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Sewage Facilities and Land Development - Study Summary
Sewage Facilities and Land Development - Study Summary
Infrastructure funding and policy priorities have a critical impact on how we grow. Decisions as to where we put water and sewer lines, roads, and schools, and how we pay for these needs play a big role in shaping our communities and the use of our natural resources. For example, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania research has found that conflicts between Pennsylvania's land use and sewage facilities laws, regulations and implementation practices inhibit meaningful consistency between sewage facilities and land use planning. As a result, sewage facilities can be permitted almost anywhere, and this conflict has helped foster sprawling development patterns in southeastern Pennsylvania in the 1990s.| Attachment | Size |
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| Sewage Facilities and Land Development - Study Summary | 5 MB |
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