DA-15-00001 Palomino Fields Master File

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This facility will take domestic sewage from the project and treat it to a level that meets or exceeds Class "A" Reclaimed Water requirements. These requirements are the highest standards recognized by Department of Health and Department of Ecology and allow that water to be put to beneficial use. Class "A" reclaimed water is suitable for many beneficial uses including, but not limited to, irrigation of food and non-food crops, landscape irrigation, impoundments for landscape and recreational uses, construction water, fire fighting/protection, aquifer recharge, and stream enhancement. The standards for Class "A" Reclaimed Water established by the Department of Health and the Department of Ecology require treatment and disinfection to a level that is far above what conventional wastewater treatment facilities are required to provide. The standards also require automated alarms, redundancy of treatment units, emergency storage, and stringent operator training and certification to meet reliability criteria. Elimination of septic systems and treatment of wastewater from the project to these high standards provides for increased benefit to Public Health far above that which is seen in conventional wastewater treatment plants or soil based treatment of septic systems. Initially the early phases of the development will be served by community septic systems. This type of treatment will continue until the volume of effluent generated by the development reaches an adequate level (approximately 10,000 gallons per day) to sustain the operation of the Class A Reclaimed Water Facilities. As the volume of effluent approaches the needed flows to operate the Class A Reclaimed Water Facility the facility will be designed and constructed and take over the treatment of the effluent generated by the proposed development. The system will be sized to adequately treat and reclaim the domestic sewage from the residences and facilities served by the Group A Water system that would serve this property. Construction of this reclaimed water facility will include a central treatment facility, underground collection and distribution systems, and storage facilities. The system will continue to use the community drain fields as an alternate location to dispose of the reclaimed water as allowed by the Class A Reclaimed Water plan for this project. Power will be provided by either Puget Sound Energy or Kittitas County Public Utility District. Telephone will be provided by Fairpoint Communications Internet will be provided by: The local providers of this service. Cable Television will be provided by: Charter Communications Solid Waste will be provided by: Waste Management Sufficient Irrigation Water and Water rights are available for irrigation purposes for all of the lands associated with this proposal. The subject property is bordered to the west by existing agricultural ground. To the south the property is bordered by the John Wayne Trail and beyond that by one to two acre lots. To the east the property is bordered by Reecer Creek Road and beyond that is the Black Horse Planned Unit Development, a 325 unit development. The north property is bordered by the Ellensburg Water Company's irrigation canal and beyond that there are residential lots varying in size from two plus acres to ten plus acres and additional bordered by agricultural lands. This Preliminary Plat will be accessed off of Reecer Creek Road and then will use an internal road network, made up of private roads. This internal road network will have two access points off of Reecer Creek Road. 5 of')