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36 <br />~. Advearse P;>!lblie ~ea~th Conditions <br />An exception to the prol~bitian of pubic water and sewer seruice itr <br />interest areas nay be made to aliov~r the extension of.lines in the event <br />the Qrange County ~Iealth Department doc~xments an "adverse public <br />health condition." . <br />An adverse public health condition exists where: <br />1. In the case o€ existing was#ewai~r system{s), it meets a3.1 €~f the <br />following criteria; <br />~ the wastewater system is failings <br />4 fine wastewater systerr~ is documented to be failing <br />by the Orange Gaunty wealth Department; <br />+ #here is no on~site repair approvable ar <br />. recaanmer~ded by the Orange Caur~ty I^IeaIth <br />Department. <br />the fo~law~g terms used in the criteria above mean: <br />pailina~ .astewatear System: A wastewater system is failing <br />when sewage ar e>~uert is seeping oar discharging to the ground <br />surface ar to surface waters. A permitted, properly-functioning <br />non discharrge wastewar systear~ (e.g., a sparay-irarig~ian. <br />systenx) and a permitted., properly-ftuictionirig discharge <br />system are not failing wastewater systerx~s. <br />Aprzra~rable_On-Site Repair: An approvable on site wastewater <br />system repaix that can be completed im a designated zepau area <br />which is approvable under Orange County I~ealth f3epartment <br />regulatory sviUsite criteria in effect at #ho time of the.naaded <br />repair. <br />Reco_rntnended O~n~-Site Repair: A recom~tended on situ repair <br />is one that is not axi $ppro~rable orar-site :repair, but is one tit in <br />~e best professio>aa1 judgment of the grange County ~eslth <br />Deptx~ent will reasonably etlabl$ the sysl~em. to fvnc#io>a <br />properly. A, recam~nended on~site repair may incorporate <br />engineered design (a design certified by an er~ginecr to <br />overcome all svillsite Iinaitatians in the particular situation), site <br />a! a <br />