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Description:Sufficient septage disposal sites are necessary to deter illegal dumping and prevent regular maintenance of onsite sewage disposal systems from becoming cost prohibitive. On Georgia’s coast, adequate septage disposal is particularly important. The region has ubiquitous water resources, sensitive natural areas, and many recent initiatives to increase onsite system maintenance. Anecdotal evidence of the coast’s insufficient septage disposal sites abounds, but quantitative data is needed to accurately convey the situation and encourage action. This study provides much of this information. It catalogs coastal disposal sites and their fees and policies, identifies and prioritizes underserved areas, and lays out potential policy and other methods for increasing septage disposal options. There are currently eleven WWTP accepting septage from coastal communities and two that will begin accepting soon. Four of the facilities currently accepting will only take septage loads generated within city or county limits. One facility outside of the coastal region accepts septage from one coastal county. Procedures and fees vary by facility. Every coastal county contains underserved areas, identified by driving times to a disposal facility or high disposal fees. The number of underserved high density OSDS clusters, prioritized in this study, vary from county to county. A number of policy and other methods for increasing coastal septage disposal options exist, and include planning initiatives, funding and other incentives, regulatory options, expansion of service areas of existing disposal facilities, creation of new facilities, and other options.
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Sea Grant Document Number:GAUS-T-15-002
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