ISDS 



be prepared at a scale sufficient to make them usable in public presentations, but should 

 also be reducible for use as public education tools. 



Wastewater Management Policy 



***Using the results of the environmental review, develop a wastewater 

 management policy which considers and addresses the need to develop 

 sewer development plans, wastewater management districts, or other plans 

 and programs consistent with public health protection. The wastewater 

 management policy should: 



• clearly articulate applicable findings of the environmental review, 



• contain clear statements regarding the legal status of particular resource areas 

 defined and delineated in the attached maps; 



• define requirements, and permitted and prohibited actions in support of the policy; 



• specifically reference related town ordinances, and applicable state law, including 

 enforcement provisions; and 



• should describe the steps which the town plans to take in meeting the policy 

 objectives in sufficient detail to allow for clear accountability, specifying dates 

 when requirements will be in force and policy elements will be implemented. 



***Using verifiable results of the environmental survey, establish 

 sewering, wastewater management and zoning ordinances which make clear 

 commitments to sound teastewater management, using resource data to 

 support decision making. Wastewater management ordinances should clearly identify 

 degraded areas to be sewered, and timing of sewer extensions to be made into other 

 resource areas. In areas unsuited to use of ISDS, lot sizing or other land management 

 controls should be used to ensure adequate treatment capacity for effluent In sensitive 

 areas where sewering is to be provided, developers should be required to tie-in to sewers if 

 lot size variances are granted. 



**In consultation with health and environmental professionals, review existing RIDEM 

 ISDS design and construction standards and findings of the ISDS Task Force and its 

 research committees to determine whether the existing minimum RIDEM standards as 

 implemented are adequate to protect the public health and resource values of the 

 community. If this review indicates that standards more rigorous than the RIDEM 

 minimum standards are necessary, adopt a municipal ordinance which provides for local 

 standards, and identifies specific responsibility for implementation. 



Establishment of Municipal Programs to Address ISDS Concerns 



The following recommendations expand upon those of the Regulations Subcommittee of 

 the ISDS Task Force, and upon Division of Planning recommendations regarding 

 implementation of Waste Water Management Districts. 



***As authorized by 1987 amendments to Title 45 of the R.I. General 

 Laws, Chapter 24.5, initiate a general municipal septic system maintenance 

 program or Wastewater Management District (WWMD) consistent with the 

 water quality protection objectives stated in the Scituate Reservoir 

 Watershed Management Plan (Division of Planning Report #62). 



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