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• Extend municipal sewer services to rural areas only if <br />o A pollution problem exists due to failing or leaking septic systems; <br />o The only cost effective solution to the problem is connection to municipal <br />sewer or a central sewer system; <br />o Capacity exists in the metropolitan treatment system to provide service to <br />the rural area in question; and <br />o A fair and equitable financing tool is in place to recover the costs of <br />building the sewer expansion facilities, so that existing rural residents who <br />remain on functioning private septic systems are not required to pay <br />assessments. <br />• Develop an equitable and fair financial framework for building and <br />maintaining the existing and future municipal sewer system. <br />• Provide for the efficient and timely extension of municipal sewer services in <br />accordance with the development staging plan as depicted in the future land <br />use plan. <br />• Oversize sewer pipes so that in the event private septic systems fail the <br />municipal sewer system is properly sized to handle additional capacity. <br />• Annually monitor sewer flowage into the two metropolitan interceptors in <br />order to identify infiltration and inflow (I&I) problems, which can cost- <br />effectively be repaired. <br />• Work with the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services division to <br />identify any points of major I&I into the system and devise a plan to minimize <br />future I&I. <br />• Emphasize prevention and education to protect against ground water pollution <br />related to on -site sewage disposal systems. <br />• Ensure existing on -site sewage disposal systems in the City are consistently <br />maintained and monitored as required under Minnesota Rules Section 7080. <br />Based on the Comp Plan, the availability of wastewater management services within the <br />City can be divided into three distinct service categories as follows: <br />• Existing Urban (MUSA) Area: Residents and businesses within this area are <br />currently served by the MCES's regional interceptor. Wastewater is <br />transported via this interceptor to the MCES Metro Wastewater Treatment <br />Plant in St. Paul (Figure 18.1 and 18.2). <br />• Urban Growth Area: These are areas designated by the City of Ramsey in its <br />Comp Plan, as being within the Urban Growth Boundary. Wastewater <br />services for future development in this area will be provided by an extension <br />18-2 <br />