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Wastewater Services <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 fuel 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 /> Policy on Inflow and Infiltration: <br /> The Council will not provide additional capacity within its interceptor system to serve excessive <br /> inflow and infiltration. <br /> The Council will establish inflow and infiltration goals for all communities discharging <br /> wastewater to the regional wastewater system. Communities that have excessive inflow and <br /> infiltration in their sanitary sewer systems will be required to eliminate the excessive inflow and <br /> infiltration within a reasonable time period. <br /> Implementation Strategies: <br /> • Maintain and rehabilitate Council interceptors to minimize inflow and infiltration. <br /> • Develop inflow and infiltration goals for all communities served by the regional <br /> wastewater system. <br /> 85 <br />