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35 treatment systems not physically connected to central systems will be the primary methods of meeting the water and sewer service needs of existing and future development. 3. ibid B. Adverse Pu61ic Health Conditions An exception to the prohibition of public water and sewer service in interest areas may be made to allow the extension of lines in the event the Orange County Health Department documents an "adverse public health condition." An adverse public health condition exists where: 1. In the case of existing wastewater system(s), it meets all of the following criteria: • the wastewater system is failing; • the wastewater system is documented to be failing by the Orange County Health Department; • there is no on-site repair approvable or recommended by the Orange County Health Department. The following terms used in the criteria above mean: Failing Wastewater System: A wastewater system is failing when sewage •or effluent is seeping or discharging to the ground surface or to surface waters. A permitted, properly-functioning non-discharge wastewater system (e.g., aspray-irrigation system) and a permitted, properly-functioning discharge system are not failing wastewater systems. Approvable On-Site Repair: An approvable on-site wastewater system repair that can be completed in a designated repair area which is approvable under Orange County Health Department regulatory soiUsite criteria in effect at the time of the needed repair. Recommended On-Site Repair: A recommended on-site repair is one that is not an approvable on-site repair, but is one that in the best professional judgment of the Orange County Health Department will reasonably enable the system to function properly. A recommended on- site repair may incorporate engineered design (a design certified by an engineer to overcome all soiUsite limitations in the particular situation), 9