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~~~ <br />S. Adverse Public Health 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 County Health Department documents an "adverse public <br />health condition." <br />An adverse public health condition exists where: <br />1. In the case of existing wastewater system(s), it meets all of the <br />following criteria: <br />• the wastewater system is failing; <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 />__ <br />Department. _ <br />The following terms used in the criteria above mean: <br />Failing Wastewater System: A wastewater system is failing <br />when sewage or effluent 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 permitted, properly-functioning discharge <br />system are not failing wastewater systems. <br />Approvable On-Site Repair: An approvable on-site wastewater <br />system repair that can be completed in a designated repair area <br />which is approvable under Orange County Health Department <br />regulatory soillsite criteria in effect at 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 system to function <br />properly. A recommended on-site repair may incorporate <br />engineered design (a design certified by an engineer to <br />overcome all soillsite limitations in the particular situation), site <br />10 <br />