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of the county or adjacent township(s) or through an orderly annexation agreement or <br /> similar mechanism to provide for staged, orderly growth in the surrounding area. <br /> - The community has adequate water supply. <br /> - The community has adequate transportation access. <br /> - The community lies within the long-term wastewater service area or other regional <br /> benefits would result, such as economic development unique to the rural area or <br /> preservation of high-value water resources. <br /> - There are feasible and economical options for siting and permitting an expanded <br /> wastewater treatment plant, or for extending interceptor service. <br /> - The Council has sought customer input, has conducted appropriate financial analysis, <br /> and has conducted a public hearing on the community's wastewater service request. <br /> • Require that, if the most economical and beneficial wastewater service option is to construct <br /> a regional interceptor to serve the community, the Council will not acquire the community's <br /> wastewater treatment plant, and the community will be responsible for decommissioning its <br /> treatment plant. <br /> • Not allow connections to the regional wastewater system outside the sewered rural <br /> community. The Council may construct capacity to serve the long-term needs of the rural <br /> and agricultural planning areas, but will not provide service until the Council, in consultation <br /> with the appropriate community, designates the area as a developing community and the <br /> community amends its comprehensive plan accordingly. <br /> • Preserve areas outside the Long-Term Wastewater Service Area for agricultural and rural <br /> uses, while protecting significant natural resources, supporting groundwater recharge, <br /> protecting source water quality, and allowing limited unsewered development. <br /> Use of Private Wastewater Systems <br /> There are more than 75,000 subsurface sewage treatment systems and many more community <br /> systems in the metro area. Cities and townships located within the rural area have allowed <br /> higher density development using community systems that are permitted by the Minnesota <br /> Pollution Control Agency. Both individual and community systems largely serve the parts of the <br /> region where wastewater collection and treatment is not available. The Council's intent is to <br /> work with communities to ensure that individual and community systems do not cause water <br /> quality problems. <br /> Policy on Private Wastewater Systems: <br /> Communities that permit the construction and operation of subsurface sewage treatment <br /> systems and other private wastewater treatment systems within their communities are <br /> responsible for ensuring that these systems are installed, maintained, managed, and regulated <br /> consistent with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency rules. The Council will not provide financial <br /> support to assist communities if these systems fail. <br /> Implementation Strategies; <br /> • The Council will use its review authority for local comprehensive plans to ensure that <br /> communities fulfill their current and future obligations regarding subsurface sewage <br /> treatment systems and other private wastewater systems. <br /> 20 <br />