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TRIANGLE J COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK - 205(1) GRANT JUNE 30,1990 POINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN - PHASE II CONSERVATION & NON - POTABLE REUSE IN THE TRIANGLE REGION The Triangle J Council of Governments proposes to conduct a feasibility analysis for conservation and non - potable reuse in the region. As part of our long -range wastewater management plan, the objectives of the study are: Timing. August 1990 - June 1991 Need for the Project Almost 60°x6 of our region's communities will reach their wastewater treatment capacity within five years. Even though these communities are currently planning major expansions and improvements of their facilities; our region's existing facilities, with planned expansions, are assumed to reach their collection and treatment capacities by 2010. The Regional Wastewater Facilities Plan (Hazen and Sawyer, 1989) shows the region more than tripling its wastewater discharges over the next 50 years. Many of the streams that receive wastewa- ter from our treatment plants have reached or nearly reached their assimilative capacity. This is due to the current levels of treatment and the extreme sensitivity of our streams and lakes to nitrogen and phosphorus. The Region finds itself at a planning crossroad with many of our plants reaching their capacity to treat more waste and many of our streams reaching their capacity to assimilate more pollution. In May 1990, the Triangle J Council of Governments unanimously adopted the Report, Managing Wastewater - Future Constraints and Opportunities, funded by a 1957 2050) Grant. The objective of that study was to develop an areawide consensus on the best long -range options for managing the region's wastewater in a way that weighs the need for water quality and water supply protection against the needs for economic development, population growth, political equity, and local auton- omy. Page 1