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• <br />r <br />I <br />Need for Public Sewers <br />I� <br />The sanitary sewage needs of the No Ll'th County <br />Subregional service area are presently being met by the use <br />of scattered small package wastewater treatment plants and <br />on-site septic systems. The use of package plants and septic <br />systems can be cost-effective and in harmony with the <br />environment when located in rural areas with relatively low <br />population densities. However, public sewers are necessary <br />in order to provide for protection of environmentally <br />sensitive resources and to sustain orderly growth of more <br />populated areas. <br />Since the early 1980s, a growing number of civic leaders <br />have been recognizing the need to provide public sewers, <br />particularly in specific areas of the north county and the <br />City of Sebastian. The City of Sebastian has made repeated <br />efforts to find ways of bringing about a City-wide public <br />sewer system without success. Since the area of need for <br />public sewer does not respect political boundaries, the <br />common need for public sewers has served to form a <br />partnership between Indian River County and the City of <br />Sebastian as evidenced by the franchise agreement adopted by <br />both governing bodies which grants water and sewer service <br />rights to Indian River County within the City of Sebastian. <br />-6- <br />