THE CITY OF CAVE CITY (CITY) WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 2000, OWNS AND OPERATES A 0.4 MGD TRICKLING FILTER SYSTEM (PLANT) AND WAS ISSUED NPDES PERMIT NO. KY0025763 TO DIS- CHARGE INTO A SUBTERRANEAN STREAM WHICH RUNS INTO THE GREEN RIVER. SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF THE NPDES PERMIT IN JULY 1983, THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY MEET ITS PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF HORSE CAVE, PARK CITY AND THE MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK, CAVE CITY FORME THE CAVELAND SANITATION AUTHORITY (CSA) TO FINANCE, CONSTRUCT AND MAIN- TAIN A REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WHICH WOULD UPGRADE EXISTING LEVELS AND TO TRANSPORT THE EFFLUENT AWAY FROM THE SUBTERRANEAN STREAMS AND DIRECTLY INTO THE GREEN RIVER. CSA HAS PROCURED FINANCING FORM EPA, FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION, THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, AND THE KENTUCKY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. THE ATTACHED CITY RESOLUTIONS PROVIDE CSA WITH THE LEGAL AUTHORITY.