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Chapter 13 – Municipal Utilities

USER CHARGE. A charge levied on users of the wastewater collection and treatment
facilities for payment of operation and maintenance costs of such facilities.

VILLAGE. The Village of Sturtevant, Racine County, Wisconsin.

WASTEWATER. The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source, it
may be a combination of the liquid and water carried wastes from residences, commercial
buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water
and storm water that may be present.

WASTEWATER COLLECTION FACILITIES (or wastewater collection system). The
structures and equipment required to collect and carry away domestic and industrial
wastewater.

WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY. The city’s arrangement of devices and
structures for treating wastewater, industrial wastes and sludge. Sometimes used as
synonymous with wastewater treatment plant.

WATERCOURSE. A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water, either
continuously or intermittently.

WISCONSIN POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (WPDES)
PERMIT. A document issued by the Wisconsin State Department of Natural Resources
which establishes effluent limitations and monitoring requirements for the regional
wastewater treatment facility. WPDES permit and modifications thereof pertain to the
City of Racine wastewater treatment facility.

13.06 RULES AND REGULATIONS.

The following rules and regulations in relation to the operation of the Village Sewer
System are hereby adopted and shall be considered a part of the contract with every
person who shall make a sewerage connection with such system:

(1) Pursuant to the “Racine Area Intergovernmental Sanitary Sewer Service, Revenue
Sharing, Cooperation and Settlement Agreement of April 25, 2002,” the following
provisions of the Racine Sewer Ordinance, as amended, supplemented or recreated
from time-to-time, are incorporated herein by reference:

Sections 98-3 through 98-4
Sections 98-114 through 98-115
Sections 98-124 through 98-137

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