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1.0 Introduction, Purpose and Need 1.1 Introduction This Facilities Plan, prepared for the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC), is the result of a comprehensive evaluation of the regional wastewater treatment facilities serving the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area. Regional wastewater facilities include the Eugene-Springfield Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF), major pump stations and interceptors, the Biosolids Management Facility (BMF), the Biocycle Farm, and the Seasonal Industrial Waste Facility (SIWF). This Facilities Plan is a comprehensive update to the original "208 Plan," which was completed in 1977. The 208 Plan established the original projections, requirements, and projects needed to serve the Eugene-Springfield community through 2005. The newly developed MWMC Facilities Plan is intended to identify facility enhancements and expansions that are needed to serve the community's wastewater needs through 2025. Current capacity constraints, new regulatory requirements and anticipated changes to these requirements, future capacity and performance requirements, new treatment technologies available to cost-effectively improve the capacity and performance of existing assets, and existing WPCF operational issues all provide the basis for evaluating and planning for the future of the regional wastewater treatment facilities. This evaluation reviews all of these areas and the resulting plan accounts for the most probable outcomes in the years ahead. The Facilities Plan builds on interim planning efforts that were conducted from 1996 through 2001 to address specifically identified performance, capacity, and operational deficiencies. For example, the models and analyses developed for the Wet Weather Flow Management Plan (CH2M HILL, 2001) and the Biosolids Management Plan (CH2M HILL, 1997) were leveraged in order to develop solutions to both dry and wet weather treatment issues. Also, those solutions are intended to provide for planned community growth that meets current regulations and anticipates future environmental regulatory requirements. The selected alternatives should meet both short-term and long-term objectives and provide facilities that are acceptable to the public. This Facilities Plan provides solutions that address the full range of dry and wet weather liquids treatment and biosolids issues, and operational health and safety concerns. The Plan also provides detailed descriptions and plans for recommended project implementation. It is a comprehensive strategic road map for implementing the most cost-effective solutions to address a full range of regional wastewater needs over the next 20 years. 1.2 Intergovernmental Agreements MWMC is an intergovernmental entity that was created in 1977 by an intergovernmental agreement among Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County. MWMC owns and operates the Eugene-Springfield regional wastewater facilities. In accordance with an intergovernmental agreement (IGA), the MWMC contracts with Eugene to operate and maintain these facilities, and with Springfield to provide administration services to the Commission. The MWMC is MWMC_l.0_RE¥13.DOC