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i) How should the network of non MWCC treatment facilities be managed? How can the smaller municipal systems, private treatment plants and on -site systems most cost-effectively provide service to development enclaves outside of MWCC's service area? Are there tradeoffs with centralized ownership and operation that should be considered? j) As sewage treatment levels become more stringent in response to wasteload allocations to meet water quality standards, should more emphasis be placed on ronpoint source pollution reduction as a tradeoff for higher levels of treatment? What should the Council's role be in water quality management and the implementation of tradeoffs? k) What should the responsibilities of the various parties be in solving and financing solutions to sewer inflow and infiltration U and I)? Is this a metropolitan responsibility or that of the community within whieh'it occurs? 1) How can the public more actively participate in the sewer service decision - making process? Are the Council and the MWCC responsive to system needs or should alternate means, such as private or corporate ownership, be explored? Are operational costs being contained to the maximum extent possible by the MWCC? m) How will implementation of the Policy Plan be monitored in order to assess whether the objectives of the plan are being met? What indicators or measures will be used to evaluate the MWCC's performance in delivering sewer service as called for in the Policy Plan? What are the Council's expectations for the MWCC's financial and managerial performance? 5. Studies to be Undertaken The following topics will need to be studied by either the Council or the MWCC in order to obtain the information needed to prepare the Policy Plan or the Implementation Plan. Results of the various studies will become available throughout the first half of 1987. a) The Council will provide population and employment data to the MWCC so that the Commission can determine sewer flow projections for all communi- ties in the region through the year 2010. b) The maintenance and repair needs of the existing infrastructure will be defined so that the level of effort required to properly operate the system is known. The MWCC will bear major responsibility for this study. This broad -brush look at the physical conditions of the system will provide information for the policy plan. However, the MWCC will need to further investigate the system to develop a management strategy as part of its Implementation Plan. c) The Council and the MWCC must work together to define an optimum sewer system configuration that provides the best service. Major responsibility for this element rests with the MWCC under Council policy and service goal leadership. d) An effective method of monitoring the MWCC's implementation of the Council's Policy Plan must be developed, incorporating evaluation of both physical service and fiscal impact.