How will the updated 208 Areawide Plan or amended State Water Quality Management Plan affect me?
Once U.S. EPA approval is obtained, the Columbus Metropolitan Facility Plan Update will serve as the official master plan for providing sewer and wastewater treatment needs within the facility planning boundary area. By law, Ohio EPA must disapprove sewer or wastewater treatment projects that conflict with an approved plan. For instance, the Columbus Metropolitan Facilities Plan Update proposes to exclude the use of wastewater systems that spray treated wastewater on to the surface of the land. If this provision is included in the plan certified by the U.S. EPA, no developer seeking to build a residential subdivision could use a land application system within the Facilities Planning Area.
