The steps necessary to hook up to the Municipal Water System, when/if you choose to, after the service valve is installed to your property line are as follows:
Hire a contractor for installing a pipe from the service valve to your house and a plumber to install the water meter. The District wants to stress to you to be sure your contractor installs the correct size service pipe for you. The size of this pipe partly depends on the number of plumbing fixtures in your house.The District requires your plumber to supply water calculations for your house.The connection permit is $40.00. The District requires your plumber to pick up your water meter.Your plumber will be responsible to verify no cross connections exist between your residential well and the Municipal Water System.
The District requires 24 hour notice to inspect both the exterior hookup and the interior connection. After inspection, the District will turn on the water service valve. The plumber is required to be onsite during inspection.
Once you choose to use the Municipal Water System and are actually hooked up to the water, you
have one more decision, per the District’s Ordinance, to make in regards to your existing private well. You must choose to either keep your well by obtaining a permit or abandon your well. These options
are discussed in detail in the following two sections for Well Operation Permit or Well Abandonment Procedure.
Well Operation Permit
After you start using the Municipal Water System, if you decide to keep your well, you must obtain a well operation permit from the District within the first two months of using the Municipal Water System. Requirements for a well operation permit are:
You are required to have two safe bacteriological samples taken at least 14 days apart 2 months prior to permitting. The permit costs $40.00. The permit is good for 5 years and at that time will need to be renewed.
Your well and pump installation meet or are upgraded to meet the requirements of Chapter NR 812, Wis. Adm. Code.
There shall be no cross-connections specifically between the residential well pump installation and the Municipal Water System. Your plumber must isolate the two water systems. Your existing well water may be used for outside hose bibs, toilets, and/or other fixtures as long as it is separated from the Municipal Water System.
If you fail the bacteriological tests and the well is not able to test safe in repeat samples, the District’s Ordinance requires you to abandon your well within 3 months of the first failed sample.
If you choose to abandon your well, the following applies: All wells shall be abandoned according to the procedures and methods of Chapter NR 812 Wis. Adm. Code. A copy of the abandonment report form, supplied by the Department of Natural Resources, shall be completed and submitted by the well owner to the Sanitary District and the Department of Natural Resources within ten days of the completion of the well abandonment.
