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02t INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM: 8704-1810 Water/Sewer Policy May 13, 1987 Page 2 supply watersheds and water quality critical areas that will minimize potential adverse impacts on water quality. (LUP) . (c) Support programs which help to protect water quality, such as the Soil Conservation Service and Sedimentation and Erosion Control Programs. ( LUP) ( d) Encourage efforts to monitor the quality of water in Orange County streams. ( LUP) (3) Sewage Disposal /Alternative Systems ( a) Provide adequate and appropriate sewage disposal facilities for all current and future residents. ( LUP) ( b) Identify the type of sewage disposal facilities appropriate for an area as a function of the magnitude of present and future demand ; the distribution of users; and the capacity of the natural environment to absorb the impact. ( LUP) (c) Develop a process to ensure that buyers of property in the County are fully informed about the on-site sewage disposal characteristics of the sites on their property. (LUP) ( d) Allow on-site disposal in low-density and rural areas where soil conditions are acceptable. In rural areas with unacceptable soils, State-approved on-site sewage disposal systems will be required. (LUP) ( e) Facilitate the use of alternatives to the traditional septic systems on land unsuitable for septic tanks and not served by public sewer. Elimination of administration and informational barriers to the use of safe, sanitary alternative on-site disposal systems within the County should be encouraged. (LUP) ( f ) Allow ground absorption sewage disposal systems of 3000 gallons per day or more design capacity and package treatment plants with a design capacity of 3000 gallons per day or less as appropriate only in the areas designated Ten and Twenty Year Transition and Rural Residential . ( LUP) (g) Develop and implement a process whereby the responsibilities and duties adjunct to the operation and management of package sewage ...my