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B. Adverse Public Health Conditions <br /> An exception to the prohibition of public water and sewer service in <br /> interest areas may be made to allow the extension of lines in the event <br /> the Orange County Health Department documents an "adverse public <br /> health condition." <br /> An adverse public health condition exists where: <br /> 1. In the case of existing wastewater system(s), it meets all of the <br /> following criteria: <br /> ♦ the wastewater system is failing; <br /> ♦ the wastewater system is documented to be failing <br /> by the Orange County Health Department; <br /> ♦ there is no on-site repair approvable or <br /> recommended by the Orange County Health <br /> Department. <br /> The following terms used in the criteria above mean: <br /> Failing Wastewater System: A wastewater system is failing <br /> when sewage or effluent is seeping or discharging to the ground <br /> surface or to surface waters. A permitted, properly-functioning <br /> non-discharge wastewater system (e.g., a spray-irrigation <br /> system) and a permitted, properly-functioning discharge <br /> system are not failing wastewater systems. <br /> Approvable On-Site Repair: An approvable on-site wastewater <br /> system repair that can be completed in a designated repair area <br /> which is approvable under Orange County Health Department <br /> regulatory soil/site criteria in effect at the time of the needed <br /> repair. <br /> Recommended On-Site Repair: A recommended on-site repair <br /> is one that is not an approvable on-site repair, but is one that in <br /> the best professional judgment of the Orange County Health <br /> Department will reasonably enable the system to function <br /> properly. A recommended on-site repair may incorporate <br /> engineered design (a design certified by an engineer to <br /> overcome all soil/site limitations in the particular situation), site <br /> 10 <br />