Taylors Fire and Sewer District in Taylors, South Carolina, is party to an intergovernmental agreement with Renewable Water Resources, which owns and operates several wastewater treatment facilities in their five-county service area. About 10 years ago, Taylors learned this agreement required them to eliminate inflow and infiltration into their wastewater collections system within 15 years, giving them a completion deadline of  2021.

This district serves about 10,000...