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8. The 1910 CH2M "Sewerage System Study, River Road-Santa Clara" publication demonstrates the feasi bi 1 i ty of providing sanitary sewers to the River Road-Santa Clara area in a manner consistent with the "Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Waste Treatment Al terna- tives Report" X208 "Facilities" Plan} and the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General P1 an . 9. The CHUM publication defined study boundaries and made population projections which are different than those captained in the Metro- politan Plan; modifications to these factors is occurring as part of the required system design work prior to construction. 10. The detailed design work which will occur as part of development of the system will allow discussion of various system concepts with the residents and property owners of the River Road and Santa Clara areas. 11. The River Road-Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan has been complet- ed. 12. Based an the "River Road/Santa Clara Groundwater Study, Final Technical Report, February, 1980" by Sweet, Edwards, and Associ- ates, Inc., the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission found on April 18, 1980, that: a. The River Road/Santa Clara shallow aquifer is generally con- taminated with fecal coliform organisms in excess of drinking water and body contact standards. b. Existing nitrate-nitrogen concentrations within the area exceed the planning target on the average. c. About 13 percent of the nitrate-nitrogen pollutants hand by analogy a similar share of the fecal coliform contaminations} results from septic tank effluent. Septic tank pol 1 utants can migrate rapidly to the groundwater from drainfields via macropore travel. 13. The Environmental Quality Commission concluded that a public health hazard exists based on fecal coliform data for people using the aquifer for domestic drinking} or irrigation and that a health hazard similarly exists i n several areas based on nitrate-nitrogen levels. 14. To remedy the groundwater pollution problem, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded Eugene a grant to build a sewer system to replace the individual septic systems i n use throughout River Road and Santa C1 ara according to a prescri bed time frame. 15. Efforts toward incremental and voluntary annexation of River Road and Santa Clara properties to Eugene and connection to the sewer system according to the Environmental Protection Agency's time frame have not been successful. Ordinance - 5