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5 -2- • Wastewater Treatment • Designate both watersheds "Nutrient Sensitive Waters." (F) • Put existing dischargers on notice that phosphorus removal may be required in the future, pending results of Falls Lake monitoring data and the General Assembly's Neuse River Basin StudyJ, (J) • Requite all existing dischargers in the Jordan Watershed to install equipment needed for phosphorus removal . Do not require actual removal until the benefits are more clearly understood or nuisance algae problems occur. • For new wastewater dischargers in both watersheds, impose phosphorus removal requirements of at least 80 percent. • Enactla phosphate detergent ban throughout both watersheds. Seek State legislation, if necessary. • Strictly enforce local industrial pretreatment and sewer use ordinances to prevent the release of toxic chemicals from sewage treatment plants. • Require private developers or homeowner's associations to establish escrow funds adequate to ensure the proper long-term operaition of their wastewater systems. • Count1y or city governments should monitor and inspect the operation and maintenance of all private community wastewater systalms. Hazardous Materials Spills • Devellop a coordinated response plan for hazardous materials spills from highway crossings over both lakes. • Consider asking DOT to prohibit the use of certain roads by vehiCles transporting hazardous materials across the lakes. • Augment - as needed - emergency response capabilities of local communities in the watersheds. Equity Sharing • i ! Establish a funding process through which the direct beneficiaries of clean water contribute to the cleanup and protection costs imposed on upstream pollution generators who receive no direct benefits from Falls and Jordan Lakes.