Chapter SPS 382 - Wisconsin

1 Published under s. , Wis. Stats., by the Legislative Reference Bureau. 21 SAFETY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SPS Chapter SPS 382. DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, SUPERVISION, MAINTENANCE. AND INSPECTION OF PLUMBING. SPS Scope. SPS Stormwater and clearwater plumbing systems. SPS Purpose. SPS Stormwater and clearwater subsurface infiltration plumbing sys- SPS Application. tems. SPS Sanitation facilities and campgrounds. Subchapter I Intent and Basic Requirements SPS Discharge points. SPS Basic plumbing principles. Subchapter IV Water Supply Systems Subchapter II Administration and Enforcement SPS Water supply systems.

2 SPS Plan review and cross connection control assembly registration. SPS Cross connection control. SPS Testing and inspection. SPS Maintenance and repairs. Subchapter V Special Plumbing Installations SPS Health care and related facilities. Subchapter III Drain and Vent Systems SPS Manufactured homes and manufactured home communities. SPS Sanitary drain systems. SPS Vents and venting systems. Subchapter VI Installation SPS Traps and direct fixture connections. SPS Pipe hangers and supports. SPS Indirect and local waste piping. SPS Wastewater treatment and holding devices.

3 Subchapter VII Plumbing Treatment Standards SPS Cleanouts. SPS Plumbing treatment standards. Note: Sections ILHR to , and to as they existed on Subchapter I Intent and Basic Requirements February 28, 1985 were repealed and new sections ILHR to and and were created effective March 1, 1985. Chapter ILHR 82 was renumbered Chapter Comm 82 under s. (2m) (b) 1., Stats. and corrections made under s. SPS Basic plumbing principles. This Chapter (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, February, 1997, No. 494. Chapter Comm 82 was renumbered Chapter SPS 382 under s.

4 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register December 2011 is founded upon basic principles of environmental sanitation and No. 672. safety through properly designed, installed and maintained plumbing systems. Some of the details of plumbing construction SPS Scope. The provisions of this Chapter apply may vary, but the basic sanitary and safety principles desirable and uniformly to the design, construction, installation, supervision, necessary to protect the health of people are the same. As inter- maintenance and inspection of plumbing, including but not lim- pretations may be required and as unforeseen situations arise ited to sanitary and storm drainage, water supplies, wastewater which are not specifically addressed, the following intent state- treatment, and dispersal or discharge for buildings, except for ments and basic requirements shall be used to evaluate equiva- POWTS systems as regulated by ch.

5 SPS 383. lency where applicable: History: Cr. Register, February, 1985, No. 350, eff. 3 1 85; CR 02 002: am. Reg- (1) INTENT. (a) Plumbing in connection with all buildings, ister April 2003 No. 568, eff. 5 1 03; CR 02 129: am. Register January 2004 No. public and private, intended for human occupancy, shall be 576, eff. 2 1 04; correction made under s. (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672. installed and maintained in such a manner so as to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public or occupants and the SPS Purpose.

6 Pursuant to s. , Stats., the waters of the state. purpose of this Chapter is to provide that all plumbing in connec- (b) Plumbing fixtures, appliances and appurtenances, whether tion with buildings and facilities in the state, including buildings existing or to be installed, shall be supplied with water in sufficient owned by the state or any political subdivision thereof, shall be volume and at pressures adequate to enable the fixtures, appli- safe, sanitary and such as to safeguard the public health and the ances and appurtenances to function properly and efficiently at all waters of the state.

7 Times and without undue noise under normal conditions of use. History: CR 02 002: cr. Register April 2003 No. 568, eff. 5 1 03. Plumbing systems shall be designed and adjusted to use the mini- mum quantity of water consistent with proper performance and SPS Application. (1) The provisions of this cleaning. Chapter are not retroactive, unless specifically stated otherwise in (c) Devices for heating and storing water in pressure vessels the rule. or tanks shall be so designed and installed as to prevent dangers (2) Pursuant to s. , Stats.

8 , this Chapter is uniform in of explosion or overheating. application and a municipality may not enact an ordinance for the (d) Drain systems shall be designed, constructed and main- design, construction, installation, supervision, maintenance and tained so as to conduct the wastewater or sewage efficiently and inspection of plumbing which is more stringent than this Chapter , shall have adequate cleanouts. except as specifically permitted by rule. (e) The drain systems shall be so designed as to provide an ade- (3) A department interpretation of the requirements in this quate circulation of air in all pipes and no danger of siphonage, Chapter shall supersede any differing interpretation by a lower aspiration or forcing of trap seals under conditions of ordinary level jurisdiction.

9 A department decision on the application of the use. requirements in this Chapter shall supersede any differing decision (f) A plumbing system shall be of durable material, free from by a lower level jurisdiction. Note: A decision of the department may be appealed. Section (6) (e), defective workmanship, and designed and constructed so as to Stats., outlines the procedure for submitting requests to the department for appeal provide satisfactory service for its reasonable expected life. hearings and the department procedures for hearing appeals.

10 (g) Proper protection shall be provided to prevent contamina- History: Cr. Register, February, 1985, No. 350, eff. 3 1 85; CR 02 002: renum. to be (1), cr. (2) Register April 2003 No. 568, eff. 5 1 03; CR 07 100: cr. (3) Register tion of food, water, sterile goods and similar materials by back- September 2008 No. 633, eff. 10 1 08. flow of wastewater. Published under s. , Stats. Updated on the first day of each month. Entire code is always current. The Register date on each page is the date the Chapter was last published. Register May 2016 No.