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1 I Consider Fn °Ensure a high level of maintenance of individual 2 sewage treatment systems. Individual sewage treatment systems -when properly installed, used, and maintained- 3 provide an adequate level of sewage treatment. All properties that lie outside of the sewer service area have their 4 sewage treated by individual treatment systems. In a seasonal area, these systems often do not work we" as 5 designed a-s-when they experience peak usage and or are not properly maintained year-round. Especially along the 6 shoreline, this has a dramatic affect on the quality of the area's resources. A more aggressive regimen featuring 7 I inspection and maintenance of individual systems should be implemented, especially in shoreline areas. The City g should requiFe elusteriRg and FnanagemeRt of sewer systems iR new develepments. The City must be--remain open 9 to new and innovative ways to treat sewage. Facilities that have a risk of fire damage (industrial uses, commercial uses where flammable liquids are 11 present, etc...)or house large populations of people(schools, group home facilities,etc...) must be located on 12 the municipal water system for fire protection.The City's municipal water system provides enough pressure and 13 volume for excellent fire protection throughout the industrial park and most of the downtown. With the 14 office/campus concept growing in appeal,there is a trend to locate facilities with a high number of people to more 15 remote areas.This is especially true where there is an availability of raw land outside of the downtown core. Public 16 safety dictates that these facilities, especially where they serve the vulnerable, must be located so as to be served 17 by municipal water service. The City's wellhead must be protected from potential sources of contamination. Nearly the entire City's water 19 supply is highly susceptible to contamination due to the soil types, mainly coarse sands and gravels, above the 20 aquifer. These soil types provide little protection against contamination from the surface.The City has completed 21 a wellhead protection plan. This plan needs to be fully implemented, including overlay zoning districts where 22 needed,to minimize the potential for contamination of the City's drinking water supply. 23 Stormwater management is critical for the protecting the city's 24 being implemented in downtown Pequot Lalies. High deRsity develepment with zero let IiRe setbaGks is desirable 25 26 27 28 29 Phasing of utility improvements 30 term economic feasibility of the system. Utility imprevemeRts er Fepai�s almest always FequiFe exGavation 31 beneath Gity StFeets. WheR Streets aFe beiRg Fepaired, pipes that aFe eld er undeFsized Reed te be replaced dUFiRg 32 the street impravemeRt PFE)jeGt. Over time, this will make the Fnest effieient use of taxpayeF dellaFs as reads will 33 net Reed te be prematurely dug up to make repairs er replacemeRts. 34 ACTIONS i 35 SHORT-TERM ACTIONS (WITHIN 1 YEAR : 36 Develop an ordiRance that requiFes clustering of sewage treatment systems OR erder to obtaiR deSiFed resideRtial 37 deRSity. 38 Implement the City's wellhead protection plan. _ DRAFT-November 2010 42 1 a g e