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FINAL <br />4130/99 <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 Deparmment; <br />• . there is no on-site repair approvable or <br />recommended by the Orange County Health, <br />Department. <br />The following terms used in the criteria above mean: <br />~ailin Wastewater S stern: A wastewater system is failing <br />. when sewage or effluent is seeping or discharging to the <br />ground surface or to surface waters. A permitted, properly- <br />' functioning non-discharge wastewater system (e.g., a spray- <br />ixrigation system) and a permitted, properly-functioning <br />discharge system are not failing wastewater systems. <br />A rovable On-Site Re air: 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 soiUsite criteria in e$'ect at the time of the needed <br />. repair. ~ . <br />Recommended On- ite Re air: A recommended on-site repair <br />is one that is not an approvable on-site repaix, but is one that in <br />the best professional,judgement 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 certifl.ed by an engineer to <br />overcome all soiUsite limitations in the particular situation), <br />site or system modification, flow reduction or other measures <br />calculated tv improve functionality of the system. <br />14 <br />~2. In the case of an existing well water supply system(s), it meets <br />all of the following criteria: <br />