Register October 2023 No. 814
APPENDIX
The material contained in this appendix is for clarification purposes only. The notes, illustrations, etc., are numbered to correspond to the number of the rule as it appears in the text of the code.
A-382.20 (2) AGENT MUNICIPALITIES. The department has designated several municipalities the authority to review and approve plumbing plans and specifications for those plumbing installations located within the boundary limits of the municipality and that require approval under s.
SPS 382.20. There are also municipalities designated for stormwater infiltration review when required as per s.
SPS 382.20.
A-382.20 (4) WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES (WQM.) There are 23 water quality management agencies serving the state. These agencies review proposed sewer extensions and provide Sewer Service Area Conformance letters (also known as WQM letters).
A-382.30 (4)-1. BRANCH INTERVALS.
A-382.30 (4)-2. RECEPTOR DESIGN. The following table lists the gallons per minute (GPM) that can be expected to readily flow through a given size trap where the receptor has a height (H) as indicated.
Also listed is a drainage fixture unit (dfu) load that a given size receptor trap may be expected to adequately receive.
Note: A minimum individual 4 inch diameter trap and drain for a commercial type dishwasher is recommended.
A-382.30 (4)-3. SLOPE BETWEEN MANHOLES IN CONVENTIONAL GRAVITY SEWERS. Section NR 110.13 (2) (c) reads:
“Slope. 1. Conventional gravity sewers shall be laid with uniform slope between manholes. All sewers shall be designed and constructed to give average velocities of not less than 60 centimeters per second (2.0 feet per second) when flowing full. The minimum slopes in Table 1 shall be provided. Slopes less than 0.4% may be permitted for 20 centimeter (8 inch) sewers. In such cases, however, the slope may not be less than 0.3%. The department [DNR] will approve these sewers only when the owner demonstrates that physical circumstances warrant the lesser slope. Furthermore, approval will not be granted until the department [DNR] has received written assurance from the operating authority that the authority will provide the additional maintenance which may result from the sedimentation due to decreased velocities.”
A-382.30 (6) (b) OFFSETS IN VERTICAL DRAINS.
A-382.30 (7) HORIZONTAL BRANCH DRAIN CONNECTION AT BASE OF A STACK.
A-382.30 (8) MEASURING RADIUS OF A FITTING.
A-382.30 (10) (a) DETERMINING REQUIRED CAPACITY OF SANITARY SUMP.
A-382.30 (10) (b) 3. VELOCITY AND FLOW RELATIONSHIP MAINTAINING 2 FEET PER SECOND.
Schedule 40 PVC
Velocity And Flow Relationship Maintaining 2 Feet Per Second
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A-382.30 (11) (b) BUILDING DRAINS SERVING ANY BUILDING.
A-382.30 (11) (c) BUILDING SEWER INSULATION.
A-382.30 (11) (d) SETBACKS FOR VARIOUS CONTAMINANT SOURCES. Setbacks for various contaminant sources as specified in chs. NR 811 and NR 812 read:
NR 811.12 (5) (d)
(d) Minimum separation from contamination sources. The well shall be adequately separated from potential sources of contamination. Unless a hydrogeologic investigation indicates lesser separation distances would provide adequate protection of a well from contamination or department approved treatment is installed to address the potential contamination concerns, the minimum separation distances shall be:
1. Ten feet between a well and an emergency or standby power system that is operated by the same facility which operates the well and that has a double wall above ground storage tank with continuous electronic interstitial leakage monitoring. These facilities shall meet the installation requirements of s.
ATCP 93.260 and receive written approval from the department of safety and professional services or its designated Local Program Operator under s.
ATCP 93.110.
2. Fifty feet between a well and a storm sewer main or a sanitary sewer main where the sanitary sewer main is constructed of water main class materials and joints. Gravity sanitary sewers shall be successfully air pressure tested in place. The air pressure test shall meet or exceed the requirements of the 4 psi low pressure air test for plastic gravity sewer lines found in the latest edition of Standard Specifications for Sewer & Water Construction in Wisconsin. Force mains shall be successfully pressure tested with water to meet the AWWA C600 pressure and leakage testing requirements for one hour at 125% of the pump shut-off head.
3. Two hundred feet between a well and any sanitary sewer main not constructed of water main class materials, sanitary sewer manhole, lift station, one or 2 family residential heating fuel oil underground storage tank or above ground storage tank or POWTS treatment tank or holding tank component and associated piping.
4. Three hundred feet between a well and any farm underground storage tank system or other underground storage tank system with double wall and with electronic interstitial monitoring for the system, which means the tank and any piping connected to it. These installations shall meet the most restrictive installation requirements of s.
ATCP 93.260 and receive written approval from the department of safety and professional services or its designated Local Program Operator under s.
ATCP 93.110. These requirements apply to tanks containing gasoline, diesel, bio-diesel, ethanol, other alternative fuel, fuel oil, petroleum product, motor fuel, burner fuel, lubricant, waste oil, or hazardous substances.
5. Three hundred feet between a well and any farm above ground storage tank with double wall, or single wall tank with other secondary containment and under a canopy; other above ground storage tank system with double wall, or single wall tank with secondary containment and under a canopy and with electronic interstitial monitoring for a double wall tank or electronic leakage monitoring for a single wall tank secondary containment structure. These installations shall meet the most restrictive installation requirements of
s. ATCP 93.260 and receive written approval from the department of safety and professional services or its designated Local Program Operator under
s. ATCP 93.110. These requirements apply to tanks containing gasoline, diesel, bio-diesel, ethanol, other alternative fuel, fuel oil, petroleum product, motor fuel, burner fuel, lubricant, waste oil, or hazardous substances.
6. Four hundred feet between a well and a POWTS dispersal component with a design capacity of less than 12,000 gallons per day, a cemetery or a storm water retention or detention pond.
7. Six hundred feet between a well and any farm underground storage tank system or other underground storage tank system with double wall and with electronic interstitial monitoring for the system, which means the tank and any piping connected to it; any farm above ground storage tank with double wall, or single wall tank with other secondary containment and under a canopy or other above ground storage tank system with double wall, or single wall tank with secondary containment and under a canopy; and with electronic interstitial monitoring for a double wall tank or electronic leakage monitoring for a single wall tank secondary containment structure. These installations shall meet the standard double wall tank or single wall tank secondary containment installation requirements of s.
ATCP 93.260 and receive written approval from the department of safety and professional services or its designated Local Program Operator under s.
ATCP 93.110. These requirements apply to tanks containing gasoline, diesel, bio-diesel, ethanol, other alternative fuel, fuel oil, petroleum product, motor fuel, burner fuel, lubricant, waste oil, or hazardous substances.
8. One thousand feet between a well and land application of municipal, commercial, or industrial waste; the boundaries of a landspreading facility for spreading of petroleum-contaminated soil regulated under ch.
NR 718 while that facility is in operation; agricultural, industrial, commercial or municipal waste water treatment plant treatment units, lagoons, or storage structures; manure stacks or storage structures; or POWTS dispersal component with a design capacity of 12,000 gallons per day or more.
9. Twelve hundred feet between a well and any solid waste storage, transportation, transfer, incineration, air curtain destructor, processing, wood burning, one time disposal or small demolition facility; sanitary landfill; any property with residual groundwater contamination that exceeds ch.
NR 140 enforcement standards;
coal storage area; salt or deicing material storage area; any single wall farm underground storage tank or single wall farm above ground storage tank or other single wall underground storage tank or above ground storage tank that has or has not received written approval from the department of safety and professional services or its designated Local Program Operator under s.
ATCP 93.110 for a single wall tank installation. These requirements apply to tanks containing gasoline, diesel, bio-diesel, ethanol, other alternative fuel, fuel oil, petroleum product, motor fuel, burner fuel, lubricant, waste oil, or hazardous substances; and bulk pesticide or fertilizer handling or storage facilities.
Note: The department's database of contaminated properties, established in accordance with ss.
292.12 (3),
292.31 (1), and
292.57, Stats., can be found on the department's Bureau for Remediation and Redevelopment internet web site. The Bureau for Remediation and Redevelopment Tracking System (BRRTS) is an on-line database that provides information on known contaminated soil or groundwater and tracks the status of the cleanup actions. RR Sites Map is the program's geographic information system that provides a map-based system of contaminated properties in Wisconsin. The department of safety and professional services Storage Tank Database Information can be found at the department of safety and professional services web site.
NR 812.08 Well, reservoir and spring location. (1) GENERAL. Any potable or nonpotable well or reservoir shall be located:
(a) So the well and its surroundings can be kept in a sanitary condition.
(b) At the highest point on the property consistent with the general layout and surroundings if reasonably possible, but in any case protected against surface water flow and flooding and not downslope from a contamination source on the property or on an adjacent property regardless of what was installed first, the well or the contamination source. When a contamination source is installed upslope from a well in violation of this section after the well construction has been completed, the violation is not the responsibility of the well driller, except if the well driller knew or should have known of the proposed upslope installation of the contamination source. When there is no location on the property where this requirement can be met, a well may be constructed without a variance if it is constructed with a minimum of 20 or more feet of well casing pipe than is required by ss.
NR 812.12 and
812.13 and Tables I and II or with a minimum of 60 feet of well casing pipe provided that the minimum well casing pipe depth requirements of s.
NR 812.12 or
812.13 and Table I or II are met. This exception does not apply to high capacity, school or wastewater treatment plant wells. A well or reservoir is located downslope from a contamination source, regardless of the presence or absence of a structure between the well and the contamination source, if:
1. The ground surface elevation at the well or reservoir is lower than the elevation at the contamination source, and
2. Surface water that washes over the contamination source would travel within eight feet of the well or reservoir, or over the well or reservoir.
(c) As far away from any known or possible source of contamination as the general layout of the premises and the surroundings allow.
Note: Section
PSC 114.234 requires that a horizontal clearance of at least
¾ of the vertical clearance of the conductors, including overhead power lines to the ground required by Rule 232 shall be maintained between open conductors and wells. Persons installing wells must comply with this requirement.
(d) Such that any potential contaminant source, not identified in this section or in Table A, is a minimum of 8 feet from the well or reservoir.
(e) Every well shall be located so that it is reasonably accessible with proper equipment for cleaning, treatment, repair, testing, inspection and any other maintenance that may be necessary.
(2) RELATION TO BUILDINGS. In relation to buildings, the location of any potable or nonpotable well shall be as follows:
(a) When a well is located outside and adjacent to a building, it shall be located so that the center line of the well extended vertically will clear any projection from the building by not less than 2 feet and so that the top of the well casing pipe extends at least 12 inches above the final established ground grade.
(b) When a structure is built over a drilled well, it shall have an access hatch or removable hatch, or provide other access to allow for pulling of the pump. The well casing pipe shall extend at least 12 inches above the floor and be sealed watertight at the point where it extends through the floor.
(c) No well may be located, nor a building constructed, such that the well casing pipe will terminate in or extend through the basement of any building or terminate under the floor of a building having no basement. The top of a well casing pipe may terminate in a walkout basement meeting the criteria of s.
NR 812.42 (9) (b) 1. to
4. A well may not terminate in or extend through a crawl space having a below ground grade depression or excavation.
(3) RELATION TO FLOODPLAINS. (a) A potable or nonpotable well may be constructed, reconstructed or replaced in a floodfringe provided that the top of the well is terminated at least 2 feet above the regional flood elevation for the well site.
