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' <br />In 1 1 D <br />September 30, 1998 <br />October 21, 1998 <br />November 3, 1998 <br />"In our zeal to promote onsite and cluster systems as a more cost - effective <br />method of wastewater management in small communities; we. have <br />focused .too much on technologies. Our interest in technologies is <br />performance and cost, while the potential user's interest is in service. To <br />gain the - attention of potential users, we have often denigrated central <br />sewerage in favor of decentralized treatment systems. This is a mistaken <br />approach because onsite and cluster systems are not perceived by the <br />public as providing equal service.... What is good about central <br />sewerage — central management —is what is bad about onsite systems... . <br />When we are able to show that onsite systems can be designed and <br />operated over extended planning periods to meet water quality and public <br />health objectives, onsite technologies will gain stature equal to <br />conventional sewerage. This will be achieved only through centralized <br />management. While decentralization of treatment is the outcome, <br />centralization of management must be the approach." <br />, Richard I Otis, P.E. <br />Y.P., Ayres Associates, Madison, WI <br />1998 ASAE Onsite Conference <br />SUMMARY <br />On September 30, 1998, the ad -hoc WTMP Expansion Committee met at the <br />Southern Human Services Building in its first session to forge details for the <br />proposal. In attendance were Brenda Crowder - Gaines and Rick Marinshaw of the <br />Orange County Board of Health, Margaret Brown of the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners, Pat Davis and Barry Jacobs of the OWASA Board, John Link and <br />k Paul Thames of the Orange County Manager's office, Gene Bell of the Orange ` <br />County Planning Department, Ed Kerwin of the OWASA staff, and Rosie <br />Summers, Ron Holdway, Tom Konsler and Cornelia Ramsey of the Orange <br />County Health Department. A work group also met on October 21 to further <br />discuss details of the expansion. A final meeting of the full committee met on <br />November 3 and finalized some of the details for the proposal. <br />Page 1 of 12 <br />