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- Sewer - 60 gallons per person per day (635 million gallons per year) <br /> - Solid Waste - 4 pounds per person per day (42.0 million pounds per year) <br /> • The Impact Area is served by 36 public utility districts providing water and/or sewer <br /> services. <br /> • A portion of the households are expected to utilize individual or group on-site water <br /> sources or sewage disposal facilities. <br /> • Public utilities have an obligation to provide services, unless required to deny service by <br /> other regulations, court orders, agency imposed moratoria, etc. <br /> • Water and sewer facility improvements are in often funded with a combination of Federal <br /> and State grants and revenue bonds. <br /> • In Washington, counties have primary planning and management responsibility for solid <br /> waste. Cities within those counties usually participate in County programs by means of <br /> interlocal agreements. In Snohomish and King counties, the councils have recently <br /> decided to contract for private disposal at out-of-county private sites. Most local <br /> governments contract with private firms for hauling of residential and commercial waste <br /> to a disposal site or transfer facility. <br /> • Pursuant to WAC 197-11-660(e), the City considered "whether local, state, or federal <br /> requirements and enforcement would mitigate an identified significant impact." Current <br /> and prospective regulations and other actions by Federal and State agencies which will <br /> address water, sewer and solid waste services impacts include: <br /> - State Water Resource Planning Process, including 1990 "Chelan Agreement" and <br /> 1991 implementing legislation; includes conservation measures, instream resource <br /> protection, delineation of critical supply areas, dispute resolution mechanisms. <br /> - State Water Right permit process. <br /> - Federal amendments to Safe Drinking Water Act. <br /> - State Department of Ecology and Department of Health revisions to water supply <br /> regulations and standards. <br /> - Federal amendments to Clean Water Act laws. <br /> - State Department of Ecology Amendments to receiving water quality standards, <br /> and adoption of sediment criteria. <br /> - EPA revisions to waste discharge permit requirements, and State conformance in <br /> its regulations. <br /> 73 <br />