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ATTACPIlVIENT "B" <br />Water and Sewer Management <br />Planning and Boundary Agreement <br />B. Adverse Public )Eiealth Conditions <br />An exception to the prohibition of public water and sewer service in <br />interest areas may be made to allow the extension of lines in the event <br />the Orange CountyHealth Department documents an "adverse public <br />health condition." <br />An adverse public health: condition exists where: <br />Iu the case of existing wastewater systems}, it meets all of the <br />following criteria: <br />• the wastewater system is faiing <br />the wastewater system is documented to be failing <br />by the Orange County Health Department; <br />there is no on-site repair approvable or <br />recommended by the Orange County Health. <br />Department. <br />The followingtermsused in the criteria above mean: <br />Failuig Wastewater~System: A wastewater system is failing <br />when sewage or eftluenb is seeping or discharging to the ground <br />surface or to surface waters. A permitted, properly functioning <br />non-discharge wastewater system (e.g., aspray-irrigation <br />system)- and a pemttted, properly functioning discharge <br />system are not failing wastewater systems. <br />Apurovable On-Site Repair: An approvable on-site wastetwater <br />system repair that can be completed in a designated repair area <br />which is approvable under Orange County Health Department <br />regulatory soil/site criteria in effect of the time. of the needed <br />repair. <br />Recommended On-Site Repair: A recommended on-site repair <br />is one that is not an approvable on-site repair, but is one that in <br />the best professional judgment of the Orange County Health <br />Department will reasonably enable the ystem to function <br />properly. Arecommended on-site repair may incorporate <br />engineered design (a design certified by an engineerto <br />overcome all. soiUsite limitations in the particular situation), site <br />