It is intended by the Carver County Environmental Services Department that this Chapter will promote the following.
(A) The protection of lakes, rivers and streams, wetlands, and groundwater in Carver County essential to the promotion of public health, safety, welfare, socioeconomic growth, and development of the County.
(B) The regulation of proper SSTS construction, reconstruction, repair, and maintenance to prevent the entry and migration of contaminants, thereby protecting surface water and groundwater from degradation.
(C) The establishment of minimum standards for SSTS placement, design, construction, reconstruction, repair, and maintenance to prevent contamination and, if contamination is discovered, the identification and control of its consequences and the abatement of its source and migration.
(D) The appropriate utilization of privy vaults and other non-water carried sewage collection and storage facilities.
(E) The provision of SSTS technical assistance and education, plan review, inspections, surveys, and complaint investigations to prevent and control water-borne diseases, lake degradation, groundwater related hazards, and public nuisance conditions.
(Ord. 67-2010, passed 5-17-11)