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The use of on-site sewage treatment systems continues to be <br />carefully regulated by the City to assure adequate public health <br />and environmental protection. Each on-site system is <br />periodically inspected by the City to ensure proper use and <br />adequate maintenance. During the 1980Sr temporary summer <br />inspectors monitored existing systems^ while full-time City staff <br />performed the necessary plan review, new installation inspection <br />and record keeping functions of the on-site program. <br />In 1980-1989, the City issued permits for 311 new septic <br />systems. During this same period, 214 permits were issued for <br />repairs to existing systems. The number of existing systems did <br />not increase commensurately with the number of new systems <br />permitted, because during this same period a number of existing <br />systems were abandoned and connected to municipal sewer. <br />Of the currently approximately 1,100 existing septic <br />systems, approximately 15% use mound type drainfield systems due <br />to soil and water table conditions. Approximately 84% use <br />standard trench type drainfield systems. Approximately 1% of the <br />existing systems are holding tanks, due to extremely small lot <br />sizes or site conditions unsuitable for septic systems. As new <br />development continues in the rural area, the proportion of mound <br />type drainfield systems is expected to increase due to <br />site conditions. Approximately 75% of all new or replacement <br />systems constructed in the City in the last three years have been <br />mound systems. <br />B. NDSA Line Revisions <br />Existing MUSA/MSSR <br />The Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) within the City <br />of Orono was originally established via Resolution #1135 of the <br />City Council on April 14, 1980. Legal descriptions of specific <br />areas within the City were defined as Parts I through V of <br />Orono's Urban Services Area. <br />Resolution #1337 adopted November 23, 1981 established and <br />legally described parts VI and VII of Orono's MUSA/MSSR Area. <br />Resolution 12131 adopted February 23, 1987 reconfirmed the <br />inclusion of Parts VI and VII, and further added two areas of the <br />8