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L <br />OBJECTIVE 2 <br />Establish a monitoring and maintenance assurance program <br />consistent with state and local health and environmental <br />statutes. <br />PLAN OF ACTION <br />A. Initiate data base for conventional and non- February 1991 <br />conventional systems. <br />B. Determine need based on data base. March 1991 <br />C. Board of Health revise local sewage disposal rule. June 1991 <br />D. Implement monitoring inspections. July 1991 <br />E. Develop educational plan for conventional and non- September 1991 <br />conventional systems. <br />GOAL - DEVELOP A DATA COLLECTION PROCESS AND A SERIES OF <br />MODELS FOR ASSISTANCE IN THE EFFORT TO DETERMINE <br />THE IMPACTS OF VARIOUS LAND USES AND WASTE TREATMENT <br />OPTIONS ON THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF THE GROUND <br />AND SURFACE WATER RESOURCES OF ORANGE COUNTY SO THAT <br />THESE IMPACTS CAN BE FACTORED INTO THE LONG TERM <br />PLANNING PROCESS. <br />OBJECTIVE 1 <br />Collect all available data and locations for existing <br />drinking water well yields and contamination testing, <br />USGS groundwater hydrology studies, septic tank failures, <br />underground storage tanks, pesticide and herbicide uses, <br />etc., as required to begin the process for making assessments <br />of existing groundwater resource quality, quantity, <br />availability and vulnerability to resource depletion and <br />degradation by way of existing and future land use scenarios. <br />PLAN OF ACTION <br />A. Obtain available OC Environmental Health data on July 1991 <br />locations of failing septic systems. <br />B. Using USGS maps, along with any other appropriate May 1991 <br />sources, and expertise of County staff, develop <br />generalized hydrogeologic map of County showing the <br />relative capacity of different areas to provide water <br />from wells. <br />Page 5 <br />