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• Industrial wastewater strength charges will be based on actual or average discharge strength above domestic wastewater strength. • Load charges for septage, portable -toilet waste, holding -tank wastewater and out -of -region wastes will be uniform for each type of load, and based on the volume of the load, the average strength of the types of loads, and the costs of receiving facilities. • Sewer availability charges (SAC) will be uniform within the urban area based on capacity demand classes of customers and the SAC Procedure Manual. Sewer availability charges for a rural center will be based on the reserve capacity and debt service of facilities specific to the rural center. • Other fees recovering costs of specific services may be imposed, as approved by the Council. • Cost-sharing between the Council and a local governmental unit may be used when construction of regional wastewater facilities provides additional local benefits for an incremental increase in costs. • Facilities that are no longer a necessary part of the regional wastewater system will be conveyed to the benefiting local governmental unit, or will be abandoned or sold, pursuant to related statutes. • Seek customer input prior to, and give at least three months notice of, any material changes in the design of charges. • Continue efforts to work to simplify and improve SAC and to communicate to customers. Wastewater System Plan Existing Facilities Regional Wastewater Conveyance and Treatment System The Metropolitan Council provides wastewater collection and treatment services to 2.7 million people in 108 communities, which represents about 95% of the seven -county metropolitan area's population. The regional wastewater system includes eight wastewater treatment plants, 60 pump stations, and 610 miles of regional interceptors that convey flow from approximately 5,000 miles of local sewers to these treatment plants. The system treats approximately 250 million gallons per day of wastewater from homes, industries, and businesses. The long-term service area map (Appendix F) shows the location of all metropolitan interceptor sewers and wastewater treatment plants in the metro area. Table 1 presents information about the treatment plants. The Council works with more than 800 industrial clients to substantially reduce the amount of pollution entering the wastewater collection system. The Council also accepts septage from private subsurface sewage treatment systems, community and/or cluster systems, biosolids from municipal wastewater plants, and leachate from landfills throughout Minnesota, and other hauled industrial wastewater. Waste haulers pay for the cost of service through various wastewater fees established by the Council. 31