Agenda - Council - 05/26/1981 - Laserfiche WebLink

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CAB city councils unanimously approved the same program' for providing a system to collect and dispose of the sanitary wastes for the area. The adopted program was the result of extensive research into the many studies'resulting from all the federal funding programs and the public hearing input all unde~ the control of the MWCC 201 Section of the .federal Water Pollution Control Act. Alternate No. 31, from the Northwest Area Study became the recommended program. The Metropolitan Council has not approved this or any other alternate from' that study after a fifteen (15) month period. The area sanitary sewer disposal problem is compounded by the need to alleviate an intolerable environmental situa- tion resulting from the failure of on-site (private) sanitary waste disposal systems. These systems were installed in the cities prior to the municipalities requiring city utilities. Documented evidence reveals that pollution is entering the ground water aquifers and is observed as surface run-off.· Controls have been enforced to eliminate the situation. The·enforced controls required to eliminate the surfacing of contaminants is extremely expensive on a continuing basis. The contamination of the ground water is impossible to control and often associated with inadequate on-site systems. '· The overall planning community is now faced with the issue of time as a deterrent to having a cost effective total service program. The major transportation facilities to serve this northwest area are under construction and/or in the final study phase. This will contribute to the need for adopting a con- -- trolled growth program to handle the impending development demands. The needed utility program has not been resolved. -3-