NR 162.003(69) (69) “Sewage collection system” has the meaning given under s. NR 110.03 (28), and includes individual systems, such as septic tanks, holding tanks, mound systems, and cluster systems, if the individual systems meet the criteria established under s. NR 162.03 (2).

NR 162.003 Note Note: Under s. NR 110.03 (28), “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 162.003(70) (70) “Sewer” means a sewage collection system or an MS4, a portion of a sewage collection system or MS4, or other pipes that carry water to a treatment facility.

NR 162.003(71) (71) “Sewer service area” means that area served by a wastewater treatment works, or an area for which an agreement has been reached for future wastewater service, or an area for which capacity is provided to allow disposal of septic tank or holding tank wastes.

NR 162.003(72) (72) “Storm water” has the meaning given in s. NR 216.002 (33).

NR 162.003 Note Note: Under s. NR 216.002 (33), “storm water” means runoff from precipitation, including rain, snow, ice melt, or similar water that moves on the land surface via sheet or channelized flow.

NR 162.003(73) (73) “Subscribing municipality” means a municipality that discharges or plans to discharge all or part of its wastewater or storm water to another municipality for treatment and disposal.

NR 162.003(74) (74) “Subsidy” means the amount provided by the environmental improvement fund to a recipient of CWFP financial assistance under ss. 281.58 and 281.59, Stats., for any of the following purposes:

NR 162.003(74)(a) (a) To reduce the interest rate of CWFP loans from market interest rate to a lower subsidized rate.

NR 162.003(74)(b) (b) To reduce the interest payments on eligible loans or portions of loans made by the BCPL.

NR 162.003(74)(c) (c) To forgive a portion of the principal of a CWFP loan.

NR 162.003(75) (75) “Substantial completion” means the date on which construction of the scored project is sufficiently complete in accordance with the contract documents so that the owner can occupy or utilize the scored project for its intended use.

NR 162.003(76) (76) “TSS” means total suspended solids.

NR 162.003(77) (77) “Treatment work” has the meaning given in s. 283.01 (18), Stats.

NR 162.003 Note Note: Under s. 283.01 (18), Stats., “treatment work” means any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial waste of a liquid nature or necessary to recycle or reuse water at the most economical cost over the estimated life of the work, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, cooling towers and ponds, pumping, power and other equipment, and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions, and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works, including site acquisition of the land that will be an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment. Additionally, “treatment work” means any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating, or disposing of municipal waste, including storm water runoff, or industrial waste, including waste in combined storm water and sanitary sewer systems. This definition of “treatment work” includes storm water BMPs for municipalities that are required to obtain a municipal WPDES storm water discharge permit under ch. 283, Stats., and other department-approved projects to reduce wastewater and storm water pollutants entering our waterways. This definition does not apply to nonpoint source projects funded under the department’s pilot projects program created under s. 281.58 (6) (b) 9. and (7) (b) 7., Stats.

NR 162.003(78) (78) “Treatment facility” means a structure or group of structures constructed and used for purposes of treating wastewater, including municipal biosolids, to reduce pollutants entering waters of the state.

NR 162.003(79) (79) “Unsewered municipality” means a municipality in which some or all of the residential areas lack a sewage collection system.

NR 162.003(80) (80) “Useful life” means one of the following:

NR 162.003(80)(a) (a) The period during which a treatment works operates, if the treatment work was constructed partially or wholly with U.S. environmental protection agency title II construction grants.

NR 162.003(80)(b) (b) The term of the financial assistance agreement for the project, if the treatment work was originally constructed partially or wholly with CWFP financing or financing other than that identified in par. (a).

NR 162.003(81) (81) “User charge” means a charge levied on users of a treatment work or BMP for the user’s proportional share of the cost of operation, maintenance, and replacement of the treatment work or BMP.

NR 162.003(82) (82) “User charge system” means a system of charges meeting requirements established in s. NR 162.07, and s. 281.58 (14) (b) 1. and 7., Stats., for projects funded under subch. II, or a set of minimum control measure programs described in s. NR 216.031 (2) (c) to (e) for projects funded under subch. III.

NR 162.003 Note Note: User charge system requirements for storm water utility districts may include a requirement for a system of charges.

NR 162.003(83) (83) “Wastewater” means a waste stream conveyed to a treatment works via a sewage collection system, including a combined sewer conveying both sanitary wastewater and storm water, or the sewage sludge or other byproducts of wastewater treatment trucked or discharged to another treatment facility, such as a biosolids facility, for additional treatment.

NR 162.003(84) (84) “Women business enterprise” or “WBE” means a DBE that is owned or controlled on a daily basis by a woman or women.

NR 162.003(85) (85) “WPDES permit” means a Wisconsin pollution discharge elimination system permit issued under ch. 283, Stats.

NR 162.003 History History: CR 22-045: cr. Register October 2023 No. 814, eff. 11-1-23.

subch. II of ch. NR 162 Subchapter II — Financial Assistance Requirements

NR 162.01 NR 162.01 Types of financial assistance available. The department and DOA may, subject to applicable requirements of ss. 281.58 and 281.59, Stats., and ch. Adm 35, provide to an eligible applicant for a scored project any of the following types of financial assistance unless the project reaches substantial completion more than 3 years prior to the date the applicant submits a complete application for financial assistance under s. NR 162.05 (4) or the applicant already has long-term affordable debt outstanding for a project that is already complete or has reached substantial completion prior to the application submittal date: