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Orange County Comprehensive Plan Principles, Goals and Objectives Maintain a cooperative joint planning process among the County, the municipalities, and water and wastewater providers and guide the extension of service in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan, the Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Joint Planning Agreement and Land Use Plan, and the policies of the municipalities. (See also Water Resources Objective WR-5.) Objective WW-6: Develop and implement a process whereby the responsibilities and duties associated with the operation and management of package sewage treatment plants are specified as a requirement of the permitting process for such facilities. Objective WW-7: Revisit and revise the Water Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement to ensure consistency with the Land Use map and land use categories. (See also Land Use Objective LU- 6.2.) Objective WW-8: Reduce the number of requests from utility authorities and others for plan and zoning amendments needed to accommodate public water and wastewater facilities. Objective WW-9: Ensure that public water and sewer services are provided in those areas that can be practically and efficiently served by these facilities, as provided in the Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Joint Planning Agreement and Land Use Plan, and as delineated in the Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement, as well as any inter-local government agreement that implements the Agreement. Services and Community Facilities Goal 2: Adequate, safe, and healthy groundwater withdrawal and wastewater disposal systems with minimal impacts upon water and land resources. Objective WW-10: Ensure that all development projects of a dense character have access to clean, safe, and reliable water supplies. Objective WW-11: Increase educational efforts that increase citizen understanding of water quality problems and the need for water conservation. (See also Water Resources Objective WR-2.) Objective WW-12: Prohibit package sewage treatment plants in the Watershed Critical Areas. Objective WW-13: Prohibit the establishment of public water and sewer services in the areas designated as Watershed Critical Areas, except to address emergency public health situations. Objective WW-14: Designate prime reservoir sites in the County, and protect those sites from adverse development. (See also Natural Areas Objectives NA-5 and NA-17 and Land Use Objective LU- 2.2.) Objective WW-15: Prohibit commercial and industrial land uses from locating and/or expanding within identified Watershed Critical Areas. (See also Economic Development Objective ED-2.7 and Land Use Objective LU-2.5.) Objective WW-16: Ensure that the type of wastewater disposal facilities serving a development are appropriate given present and future demand for service, the distribution of users, and the capacity of the natural environment to absorb the impact. 46