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� �" <br /> Siting a wastewater treatment plant is challenging, especially if the need is imminent and <br /> development has already encroached on most potential sites. Acceptable corridors for the <br /> construction of fuhue interceptor systems are becoming both harder to locate as new <br /> construction occurs and more expensive to buy. For this reason, it will be necessary to <br /> work with the developing communities early on in the planning process to set aside future <br /> wastewater treatment plant sites as well as possible utility corridors for future interceptor <br /> systems. <br /> • The Council will continue to provide wastewater services to communities based on the <br /> definition of a metropolitan interceptor. <br /> The Council seeks to contain the costs of the MDS as much as possible. One strategy is to <br /> minimize the number of points at which a regional interceptor meets a community's local <br /> sewer system. In providing new interceptor service to a community, the Council's <br /> responsibility is to provide the service to the community's border. <br /> Definition: A metropolitan interceptor must meet at least one of the following criteria: <br /> — Be designed to receive an average flow of at least 500,000 gallons per day from, <br /> or serve at least 1,000 developable acres in, local governments other than the one <br /> in which it is primarily located. <br /> — Is located in one local government unit and conveys or is designed to convey at <br /> least 90 percent of the ultimate wastewater flow originating in an upstream local <br /> government. <br /> — Is needed to directly connect other facilities owned or to be constructed by the <br /> Council. <br /> Rural Growth Centers <br /> The Council recognizes that some of the Rural Growth Centers located within the <br /> metropolitan area are under extreme pressure to add housing and employment to their <br /> communities, while others are not and do not want to take on large quantities of growth. <br /> If a rural center is willing to expand to accommodate the increased growth as forecasted <br /> by the Council, it may need the Council's Environmental Services division to become <br /> involved in the possible acquisition, operation and betterment of the wastewater treatment <br /> plant located in that community. <br /> IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES <br /> • Existing wastewater treatment plants in rural centers (centers that do not want <br /> significant growth) will not be owned and operated by the Metropolitan Council. <br /> • Existing wastewater treatment plants owned and operated by Rural Growth Centers <br /> (centers that want to grow) will be acquired and operated by MCES upon request and <br /> established Council criteria. The request for acquisition must be made to the Council <br /> through a comprehensive plan amendment. Alternately, the Rural Growth Center may <br /> request that the Council own and operate a new wastewater treatment plant to serve <br /> the community,following the same criteria and process. <br /> As these communities plan for the Council-projected growth for their communities, they <br /> may request that the Council acquire their wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) through <br /> , 32 <br />