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• - <br /> :t <br /> INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM: 8704-1810 <br /> Water/Sewer Policy <br /> May 13, 1987 <br /> Page 3 <br /> treatment plants are specified as a requirement to <br /> the permitting process for such facilities. (LUP) <br /> ( h) Prohibit package sewage treatment plants in the <br /> areas designated Water Supply Watershed. (LUP) <br /> ( i ) Establish an on-site wastewater treatment <br /> inspection program within the portions of water <br /> supply watersheds designated as Water Quality <br /> Critical Areas . (LUP) <br /> ( J) No permitted use in any district shall discharge <br /> any waste contrary to the provisions of G. S. 130- <br /> 160. (Z0--6. 14. 10) <br /> ( k) No permitted principal use, special use or <br /> accessory use shall discharge into the OWASA, <br /> Durham or Hillsborough sewage treatment facilities <br /> any waste that cannot be treated by biological <br /> means . (Z0--6 . 14. 10) <br /> ( I ) Ground absorption systems with a design capacity of <br /> 3,000 gallons per day or more and package treatment <br /> plants for sanitary sewage disposal are expressly <br /> prohibited in the AR districts and Rural Buffer <br /> districts as shown in the Land Use Plan except as <br /> may be approved through a Special Use Permit or a <br /> Planned Development District. (Z0-6 .20) <br /> ( 4) Delineation of Water/Sewer Service Districts <br /> ( a) Provide water and sewer lines in those areas which <br /> can be practically and efficiently served by these <br /> facilities . (LUP) <br /> ( b) Develop and implement a cooperative joint planning <br /> process among the County municipalities and those <br /> organizations responsible for water and sewer lines <br /> to guide the extension of lines in accordance with <br /> the land use plans and policies of the affected <br /> Jurisdictions. ( LUP) <br /> (c) Establish Urban Service Areas for Chapel Hill , <br /> Carrboro, Hillsborough, Mebane and Durham which <br /> will correspond with the 10-year and 20-year <br /> Transition Areas. Water and sewer lines should be <br /> directed to those areas which contain and are <br /> appropriate for higher density levels of <br /> residential , commercial and industrial development. <br /> ( LUP) <br /> ( d) Identify ( sewer) service by centralized water and <br />