Wastewater Management – Sewage System Improvements

Sewage system improvements include two specific techniques: converting basic septic systems to either centralized sewer systems or advanced septic systems, and repairing existing sewage system components. The transition from decentralized, basic septic systems to a centralized sewer system as a method for wastewater treatment is usually done in a spatially defined area; new sewer lines are installed to serve the area, and individual properties are connected to the sewer lines and their existing septic tanks decommissioned. An alternative to septic to sewer conversion is replacing basic septic systems, consisting of a septic tank and soil treatment system, with advanced septic systems that use aerobic treatment or filters to reduce nutrient, pathogen, and total suspended solids in the effluent.
Repairing leaks or other defects in existing sewage system components is necessary to prevent untreated sewage from moving into surface and groundwater.
Outcomes & Metrics
Outcomes for project types may be strongly or weakly linked, or if not labeled as such, not designated. Resilience-linked outcomes are marked with "R."
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Economic Activity - Finfish/Shellfish Harvest (R)
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Social Disruption - Due to Project or Flooding (R)
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Human Health - Food Security for Communities (R)
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Human Health - Seafood Associated Disease (R)
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