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1 <br />10.0 SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS <br />' 10.1 <br />GENERAL <br />' This project involves serving a presently unsewered area with a <br />' grinder pump -low pressure sewer system. Construction of the new system <br />will adversely affect air quality, noise levels, and vehicular traffic, but <br />these disruptions will be temporary in nature. The long-term benefit of <br />' the project will be improved quality of the local groundwater and surface <br />waters. Elimination of septic tank discharges into the environment from <br />' densely populated areas is one of the goals of the Indian River County <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br />' <br />This environmental review is addressed only to the new sewer system within <br />' <br />the study area boundaries. The various environmental aspects of further <br />wastewater transmission, treatment, and disposal are discussed on a <br />regional basis in the Indian River County 201 Plan. <br />10.2 ENVIRONMENT <br />' <br />10.2.1 WATER <br />tEnvironmental <br />conditions in Florida, and in particular Indian River County, <br />' <br />are described in detail in the 201 Plan for this area. Of greatest <br />environmental consideration is the location of the numerous septic tank <br />discharges to an area of high groundwater table. <br />The beneficial effects of the project will be realized by the elimination <br />' <br />of septic tanks as a source of ground and surface water pollution. The <br />project will eliminate drainfield effluent from leaking into the <br />' <br />groundwater and thus into the aquifer which are a source of fresh water <br />supply and from flowing into the Indian River. <br />IRC.FL1 <br />6/4/87 <br />' 10-1 <br />