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DPM7131196 <br />CTION SEWAGE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT <br />-BDIVISION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS <br />0 PURPOSE. The purpose of the Sewage and Wastewater Treatment SECTION shall be to <br />provide minimum standards for and regulation of individual sewage treatment systems (ISTS) <br />and septage disposal including the proper location, design and construction; their necessary <br />modification and reconstruction; their operation, maintenance and repair to protect surface water <br />and groundwater from contamination by human sewage and waterborne household and <br />commercial wastes; to protect the public's health and safety, and eliminate or prevent the <br />development of pu`.Iic nuisances pursuant to the authority granted under Minn. Stat. Chapters <br />115 and 145A and Minnesota Rules Chapter 7080 and as amended that may pertain to sewage <br />and wastewater treatment. <br />�0 OBJECTIVES.The principal objectives of this SECTION shall include the following: <br />1.21 The protection of County's lakes, wetlands, rivers and streams and supplies <br />of groundwater essential to the promotion of public health, safety and welfare; the <br />protection of the County's environment and its socioeconomic growth and development <br />of the County in perpetuity. <br />1.22 Given the extensive resources and numerous supplies of surface water and groundwater <br />and their susceptibility to contamination, regulation of proper ISTS construction, <br />reconstruction, repair and 'maintenance and proper septage disposal is essential to prevent <br />the entry and migration of contaminants, thereby ensuring the non -degradation of surface <br />water and groundwater; <br />1.23 The provision of establishing minimum standards for ISTS placement, design, <br />construction, re -construction, repair and maintenance to prevent contamination and, if <br />contamination is discovered, to identify and control its consequences and abate its source <br />and migration. <br />1.24 The provision of establishingminimum standards for septage removal, transport, <br />P Po <br />treatment and disposal; <br />1.25 The utilization of privy vaults and other non -water carried ISTS• <br />. P Y <br />1.25 The prevention and control of water -borne disease, lake degradation, groundwater related <br />hazards, and public nuisance conditions through plan reviews, inspections, ISTS surveys <br />and complaint investigation, as well as through technical assistance and education. <br />SCOPE. This SECTION shall regulate the design, construction and repair of ISTS in <br />/71 <br />