ISDS 



d) Establish the necessary administrative, financial, technical, enforcement, 

 maintenance, and legal structures to effectively implement and conduct district 

 programs, and to hire the personnel necessary to support such structures in a 

 manner which ensures protection of public health, 



e) Implement a public education program, preceding the implementation of a WWMD 

 and as appropriate thereafter, to inform property owners as to the need for proper 

 design, installation, maintenance, and care of ISDS systems, including avoidance 

 of unsafe disposal practices. 



f) Receive grants and establish revolving funds to make grants and low interest loans 



available to individual property owners for the improvement, correction, or 

 replacement of failed septic systems. 



g) Authorize and contract with independent septage haulers. 



h) Contract with other cities or towns for septage disposal through 

 sewage treatment plants. 



i) Designate proper collection and disposal sites for septage collected by authorized 

 pumping and hauling agents. 



j) In cooperation with other town authorities, provide for proper collection and 

 disposal of household wastes unsuitable for disposal in septic systems and/or 

 sanitary landfills. 



k) Any package plants located within WWMD jurisdiction should be subject to specific 

 maintenance and inspection requirements to be coordinated with DEM. 



Identify portions of the community which should be included in the WWMD and/or 

 designate all of the community as appropriate for inclusion. High priority areas for 

 inclusion which have been identified by the Division of Planning and the ISDS Task Force 

 include a) homes served by on-site wells and septic systems; b) watersheds or aquifers 

 which provide or have the potential to provide public drinking water, c) areas with a history 

 or strong potential for failed septic systems as indicated by soil conditions; d) sites adjacent 

 to high quaUty surface waters. Provide for formal deUneation of adopted areas within the 

 WWMD authorizing ordinance above. 



With adjoining communities, consider adoption of joint WWMDs to complement inter-local 

 facilities planning for sewage and septage disposal. 



Evaluation of Options 



Many of the issues surrounding establishment and implementation of WWMDs are 

 discussed in detail in the Division of Planning Report # 62, cited above, which was 

 designed to support the Division's efforts in providing assistance to towns in setting up 

 WWMDs. The report describes options and makes specific recommendations regarding 

 administration, staffing, septic system inspection, maintenance requirements, record- 

 keeping, education, fmancing, provision of financial assistance, septage disposal, 

 enforcement, etc. 



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