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• Require all communities served by the regional wastewater system to include its inflow and infiltration mitigation program in its comprehensive sewer plan, including a program to mitigate sources of inflow and infiltration from private property. • Limit expansion of service within those communities where excessive inflow and infiltration jeopardizes the Council's ability to convey wastewater without an overflow or backup occurring, or limits the capacity in the system to the point where the Council can no longer provide additional wastewater services. The Council will work with those communities on a case-by-case basis, based on the applicable regulatory requirements. • Potentially institute a wastewater rate demand charge for those communities that have not met their inflow and infiltration goal(s), if the community has not been implementing an effective inflow and infiltration reduction program as determined by the Council, or if regulations and/or regulatory permits require Council action to ensure regulatory compliance. The wastewater demand charge will include the cost of wastewater storage facilities and/or other improvements necessary to avoid overloading Council conveyance and treatment facilities, and the appropriate charges for use of capacity beyond the allowable amount of inflow and infiltration. • Work with the State to attempt to (1) make funds available for inflow and infiltration mitigation, and (2) promote statutes, rules, and regulations to encourage Ill mitigation. • Develop a program to assist communities with reducing inflow and infiltration from private property sources. Wastewater System Finance Policy: The Council will continue to implement regional wastewater service fees and charges based on regional cost of services and rules adopted by the Council. Implementation Strategies: • Metropolitan wastewater charges will be allocated among local government units based on volume of wastewater treated. • 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 for 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. 86