NR 812.07(73)(73) “Pit” means any structure that is completely or partially below the ground surface or below a building floor used for the housing of wells, off-set pumps, pressure tanks or valves. Alcoves are pits. NR 812.07(74)(74) “Pitless adapter or unit” means a mechanical device attached to the well casing pipe, usually below the frost level, for underground conveyance of water from the well. NR 812.07(74)(a)(a) “Weld-on pitless adapter” means a pitless adapter attached to a cut opening in the well casing pipe by a weld applied at the well site. NR 812.07(74)(b)(b) “Pitless unit” means a pitless adapter device assembled and pressure tested for leakage at a factory and designed to be attached, in the field, to the top of the cut-off portion of the well casing pipe. NR 812.07(74)(c)(c) “Clamp-on or bolt-on pitless adapter” is a pump installation discharge equipment device having a saddle designed to be attached to cover the outside of an opening that has been cut through the well casing pipe, to allow the saddle to be connected with nuts to the ends of a threaded U-bolt or U-strap that will surround the well casing pipe. NR 812.07(74)(d)(d) “Bolt-through pitless adapter” is a pitless device that includes two gasketed metal segments that are to be attached with a threaded coupling and designed to extend through and plug a hole that has been cut through the polyvinyl chloride or ABS thermoplastic well casing pipe. NR 812.07(74)(e)(e) “Pitless receiver tank” means a pitless unit having a permanently attached steel pressure tank surrounding the casing pipe as an integral part of the unit and installed, as a unit, at a factory. NR 812.07(75)(75) “Potable” or “potable water” means water supplied for human consumption, sanitary use or for the washing or preparation of food or pharmaceutical products. NR 812.07 NoteNote: The term “water for human consumption” is used interchangeably with the term “potable water.”
NR 812.07(75g)(75g) “POWTS” means a private onsite wastewater treatment system. NR 812.07 NoteNote: A “POWTS” may include, but is not limited to, a substitute for a septic tank or soil absorption field or a substitute for a holding tank.
NR 812.07 NoteNote: Section SPS 381.01 (183) defines “POWTS component” as any subsystem, subassembly or other system designed for use in or as part of a private onsite wastewater treatment system which may include treatment, dispersal or holding and related piping. NR 812.07 NoteNote: Section SPS 381.01 (184) defines “POWTS dispersal component” as a device or method that is intended to promote the assimilation of treated wastewater by the environment. The terms “absorption field” and “sewage disposal unit” and “POWTS dispersal unit” have been used in previous versions of this rule to describe these types of units. NR 812.07 NoteNote: Section SPS 381.01 (185) defines “POWTS holding component” as any receptacle intended to collect wastewater for a period of time, including holding and dosing tanks. NR 812.07 NoteNote: Section SPS 381.01 (186) defines “POWTS treatment component” as a device or method that is intended to reduce the contaminant load of wastewater. NR 812.07(76)(76) “Preparation of food products” means washing, cooling, cooking, pasteurizing, bottling, canning or otherwise preparing food for human consumption and includes the washing of utensils and equipment used in the production or preparation of food. NR 812.07(77)(77) “Pressure or box elbow” means a special concentric pipe fitting used to raise the horizontal pressurized concentric piping arrangement between a well and an off-set pump vertically to the specified elevation above the floor. NR 812.07 NoteNote: Section 145.01 (12), Stats., defines “private on-site wastewater treatment system” as a sewage treatment and disposal system serving a single structure with a septic tank and soil absorption field located on the same parcel as the structure. This term also means an alternative sewage system approved by the department including a substitute for the septic tank or soil absorption field, a holding tank, a system serving more than one structure or a system located on a different parcel than the structure. A private on-site wastewater treatment system may be owned by the property owner or by a special purpose district. NR 812.07(78)(78) “Private water system” means any water system supplying water that is not a public water system. NR 812.07 NoteNote: Section SPS 391.03 (6) defines “pit privy” as an enclosed nonportable toilet into which nonwater-carried human wastes are deposited to a subsurface storage chamber that is not watertight. Section SPS 391.03 (9) defines “vault privy” as an enclosed nonportable toilet into which nonwater-carried human wastes are deposited to a subsurface storage chamber that is watertight. NR 812.07(79e)(79e) “Pressure system” means that portion of a pump installation that is upstream of a building control valve or upstream of a pressure tank, including the pressure tank. NR 812.07(79m)(79m) “Proposed landfill” means a landfill for which actual notice of the intention to develop the facility has been given to the owners of property located within 1,200 feet of the proposed facility or for which a request has been made under s. 289.22 (1m), Stats., provided that a feasibility report under s. 289.23, Stats., is submitted to the department within 2 years after the applicable notice or request. Proposed landfill does not include a facility the department has determined to be not feasible under s. 289.23, Stats., or a facility for which the department has determined that an approval for the facility is not being pursued with reasonable diligence. NR 812.07(79p)(79p) “Property transfer well inspection” means an inspection, for compensation, for the purpose of locating or evaluating wells that need to be filled and sealed and water supply wells or pressure systems on real property in contemplation of a transfer of the real property.