Wisconsin Statutes 60.70 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 60.70
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Town: may be construed to include cities, villages, wards or districts. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Village: means incorporated village. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) “Commission” means the town sanitary district commission.
(1m) “Commissioner” means a member of a commission.
(2) “Equalized full value” means the assessed full value adjusted to reflect the full value as determined under s. 70.57.
(3) “Municipality” means a city, village or town.
(4) “Pollution” means contaminating or rendering unclean or impure the waters of the state, or making them injurious to public health, harmful for commercial or recreational use, or deleterious to fish, bird, animal or plant life.
(5) “Private on-site wastewater treatment system” has the meaning given under s. 145.01 (12).
(6) “Sewerage system” means all structures, conduits and pipelines by which sewage is collected, transported, pumped, treated and disposed of, except plumbing inside and in connection with buildings served, and service pipes from building to street main.
(7) “Solid waste” has the meaning given under s. 289.01 (33).
(8) “Solid waste disposal” has the meaning given under s. 289.01 (34).
(9) “Town sanitary district” or “district” means a town sanitary district created under this subchapter.
(10) “Water system” means all structures, conduits and appurtenances by means of which water is delivered to consumers except piping and fixtures inside buildings served and service pipes from building to street main.
(11) “Waters of the state” has the meaning given under s. 281.01 (18).