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Caimureb ens Ne P' ani Caasi al Man a2emenit E' a mieml In fraiitnuctulrc • Potat Ile Water In the lla;d 10 yciars, the acaunty's Ilalablle water sylstemi has cnylanded and now sorvcas aJ unblaniacd areas of the county, including major caommencaiall and industrial niodca,a. During that lime, the county's potable wailcail s3filem has adequailcdyi met the plotab:lca watcar demiand from nevi residerrnlial and nonresidential demellcapmcnls. Tberle are, howevier, some exisiling rcisidcmitial dcaueioppnenls with undersizcd lolls lhlat ane moil conn ecl ed la the county plotablle water :iypil emi. A iieviicw of the county utilitiei.i department wises;iment pro 'eats indicates that must rlesidenls of caxi; ting uncaonr. eictcd residenl i al saubdivisions would like to bei conn ed ed to thea county pol able wal eta sWitemi, tlut thleM are riot willing ar ablei to plaiM fbr ilhca caonncaction. In lblea plaid, the county bas utillized Ccammunity Dcvcdoppnenit Block) Granils (CDBG, to connect sevienal low incomca neighbar>hloo&i in the Wabasso area to the county potable watcnl systcam. Th e CDBG pplogrami, howewr, is a complcatiilime fun6rig souncca and is auailablle only) to law and madcrate income ncigbblorhaads. 'Rhea County's pohay shlould b a, wheaniemetl the oplplortunitybcicomcas avaaillaable, to apply) fors CDBG ori other federal on elate granbi to caonncaot hlomes in existing rlesidential neighbanhoods to the county potablewater syl sit am. Sanitary Sewer Since thea complrlehcnsivie planwas adapplcad in 1gg0, )thea caunty sanitary sewer) syvatem sorvice area has expanded, and sanillarM sewer servaicca i;i now amaillablle Ila miast of the urbanized area of tha umincaorparated county, :inclucing majan commercial avid industri all nicadcas. In additions, the aaunilyl pravnides ,ianitary sewear servaice ala the City of Ilcdlsmene, the Town of Orchid, and thle ClitM of Sebasllian. Although riot all] of 1Iha mastcar plan lines are in, lhea county's sanitary sewer sWtem has adequailedyl met the sanitary sewer) demand fiom riew ile,iidential and nonresidential c caualoplmeml. There ane, howevien, a humbler of existing nesidcntial dameloppncants that ara riot connected to lhca county saanitary sewer) sysitcam. In marry] cases. septic �a.4items are adequate to accomm oc ate indiN idua] single farriilyl hlousesi, and there is na necid 11a rletrofilt existing :aubdivisiansi with sanitaryi scwer :liricas. Wherca subd:ivnisions are served byl as centralised plotabllci water syvitemi, illitira arci scaldom pplobllems causad byl lots blaming indimidulal sepltia 11 ank & C imen thci high cost of retrafiltting existing sulbdiviisions -with ,ianitary sewer) lines and gjvicn llhca limilad blcarieifits ofl connecting, it is unliklelyl that many) exisilinig subldivisians will ble rcatrofitiled with sewens in the filtmie. Theme are, howemen, certain ciroumslances wherle aorrncaot-ing existing saubldiuisioris to thle sanitary sewer) sysilemn waulld be benefilcial. Tho,iea cincumisilaracaes relate to a sulbdimi�noni's pploximit� to a wall embody. Because seapltic tanks caan leacahl pollutants and thlosca plollul ants caan implant the ocean; the Indian Rimer Lagoon, the St. 3abas6an Rimer, or other saunfbce wallem bodies, thlei County's pollicyl should ble Ila plrlomotci tole conn actican cif waterfronil sulbldimisnonis to thle ,ianitary sewer system. A compllele anal.Wis of sanillary sewer is pinomided in 1Iho Sanitary Sewcarl Sub-Flemcanit. Ccmmunityl DEiNEdapmeml Ilepaartmemt Indlifin Riven County Yl