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27 <br />implementation of the WTMP expansion. The granting of this benefit would be <br />strictly at the discretion of the owner of the particular impoundment, either <br />OWASA, the Town ofI3illsborough or the City of Durham. Each governing board <br />would be approached and asked about its willingness to entertain such a move <br />before any details are worked out. It is probably not feasible to consider this <br />approach in the case of Jordan Lake because of the multi jurisdictional watersheds <br />and water allocations. <br />Volunteers for En into the Pro - It was suggested that one incentive to <br />draw existing systems into the program could be the waiving of fees for the first <br />consultation and inspection for volunteering owners. <br />Slidin Fee Scale -This incentive was mentioned not only in the context of having <br />differing fees for various sizeJtypes of systems, but also when the ability to pay is a <br />factor. At this time, Environmental Health does have varying fee charges in <br />permitting of systems based on the design-wastewater flow of the structure and this <br />procedure can. easily. be extended to re-inspections. Generally, all systems sized at <br />600 gallons per day and under are assessed like fees and those shave that figure are <br />based on the total gallonage, <br />The issue of developing sliding fee scales based en ability to pay presents a <br />different challenge however, as there is no staff ability in place for qualifying <br />applicants. Even if some method of initial qualification evolves, the ability and <br />mechanics for re-certification for each round of inspections is onerous and <br />problematic. <br />MANAGEMENT RE-INSPECTIONS <br />Entry into the Program -- - <br />There seemed to be consensus on new and repaired systems being automatically <br />entered into the porgram and that taking on all systems in the county immediately <br />or in a short period of time is not practical. Volunteers will always be accepted as <br />staffing allows, even without the expansion being approved Requiring entrance <br />for properties having just been transferred was also discussed, but there was no <br />agreement on this option because the housing turnover raze for rural Orange county <br />was not known by any member of the committee and therefore the impact of this <br />requirement is not lmown. Staff will try to extract some figures from the overall <br />county turnover rate and then estimate the yearly number of homes this <br />requirement would affect. The mechanics.for this requirement are still discussed <br />below. ~ - <br />New Systems -Tin the current WTMP rules, all newly installed alternative and <br />PAP systems are automatically entered into the re-inspections cycle as part of the <br />permitting process. The main classes of systems which now require entry are low <br />pressure pipe systems (LPPs), pump conventional systems and large residential <br />T1 _ ~ _ / A ~ A <br />