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because the applicant owns senior water rights and will not have to rely <br />on exempt wells. <br />Another of the main concerns regarding Public Health in the county is <br />that with the continued growth in the rural areas of the county, there is <br />an increase in use of individual septic systems that could pollute the <br />aquifer and/or surface waters of the Upper Yakima River basin. Kittitas <br />County Citizens, County Government, Washington State Department of <br />Health, Washington State Department of Ecology, and the Upper County <br />Cities have expressed this view. An additional benefit to the Public Health <br />is that this project provides a reduction of individual septic systems <br />constructed throughout the county by providing community drain fields <br />followed by a Class A Reclaimed Water Facility. <br />A Class "A" Reclaimed Water System will be constructed to provide for <br />the sewage needs for this planned unit development. This system is <br />currently in the design process, and is proposed to be operational as <br />required by the volume created by construction on the parcels that have <br />been previously created. <br />This facility will be constructed to meet the requirements of the <br />Washington State Department of Health and Department of Ecology. <br />This facility will take effluent from the project and treat it to a level that <br />meets or exceeds Class "A" Reclaimed Water, the highest standard <br />recognized by Department of Health and Department of Ecology and <br />allow that water to be put to beneficial use. Class "A" Reclaimed Water is <br />suitable for many beneficial uses including irrigation of food and non- <br />food crops, landscape irrigation, impoundments for landscape and <br />recreational uses, construction water, and fire righting/protection. The <br />standards for Class "A" Reclaimed Water, established by Department of <br />Health and Department of Ecology, require treatment and disinfections <br />to a level that is far above what conventional wastewater treatment <br />facilities are required to provide. The standards also require automated <br />alarms, redundancy of treatment units, emergency storage, and stringent <br />operator training and certification to meet reliability criteria. <br />The Class "A" Reclaimed Water Facility will have the same coverage <br />area as the Group A Water System, which includes the Hidden Valley <br />Guest Ranch, Swauk Pines subdivision, the Ranch on Swank Creek <br />Planned Unit Development and this proposal. <br />This project provides at least three Public Safety benefits: <br />Z-07-08 and LL -08-02 <br />Dunford PUD Rezone and <br />Preliminary Large Lot Subdivision <br />Page 8 of 28 <br />