping. SPS 381.01(263)(263) “Turf sprinkler system” means a system of piping, appurtenances and devices installed underground to distribute water for lawn or other similar irrigation purposes. SPS 381.01(264)(264) “Unsaturated soil” means soil in which the pore spaces contain water at less than atmospheric pressure, as well as air and other gases. SPS 381.01(265)(265) “Vacuum” means any pressure less than that exerted by the atmosphere. SPS 381.01(265e)(265e) “Vacuum breaker tee” means an assembly of fittings designed to eliminate the possibility of back siphonage in a system by allowing air to enter through a tee fitting. SPS 381.01(266)(266) “Vacuum relief valve” means a device that admits air into the water distribution system to prevent excessive vacuum in a water storage tank or heater. SPS 381.01(266m)(266m) “Vector control” means any method to limit or eradicate the mammals, birds, insects or other arthropods, collectively called ”vectors,” which transmit disease pathogens. SPS 381.01(267)(267) “Vent” means a part of the plumbing system used to equalize pressures and ventilate the system. SPS 381.01(268)(268) “Vent header” means a branch vent which connects 2 or more stack vents or vent stacks or both and extends to the outside air. SPS 381.01(269)(269) “Vent stack” means a vertical vent pipe that provides air for a drain stack of 5 or more branch intervals. SPS 381.01(270)(270) “Vent system” means a pipe or pipes installed to provide a flow of air to or from a drain system, or to provide a circulation of air within the system to protect trap seals from siphonage and back pressure. SPS 381.01(271)(271) “Vertical pipe” means any pipe or fitting which makes an angle of 45° or less with the vertical. SPS 381.01(272)(272) “Wall hydrant, freeze resistant automatic draining type vacuum breaker” means a type of device which is designed and constructed with anti-siphon and back pressure preventive capabilities and with means for automatic post shut-off draining to prevent freezing. SPS 381.01(273)(273) “Wall mounted water closet” means a water closet attached to a wall in such a way that it does not touch the floor. SPS 381.01(273e)(273e) “Washer sanitizer” means a plumbing appliance used for washing and disinfecting equipment. SPS 381.01(274)(274) “Waste” means the discharge from any fixture, appliance, area or appurtenance. SPS 381.01(275)(275) “Waste sink” means a receptor for the discharge from indirect or local waste piping installed with its flood level rim above the surrounding floor. SPS 381.01(276)(276) “Wastewater” means clear water, storm water, domestic wastewater, industrial wastewater, sewage or any combination of these. SPS 381.01(277)(277) “Wastewater, treated” means the effluent conveyed through one or more POWTS treatment components to a POWTS dispersal component. SPS 381.01(277e)(277e) “Wastewater treatment device” means a device or method that is intended to beneficially alter the characteristics of wastewater. SPS 381.01(278)(278) “Water closet” means a water-flushed plumbing fixture designed to receive human excrement directly from the user of the fixture. SPS 381.01(279)(279) “Water conditioner” means an appliance, appurtenance or device used for the purpose of ion exchange, demineralizing water or other methods of water treatment. SPS 381.01(280)(280) “Water distribution system” means that portion of a water supply system from the outlet of the building control valve to the connection of a fixture supply connector, plumbing fixture, plumbing appliance, water-using equipment, or other piping systems to be served. SPS 381.01(281)(281) “Water heater” means any heating device with piping connections to the water supply system that is intended to supply hot water for domestic or commercial purposes other than space heating. SPS 381.01(281m)(281m) “Water operator-in-charge” means the person designated by the owner of the building waterworks to be directly responsible for the day-to-day operations of the waterworks. SPS 381.01 NoteNote: Per s. NR 114.03(15), “waterworks” means a community water system owned by, or a private utility serving, a county, city, village, town, town sanitary district, utility district or a county-owned or state-owned public institution for congregate care or correction, which includes but is not limited to correctional institutions, correctional camp systems, county jails or houses of correction, mental health institutes, schools for the handicapped, hospitals, infirmaries and asylums. SPS 381.01(282)(282) “Water service” means that portion of a water supply system from the water main or private water supply up to and including the building control valve. SPS 381.01 NoteNote: Section 281.01 (18), Stats., reads: SPS 381.01 Note“Waters of the state” 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 or groundwater, natural or artificial, public or private within the state or under its jurisdiction.
SPS 381.01(284)(284) “Water supply system” means the piping of a private water main, water service and water distribution system, fixture supply connectors, fittings, valves, and appurtenances through which water is conveyed to points of usage such as plumbing fixtures, plumbing appliances, water using equipment or other piping systems to be served. SPS 381.01(285)(a)(a) Renders inactive or removes microbiological, particulate, inorganic, organic or radioactive contaminants from water which passes through the device or the water supply system downstream of the device; or SPS 381.01(285)(b)(b) Injects into the water supply system gaseous, liquid or solid additives other than water, to render inactive microbiological, particulate, inorganic, organic or radioactive contaminants. SPS 381.01(287)(287) “Wetland, constructed” means a man-made design complex of saturated substrates, emergent and submergent vegetation, and water that simulate natural wetlands for human use and benefits. SPS 381.01(288)(288) “Wet vent” means that portion of a vent pipe that receives the discharge from other fixtures. SPS 381.01 Note“Whirlpool” means a relatively small public swimming pool that uses high temperature water (greater than 93°F) and that may include a water agitation system. A whirlpool may also be referred to as a spa.
SPS 381.01 NoteNote: A fill and dump bathtub is not a whirlpool.
SPS 381.01(288m)(288m) “Whirlpool bath tub” means a plumbing appliance consisting of a bathtub fixture that is equipped and fitted with a circulation piping system designed to accept, circulate and discharge bathtub water upon each use. SPS 381.01(288s)(288s) “Yard hydrant” means a device with a water supply outlet, or faucet, that has a valve control and outlet above ground and a connection to the water supply system below ground. SPS 381.01(289)(289) “Yoke vent” means a vent connected to a drain stack for the purpose of preventing pressure changes in the drain stack. SPS 381.01 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, April, 2000, No. 532, eff. 7-1-00; cr. (7e), (17e), (60e), (67e), (67m), (82m), (90e), (163e), (170e), (199e), (209e), (209m), (252e), (288e) and (288m), am. (18), (20), (79), (80), (189), (203) and (204), r. and recr. (116), Register, December, 2000, No. 540, eff. 1-1-01; CR 01-139: am. (209) Register June 2002 No. 558, eff. 7-1-02; corrections in (152) and (154) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register June 2002 No. 558; CR 02-002: am. (7e), (42), (44), (46), (56), (80), (84), (90e), (120), (134), (147), (178), (181), (193), (195), (210), (245), (246), (247), and (276), cr. (7m), (35m), (51m), (56e), (61m), (62m), (65m), (72e), (90m), (108m), (160m), (187e), (212e), (214m), (265e), (273e), and (277e), r. and recr. (249) Register April 2003 No. 568, eff. 5-1-03; CR 02-129: cr. (2m) and (168m) Register January 2004 No. 577, eff. 2-1-04; CR 04-035: cr. (59m), (59s), (62s), (70m), (129s), (133s), (136s), (171e), (186s) and (256e), am. (234) and (269) Register November 2004 No. 587, eff. 12-1-04; CR 07-100: cr. (163s) Register September 2008 No. 633, eff. 10-1-08; correction in (288e) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register September 2008 No. 633; CR 08-055: am. (5), (79), (115), (120), (147), (156), (189), (204), (234), (269) and (288), r. (20), (67e), (67m), (199e), (209e), (209m), (252e) and (258), cr. (80m), (82e), (108s), (203m) and (231m), r. and recr. (80), (151) to (154), (163) and (203) Register February 2009 No. 638, eff. 3-1-09; corrections in (286) and (288e) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., and corrections to numbering of (80m), (108s) and (203m) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register February 2009 No. 638; CR 10-064: r. and recr. (35), am. (116), (166), renum. (160m) to be (160e), cr. (62e), (154m), (160m) Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11; correction in (intro.), (7e), (69), (88), (91), (170), (214), (237), (288e) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., 7., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672; CR 11-031: r. (51), renum. (51m) to (51), cr. (209m) Register June 2013 No. 690, eff. 7-1-13; CR 13-062: renum. (141) to (141) (intro.) and am., cr. (141) (a) to (c) Register February 2014 No. 698, eff. 3-1-14; EmR1703: emerg. cr. (50g), (50r), eff. 2-6-17; CR 17-017: cr. (50g), (50r) Register March 2018 No. 747, eff. 4-1-18; CR 17-065: cr. (13m), am. (92), cr. (93m), (183m), am. (194) Register June 2018 No. 750, eff. 7-1-18; correction in numbering (183m) under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register June 2018 No. 750; CR 23-006: cr. (2r), (4m), am. (17e), (18), cr. (22m), (30m), am. (35m), (39), (44), cr. (50c), (50e), renum. (50g) to (50t), cr. (50h), (50L), am. (65m), (66), cr. (66m), (73e), (73m), (73s), am. (79), (108s), (116), (117), cr. (117m), (129m), (138m), r. (150), cr. (153e), (153m), (153s), (154g), renum. (172) to (13e) and am., am. (189), cr. (195m), (197m), (199m), am. (204), cr. (218m), (229m), am. (231m), cr. (256m), (260m), (266m), am. (280), cr. (281m), am. (282), cr. (288s) Register September 2023 No. 813, eff. 10-1-23; renum. (50t) to (50m) under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., and correction in (18), (50m), (108s), (116), (117), (189), (204), (231m) made under 35.17, Stats., Register September 2023 No. 813. SPS 381.20SPS 381.20 Incorporation of standards by reference. SPS 381.20(1)(a)(a) Pursuant to s. 227.21 (2), Stats., the attorney general has consented to the incorporation by reference of the standards listed in sub. (3). SPS 381.20(1)(b)(b) The codes and standards that are referenced in this chapter, and any additional codes and standards that are subsequently referenced in those codes and standards, shall apply to the prescribed extent of each such reference, except as modified by this chapter. SPS 381.20 NoteNote: Copies of the adopted standards are on file in the offices of the department and the legislative reference bureau. Copies of the standards may be purchased through the respective organizations listed in Tables 381.20-1 to 381.20-13.
SPS 381.20(2)(a)(a) Alternate standards that are equivalent to or more stringent than the standards referenced in chs. SPS 381 to 387 may be used in lieu of the referenced standards when approved by the department or if written approval is issued by the department in accordance with par. (b). SPS 381.20(2)(a)1.1. Upon receipt of a fee and a written request, the department may issue an approval for the use of the alternate standard. SPS 381.20(2)(a)2.2. The department shall review and make a determination on an application for approval within 40 business days of receipt of all forms, fees and documents required to complete the review. SPS 381.20 NoteNote: Review fees for standards under this paragraph are listed in ch. SPS 302. SPS 381.20(2)(b)(b) Determination of approval shall be based on an analysis of the alternate standard and the standard referenced in chs. SPS 381 to 387, prepared by a qualified independent third party or the organization that published the standard contained in chs. SPS 381 to 387. SPS 381.20(2)(c)(c) The department may include specific conditions in issuing an approval, including an expiration date for the approval. Violations of the conditions under which an approval is issued shall constitute a violation of chs. SPS 381 to 387. SPS 381.20(2)(d)(d) If the department determines that the alternate standard is not equivalent to or more stringent than the referenced standard, the request for approval shall be denied in writing. SPS 381.20(2)(e)(e) The department may revoke an approval for any false statements or misrepresentations of facts on which the approval was based. SPS 381.20(2)(f)(f) The department may reexamine an approved alternate standard and issue a revised approval at any time. SPS 381.20(3)(3) Adoption of standards. The standards referenced in Tables 381.20-1 to 381.20-13 are incorporated by reference into chs. SPS 381 to 387. SPS 381.20 NoteNote: The tables in this section provide a comprehensive listing of all of the standards adopted by reference in chs. SPS 381 to 387. For requirements or limitations in how these standards are to be applied, refer to the code section that requires compliance with the standard. SPS 381.20(4)(4) Department authority. A department interpretation of an adopted standard under this chapter shall supersede any differing interpretation by either a lower level jurisdiction or an issuer of the adopted standard.
