In an area with growing population, community lakes have become polluted from defective septic tanks that were installed in an earlier time when there were fewer dwellings and lower land use density. Should the owners of the septic tanks be required to convert to community sanitary sewers, though it would cost several thousand dollars? 

Who should pay for the conversion, if not the owner?

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