ISDS 



specific problems, technical and administrative approaches, financing, etc. 



Identify specific Division personnel as key local government contacts on individual issue 

 areas, including: land use and areas of critical concern; wastewater management; water 

 resource planning; highway planning; housing; management of historical areas; hazardous 

 waste management; and administrative procedures. 



**As repuired by the Local Comprehensive Planning Act of 1988, prepare specific 

 standards and requirements for revision of town comprehensive plans, including 

 requirements for development of regional wastewater facilities plans. 



**Expand staff to ensure that technically qualified individuals from the 

 "technical planning pool" are available to undertake "outreach" activities 

 necessary to ensure successful implementation of the range of wastewater 

 management strategies potentially undertaken by towns. Outreach will involve 

 regular attendance/participation in meetings of town councils, planning boards, zoning 

 boards, conservation commissions, wastewater management cistrict boards, other town 

 commissions, citizens groups, etc. 



RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 

 COUNCIL 



CRMC, through the Coastal Resources Management Program and particularly through 

 the implementation of Special Area Management Plans, possesses broad authority to 

 regulate ISDS siting in view of the potential impact of these systems on the coastal 

 environment CRMC authority complements that of DEM's Division of Wedands and 

 Groundwater, which issues ISDS permits to ensure that minimum standards are upheld 

 with respect to the siting, design, and construction of the systems. 



For example, the Narrow River SAM plan contains specific recommendations for ISDS 

 management, citing concurrent pressures from existing ISDS failure concentrations and 

 increasing residential development, particularly in South Kingstown and Narragansett. 

 Advocating that the towns, DEM, the Department of Health, and the CRMC cooperatively 

 formulate a watershed-wide wastewater management plan, the SAM plan outlines actions 

 necessary to address the treatment and disposal problems within the watershed: 



a) Calculate the future reserve and expansion capacity of South Kingstown's 

 Westmoreland Treatment Plant; 



b) Identify and schedule areas that require sewer service, giving priority consideration 

 to areas with concentrations of failoi ISDS; 



c) Implement a watershed wide ISDS maintenance program including regular 

 mandatory pumping; 



d) Identify individual failed units; implement a phased replacement program; 



e) Apply Sewerage and Water Supply Failure Fund monies towards these programs; 



f) Develop programs to educate local residents about the use and maintenance of ISDS 

 systems. 



CRMC policy on sewer line extensions is oudined in Section 320.2 B, which states that 

 extension to those areas classified as lands developed beyond carrying capacity shall take 

 priority over construction or extension of private, municipal, or industrial sewage facilities 

 or systems, conduits or interceptors elsewhere in the watershed. Priorities arc detailed in 

 Section 320.1 C: 



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