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8 <br />OWASA's Long-Terns Interest Area is hereinafter referred to as <br />O WAS.~'s "interest area." <br />Orange County Long-Term Xnterest Area: The areas of Orange <br />County planning jurisdiction (as shown on the Water and Sewer <br />Service Boundary Map, which is Appendix A) not part of a. Primary <br />Service Area or another Long-Term. Interest Area within which public <br />water anal/or sewer service is not anticipated to be made, but if such <br />services are to be provided, Orange County will. be responsibly for <br />coordinating the provision of utility service. Long-Term Interest <br />Areas are not service areas, and do not include areas outside of <br />Orange County. Orange C'ounty's Long-Terns Interest Area is <br />hereinafter referred to as Orange County's "interest area." <br />Essential. Public Facility: Apublicly-owned facility, or a facility <br />wholly £nanced by Federal; State or local governxxaent (or a <br />combination thereof] that provides a service for the health, safety and <br />general welfare of County residents (for example, a school, :fire <br />station, public safety substation or solid waste convenience center). <br />Adverse Public Health Condition: An Adverse Public I3ealth <br />Condition exists in the case of a wastewater systc;m(s) when it is (1) <br />failing, (2) documented to be failing by the Orange County I-Iealth <br />Department, and (3) no on-site repair is apprQVable or recommended <br />by the Orange County Health Department; or, an the case of a well <br />water supply system, it meets all of the following criteria: <br />• the we11 water supply system is contaminated with <br />a microbial, chemical or other agent which is <br />known to cause disease or other serious health <br />effects; <br />• the well water supply system is not reparable to the <br />paint where the contamination can be eliminated; <br />• the water from the well water supply system is not <br />treatable prior to withdrawal to the point where the <br />threat of disease or serious health effects is <br />eliminated; <br />• there is no alternate location on-site for a ne~xr we11 <br />water supply system which can be permitted under <br />Orange County Health Department regulatory <br />