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o 2001 Comprehensive Plan Amended February 26, 2002 minimal problems with water quality reported that have been associated with failing septic systems. In spring of 1998 the City adopted an Individual Sewage Treatment Systems Program, which meets the requirements of Minnesota Rules chapter 7080 (see Appendix E). This program puts in place an ordinance, which contains voluntary point of property transfer inspections and encourages education and maintenance of private on-site septic systems. This program was adopted to satisfy a legal requirement. The City currently does not actively enforce this program. Regional Flowage Capacity The Metropolitan Council estimates sewered population, housing and employment units for local communities in order to adequately develop regional wastewater treatment facilities to handle wastewater from a growing metropolitan region. Sewer flowage from the City of Ramsey is piped to the Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant in St. Paul where it is treated and eventually discharged into the Mississippi River. The Metropolitan Council provided the following estimates for the City of Ramsey: Table VIII-2 Metropolitan Council Estimates for sewered population, housing and employment~ Sewered unit 2000 2010 2020 Population 7,000 13,500 22,500 Housing 2,100 4,500 7,500 Employment 2,800 4,000 4,700 These estimates equate to the following wastewater flow projections from the City of Ramsey: Table VIII-3 Metropolitan Council wastewater flow projections (million gallons per year)2 Flow 1995 2000 2010 2020 Projections City of Low High Low High Low High Ramsey 86 mgy 157 mgy 187 mgy 328 mgy 401 mgy 542 mgy 668 mgy o Summary of Existing System The 1991 Comprehensive Sewer Plan for the City of Ramsey confirmed that adequate interceptor capacity has been provided to the City of Ramsey to serve development within the urban services area and the rural transition zones, which includes everything generally south of Trott Brook. The 1991 study indicated that at a 2.8 million gallon per day average flow capacity, the City of Ramsey's local system could accommodate a sewered population of 27,200 persons and a sewered employment of 7,000 employees considering a full build out scenario. The current system appears to be built to accommodate this level of growth. ~ Metropolitan Council, "Water Resources Management, Metropolitan Development Guide" December, 1996 pg. 59 : Ibid. pg. 62 ~ Hakanson Anderson Associates, Inc. "Comprehensive Sewer Plan, City of Ramsey" February 1991, pg 17 2001 Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Page VIII-2 Amended February 26, 2002