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Wastewater Services <br /> Sustainability <br /> The Council owns and operates eight wastewater treatment plants, which process over 250 <br /> million gallons of wastewater each day. The Council works cooperatively with communities, <br /> regulatory agencies, and citizens of the region to help ensure that costly infrastructure can be <br /> efficiently built and operated in a sustainable manner. <br /> Wastewater Sustainability Policy. <br /> The Council will provide efficient, high-quality, and environmentally sustainable regional <br /> wastewater infrastructure and services. <br /> The Council shall conduct its regional wastewater system operations in a sustainable manner as <br /> is economically feasible. Sustainable operations relates not only to water resources but also to <br /> increasing energy efficiency and using renewable energy sources, reducing air pollutant <br /> emissions, and reducing, reusing, and recycling solid wastes. <br /> Implementation Strategies: <br /> • Implement and enforce Waste Discharge Rules for the regional wastewater system. <br /> • Preserve regional wastewater system assets of the Council through effective <br /> maintenance, condition and capacity assessment, and capital investment. <br /> • Accept septage, biosolids, leachate, and other hauled liquid waste at designated sites, <br /> provided that the waste can be efficiently and effectively processed. <br /> • Reuse treated wastewater to meet water needs within Council wastewater treatment <br /> facilities where economically feasible. <br /> • Provide industries with incentives to pretreat wastewater to reduce its strength and thus <br /> provide the most environmental and economical benefit for the region. <br /> • Generate energy from biosolids processing, utilize energy efficient processes and <br /> equipment, and reduce building energy use. <br /> • Pursue other renewable energy sources, such as solar power generation, thermal <br /> energy recovery, and new technologies - such as fuei cells - as they become proven <br /> and economical. <br /> • Stabilize and reduce the volume of biosolids through thermal processing or anaerobic <br /> digestion, and utilize the remaining solids as fertilizer and soil conditioner. <br /> • Improve sustainability of wastewater operations, when economically feasible. <br /> Inflow and Infiltration <br /> Inflow and infiltration are the ways that clear water makes its way into sanitary sewer pipes, <br /> takes up capacity, and are then treated, unnecessarily, at wastewater treatment plants. <br /> With inflow, clear water enters the wastewater system through rain leaders, storm sewer cross <br /> connections, sump pumps or foundation drains that are connected to sewer lines. Private <br /> 28 <br />