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PAGE 36 GOP Number GOP Language Recommended Action Comments/Rationale Policy 2.6: By 2018, the county shall perform a financial analysis for septic to sewer conversion projects. Based on that analysis and available funding a specific list of subdivisions to be connected to public sanitary sewer system by certain dates will be identified. Revise (Minimal) Revise/remove year Policy 2.7: By 2028, the county shall provide sanitary sewer service to at least five (5) subdivisions identified in Table 3.A.3.1 as posing a disproportionately high potential negative impact on Indian River Lagoon water quality. The county shall recover costs through those connecting to the system and directly benefitting from the improvement. Revise Recommended wording: The County shall prioritize providing sanitary sewer service to subdivisions posing critical water quality impacts to the Indian River Lagoon, as identified in Table 3.A.3.1. County will recover costs for improvements from those connecting to the system and directly benefitting from the improvement. Objective 3 Through the time horizon of the plan, the county will have no instances of sanitary sewer facilities contaminating surface water or groundwater resources. Revise Shift focus to mitigating/eliminating/preventing contamination. Policy 3.1: The DOH-Indian River shall conduct annual inspections of septic systems that are associated with heavy commercial, industrial, and manufacturing or equivalent uses. The results of these inspections may be used in conjunction with other items in prioritizing sanitary sewer service expansion. No Change Policy 3.2: The county shall regularly monitor all centralized sanitary sewer facilities to ensure that they do not contaminate surface water or groundwater resources. Revise Keep original policy. It would be good to tie-in initiatives at the County level beyond routine O&M, not necessarily monitoring software. Policy 3.3: To ensure that hazardous waste is not discharged into ground or surface water, the DOH -Indian River shall require samplings of onsite sewage systems for businesses which have been identified as hazardous waste generators suspected of illegal discharges. Violators shall be prosecuted according to federal, state and/or local regulations. No Change Objective 4 Through the time horizon of the plan, 100% of the wastewater effluent produced by the county centralized sanitary sewer facilities will be reused. Revise Remove reference to time horizon. Rephrase so initiative reads more like an objective. Objective is rooted in limiting groundwater withdrawal, or disposing all treated effluent? For all policies under this objective - consistently refer to treated effluent as reuse. Revise to be in compliance with 62-600.520 FAC, regarding restrictions to surface water discharges established in 2022. Policy 4.1: The county shall continue to reuse wastewater by spray irrigation, with percolation ponds and wetlands as back-up. Revise Recommend revising policy to the following: The County's primary means of reuse water disposal shall be to the users identified in the County's Domestic Wastewater Facility Permit (FLA010431). Secondary disposal of reuse water shall be through percolation ponds and wetlands as necessary. Policy 4.2: The county shall encourage large volume irrigation users, such as developments with golf courses, to use reuse water for spray irrigation. No Change Policy 4.3: The county shall continue to enforce Land Development Regulations that require developments that use treated wastewater for spray irrigation to construct and dedicate to the county the effluent transmission lines needed to transport the effluent to the development. Revise Recommend revising policy to the following: The County shall continue to enforce Land Development Regulations in regard to construction and conveyance of reuse transmission and distribution lines. Aforementioned infrastructure will be dedicated to the County upon completion and acceptance of the reuse system within limits identified and agreed to by the developer and County. Policy 4.4: The county shall require all new subdivisions or residential projects of 25 or more lots/units within one-quarter of a mile of an existing re-use line to connect to the re-use line when capacity exists. No Change Objective 5 By 2022, the county will have completed the sanitary sewer improvements listed in the county’s 5-year Capital Improvements Program in order to maximize the use of existing facilities and discourage urban sprawl (current Five Year Capital Improvements Plan is in the Capital Improvements Element of the comprehensive plan). Revise Recommend the following: The County shall maintain a 5-year Capital Improvements Program identifying sanitary sewer improvements to maximize the use of existing facilities and discourage urban sprawl.