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r _ - <br /> SERVICES JUNE, 1980 <br /> Orono has required well contractor licensing and construction permits <br /> since 1961 . Since that time , Orono has maintained an accurate inventory <br /> of all well locations , sizes , depths and pumping capacities . This <br /> information has also now been collated with the permanent on-site sewer <br /> system data for every rural property . <br /> WATER SUPPLY GOALS <br /> 1 . TO PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF POTABLE WATER TO ALL RESIDENCES <br /> AND OCCUPIED PROPERTIES IN ORONO. <br /> 2 . TO PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF WATER FOR FIRE PROTECTION IN <br /> HIGH-VALUE URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS . <br /> II3 . TO ACHIEVE THE ABOVE GOALS WITHIN THE FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES OF <br /> THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS . <br /> WATER SUPPLY POLICIES <br /> 11 1 . ALL OCCUPIED PROPERTIES WITHIN ORONO SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A POTABLE <br /> WATER SUPPLY AND MINIMAL SANITARY FACILITIES AS PROVIDED BY REGULATIONS <br /> OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH . <br /> 2 . INDIVIDUAL WELLS WILL BE CONSIDERED TO BE ACCEPTABLE WATER SUPPLY FOR <br /> LOW-DENSITY URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS . <br /> II <br /> Industrial , commercial and multi-family residential <br /> development will be permitted only where sufficient <br /> municipal water supplies are available for domestic , <br /> process and fire protection purposes . <br /> 3 . MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WILL BE PROVIDED ONLY WITHIN THE URBAN <br /> SERVICE AREA. Rural land use must be of the type <br /> 111 and density to be adequately served by individual <br /> private wells . <br /> 4 . MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WILL BE PROVIDED ONLY WHERE SUFFICIENT <br /> LAND USE DENSITY AND/OR USER DEMAND WILL MAKE THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT <br /> ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE . Municipal water systems will <br /> not be extended to all neighborhoods in the urban <br /> service area. Many urban residential areas that <br /> received municipal sewer for public health and <br /> environmental reasons have relatively low land use <br /> II density and can be adequately served by private <br /> wells at much less total cost than by expensive <br /> water system extension . <br /> 1 <br /> CMP 9- 15 <br />