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' ' _ , <br /> ' � - . • • a <br /> - , <br /> , <br /> . � <br /> . . JUNE, 1980 , <br /> . � .��� �. <br /> � • <br /> RURAL FACILITIES PLANNING INCLUDES ALTERNATIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT STUDIES. � <br /> The objective of public involvement in �sewage disposal is to provide <br /> assu�rance of treatment methods and levels sufficient to safeguard the � <br /> public health and the natural environment. The objective of sewage <br /> treatment planning is to determine the most cost-effective treatment t <br /> method consistent with the primary goal and with the City ' s other planning 1 <br /> objectives . In urban areas , the preferred method is obviously central , <br /> sewerage . In rural areas , at rural densities , the preferred method is j <br /> individual on-site treatment and disposal . Where older , developed housing ' <br /> clusters exist within otherwise rural areas , sewer facilities planning � <br /> requires the study of a wide range of alternative treatment methods . �; <br /> Orono' s Alternative Studies include an inventory and analysis method � <br /> similar to that included in the MWCC ' s 201 Alternative Waste Management ; <br /> Systems Evaluation Study. Acceptable solutions for treatment difficulties <br /> include the following list of options : <br /> 1) Alteration of the water consumption habits of the users , coupled � <br /> with careful system maintenance . <br /> 2) Repair or reconstruction of individual systems. , i <br /> 3) Replacement of existing systems with new individual systems <br /> • constructed to new City (WPC-40) standards . ; <br /> 4) Installation of innovative on-site systems including consideration <br /> ' of composting or incinerating devices . � <br /> 5) Installation of� •individual holding tanks with off-site disposal . <br /> 6) Installation of a collection system and .a community drainfield . ; <br /> 7) Installation of a collection system connected to the metropolitan ! <br /> interceptor . ' <br /> 8) Condemnation and demolition . I <br /> All of the foregoing options are self-contained , on-site alternatives , <br /> except the connection to municipal sewer. The Metropolitan Council ' s . <br /> Water Quality Management Policy 11 (Pg . W12/79) allows the connection . ' <br /> of existing rural development into the int'erceptor system if identified <br /> in the CSPP . Orono ' s Rural Sewage Treatment Policy 11 allows consideration . � <br /> of such a connection as one alternative to solving a documented health � <br /> hazard should the on-site systems fail to function properly. In no case . . <br /> would such sewerage foster new development; it would only be used to <br /> correct existing deficiencies , and then only if this option is cost- <br /> effective compared to the other viable alternatives . <br /> . �� <br /> . <br /> � CMP 6-44 <br />