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27 <br />OWASA <br />January 7, 1999 <br />ORANGE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY <br />Dr. Alice Gordon, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Dear Chairs Gordon and Ives: <br />Quality Service Since 1977 <br />Mr. Tim Ives, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Health <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />i am writing to express support for continued development of a program for on -site wastewater treatment <br />management by the Orange County Department of Health and-to endorse the program concepts scheduled for <br />presentation at the Orange County Board of Commissioners' retreat. <br />At the invitation of the Health Department, the OWASA Board' assigned Messrs. Pat Davis and Ed Kerwin to the ad <br />hoc committee convened to explore the Wastewater Treatment Management Program. We were pleased to join in <br />this effort because we firmly believe that such a program will extend the effective life of septic and alternative <br />wastewater systems in Orange. County; will protect public health and environment; and will preserve water quality <br />both in drinking water wells and in watersheds. The ad hoc committee presented a report to the Board of Health in <br />November. This report described the elements of an expanded program and offered options for program <br />expansion. OWASA supports the report. <br />If the Board of Commissioners determines that the program should be implemented, OWASA would like to be <br />included among the potential partners in developing certain components of program expansion. For example, <br />OWASA could assist the Health Department in developing GIS and other program information and data <br />management systems. OWASA could also assist in identifying and articulating the benefits of the program. <br />Currently, we are expanding the data monitoring for septage discharged at our Mason Farm Wastewater Treatment <br />Plant by local haulers. This information will further support the Health Department's surveillance system. <br />Finally, we are particularly enthusiastic about the option suggesting that the program focus initially on septic and <br />other alternative treatment systems in watersheds in Orange County. Clearly, this option would both add to the <br />protection of our water supply and to the surface and ground waters that will eventually serve the new Hillsborough <br />reservoir. <br />I want to thank the staff of the Board of Health for including OWASA in this important activity and congratulate them <br />for an excellent first step expanding the program. <br />Sincerely 1yo�� , <br />ursr� <br />0Cr� V "--r�^}� <br />l �I -A" sty <br />Dan VanderMeer, Chairman <br />Board Of Directors <br />c: Horace Johnson, Mayor, Town of Hillsborough <br />Michael Nelson, Mayor, Town of Carrboro <br />Rosemary Waldorf, Mayor, Town of Chapel Hill <br />Board of Directors, OWASA <br />Cal Horton, Town Manager, Chapel Hill <br />Ed Kerwin, Executive Director, OWASA <br />• John Link, Manager, Orange County <br />Bob Morgan, Town Manager, Carrboro <br />Eric Peterson, Town Manager, Hillsborough <br />Rosemary Summers, Director, Orange County Department of Health <br />400 Jones Ferry Road Equal Opportunity Employer Voice (919) 968 -4421 <br />PO Box 366 Printed on Recycled Paper FAX (919) 968 -4464 <br />Carrboro, NC 27S 10 -0366 trTrtt: o1Vasa.Oro <br />