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0815TEROFF ICE MEMORANDUM: 8705-1820 Water/Sewer Policy June 17 , 1987 Page 4 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 treatment plants are specified as a requirement to the permitting process for such facilities. ( LUP) ( h ) Prohibit package sewage treatment plants in the areas designated Water Supply Watershed. (LUP) ( i ) Establish an on-site wastewater treatment inspection program within the portions of water supply watersheds designated as Water Quality Critical Areas . ( LUP) ( j) No permitted use in any district shall discharge any waste contrary to the provisions of G. S. 130- 160. (Z0-6 . 14. 10) ( k) No permitted principal use, special use or accessory use shall discharge into the OWASA, Durham or Hillsborough sewage treatment facilities any waste that cannot be treated by biological means . ( Z0-6 . 14. 10) ( I ) Ground absorption systems with a design capacity of 3,000 gallons per day or more and package treatment plants for sanitary sewage disposal are expressly prohibited in the Agricultural Residential ( AR) and Rural Buffer