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S&B Plumbing Program Contacts - Email questions about plumbing: DspsSbPlbgTech@wi.gov - Email questions about products evaluations (plumbing, POWTS): DspsSbProductTech@wi.gov - Email questions about cross connection control: DspsSbCrossConnections@wi.gov - List of S&B Plumbing Product Reviewers
- List of Water Quality Management (WQM) agencies - S&B Plumbing Consultants districts map - S&B Credentialing Unit, 608-261-8500, DspsSbCredentialing@wi.gov - Accessibility:
Send email
questions to: DspsSbBuildingTech@wi.gov
or
contact a commercial buildings plan
reviewer.
Search of Safety and Buildings Division database for product evaluations - plumbing, private onsite treatment system, and pools. Drinking water treatment device approval information is available. Plan Review Status Check: Enter designer ID info and learn the status of S&B scheduled plan review. People who hold plumbing credentials with the Safety and Buildings Division are listed so that municipal officials and others may check to see that someone's credential is current.
- Online search for plumbing, private onsite treatment systems, and pools product approvals. - There are now four video courses that offer online plumbing education.- Plumbing water supply air gap calculation spreadsheet, Excel file - Rules for Water Heaters Used as Space Heaters, PDF file - Private Onsite Wastewater Component Manuals - SBD-10860 Combination water calc worksheet for home plumbing system and 13D fire protection system (N10/07) PDF file - The Water Calc Crew file is a Excel program on CD that is available through state Document Sales (see page six of the catalogue, call 800-362-7253). The disc has two Excel files on it: The Water Calc Crew File and the Fire / Water Calc Crew File.- How are campgrounds in Wisconsin affected by the Plumbing Program?
- Water treatment device review questions and answers - Yard Hydrants brochure, SBD-10893, PDF file - Who-can-install-plumbing brochure - "It's the Law" - SBD-10635, PDF file - Information on Water Quality Management Letters. - Worksheet for calculating time and peak discharge rates on small sites, Excel worksheet. Uses the rational method. Download and save the worksheet to your computer. Variables are entered by the user or are automatically calculated. There is a "Help Page" button leading to descriptions of the fields. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, you can direct them to Lenny Kanter, S&B Soil Erosion Consultant, robert.kanter@wi.gov, 608-261-6541. - Stormwater Plumbing System Plan Submittal Checklist, SBD-10884 (R01/09) PDF file - Stormwater / Plumbing Q&As - The "Manufactured Perimeter Control and Slope Interruption Departmental Approval Process" lays out requirements that must be met in order for a manufactured perimeter control or slope interruption product to be approved for use on sites regulated by DSPS, PDF file
- Here is a Retention Storage Graph for use with the above Excel worksheet that calculates peak discharges, times of concentration, and required detention volumes. PDF file. - Here is an Excel spreadsheet that helps you calculate stormwater design. You can download it to your computer and use it repeatedly.- The revised storm section of the plumbing code requires that an inlet be designed for the anticipated flow, SPS 382.36(9 (b)2. Safety and Buildings staff have developed an Excel spreadsheet “Inlet Calculator” that determines the capacity for the inlet grate to accept stormwater based on the equation found in the plumbing stormwater manual. (There are two solutions for the equation in the calculator. One of the solution assumes that the inlet is 1/3 obstructed by debris. The other solution has no obstruction included in the calculation. The department will accept either solution.) You can download and save the calculator to your computer. Internet testing registration for cross connections control assemblies Violations of Wisconsin plumbing license law can cost money Staff of the Safety and Buildings Division of the state Department of Safety and Professional Services can financially penalize people who violate the state plumbing license law. A system of possible warnings and forfeitures was put into place by administrative rules adopted in early 2008 to work against unsafe, unhealthy, and illegal conditions caused by unlicensed people installing plumbing. Plumbing work being done by improperly licensed people or causing imminent risk can be ordered shut down. Forfeitures will not be issued in all circumstances; warnings may be issued. There is a process for appealing forfeitures. S&B will maintain records of the license violations. Monies collected go into the state school fund, while unpaid assessments may be referred to the state attorney general for collection. S&B plumbing consultants and wastewater specialists can assess forfeitures up to $2,000 against people plumbing without a proper license or overseeing persons installing plumbing without the proper license. Specifically, SPS 305.12 (Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations Code) lists possible penalties for code installation violations such as: -- Not having any plumbing license or not having the appropriate license; -- Not having a master plumber in charge; -- A master plumber allowing someone to install plumbing without the proper license; -- Offering to do business as a plumber without a supervising master plumber; -- A master plumber allowing violation of their authority; or -- Testing cross connection devices without a tester registration. SPS 305 also outlines possible license revocation and suspension scenarios. Exceptions to state law allow plumbing work without a license by a property owner in a one-family home owned and occupied by the owner (unless there is a local ordinance prohibition), or in a related farm building. Minor faucet or valve repairs or removing of stoppages is also allowed without a license. Questions on the rules can be directed to Safety and Buildings Division plumbing consultants or wastewater specialists. County Web sites || City/Town/Village Web sites || State Portal || Build Your Business The Department of Safety and Professional Services Safety and Buildings Division is an equal opportunity service provider and employer. If you need assistance to access services or need material in an alternate format, please contact us, 608-266-3151, TDD Relay dial 711 in Wisconsin or 800-947-3529. |
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