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<br /> .AA "spray irrigation,"and "wastewater the most sense.
<br /> xw. reclamation and reuse." These terms • Individual Landowner
<br /> describe variations of a well-document-
<br /> , At its simplest level, the original
<br /> ed technology that is superior to con- landowner(a farmer, for example) can
<br /> ventional mechanical systems in many retain ownership to as much as 80 per
<br /> _ !,?.• ` \ ways because they produce only very cent of the conservation land to keep it
<br /> F r-: ; small amounts of sludge by-products
<br /> i, F.. in the family. (At least 20 percent of the
<br /> '_� - , and help to replenish local aquifers.
<br /> open space should be reserved for
<br /> \? ., , ti� 'l ,. With spray irrigation,wastewater is
<br /> i 1 heavily aerated in deep lagoons where common neighborhood use by subdivi-
<br /> sion residents.) That landowner can
<br /> • Vit receives a "secondary" level of treat
<br /> ' ,, also pass this property on to sons or
<br /> ' r mens similar to that provided by con-`+� daughters,or sell it to other individual
<br /> a ventional sewage plants. Itis then
<br /> `�? - landowners,with permanent conserva-
<br /> tion easements runningwith the land
<br />'�' % sistent with the soil's natural absorp-
<br /> and
<br /> and protecting it from development
<br /> tion capacity.A growing number of under future owners. The open space
<br /> environmentally sensitive golf courses
<br /> are irrigated and fertilized with waste- should not,however,be divided among
<br /> all of the individual subdivision lots as
<br /> Creek and meadow.Ranch at Roaring Fork. water treated in this way.The practice land management and access difficul-
<br /> Garfield County,Colorado. has been well accepted by golfers and g
<br /> nearby residents because it is safe,
<br /> covered with streets,driveways,patios,
<br /> ties are likely to arise.
<br /> rooftops,and lawns(which allow for a odorless, •and environmentally sound. • Homeowners Associations
<br /> surprisingly high amount of runoff) can Although the conservation design Most conservation land within sub-
<br /> be very considerable. makes it easier to use land treatment divisions is owned and managed by
<br /> By reducing the overall area of systems,a conservation subdivision homeowners'associations(HOAs).A
<br /> can,of course,be served by conven- few basic ground rules encourage a
<br /> impervious surfaces and suburban
<br /> lawns that would otherwise be created, tional sewage plants,individual good performance record. First,mem-
<br /> likservation design reduces the total septic systems,or community septic bership must be automatic,a precondi-
<br /> ume of stormwater runoff. systems. tion of property purchase in the
<br /> Who will own and maintain development.Second,zoning should
<br /> O Sewage Treatment require that bylaws give such associa-
<br /> theConservation subdivisions offer conservation land. tions the legal right to place liens on
<br /> greater opportunities to implement Ownership Choices. properties of members who fail to pay
<br /> environmentally sensitive sewage treat- There are basically four options, their dues. Third,facilities should be
<br /> ment and disposal systems,known which may be combined within the minimal(ball fields and trails rather
<br /> alternatively as"land treatment," same subdivision where that makes than clubhouses and swimming pools)
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