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From: Tom Konsler <br />Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 5:36 PM <br />To: Craig Benedict; Rosemary Summers <br />Cc: Shannon Berry; David Stancil; Greg Wilder <br />Subject: RE: UNC Research farm in Bingham township <br />Craig, <br />I can give you some information regarding the wastewater system which can be incorporated into <br />your report. <br />The facility is served by a spray irrigation wastewater system that is reviewed and permitted by <br />the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) of NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources. <br />These systems have pretreatment facilities similar to a package treatment plant, followed by <br />disinfection and storage. The treated effluent is sprayed on the ground surface for soil absorption <br />and evapo-transpiration. <br />This system was permitted by DWQ for an expansion which involved constructing new lagoon <br />storage, additional tanks and spray fields. The system expansion has been installed and is <br />currently in use. Our field staff has recently communicated concerns regarding the condition and <br />the operation of the new system to the DWQ as a result of observations made during our routine <br />inspection. We are still awaiting a response as to what DWQ plans to do about the concerns. <br />Tom <br />Tom Konsler, R.S. <br />Environmental Health Director <br />Orange County Health Department <br />PO Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />tkonslerCc~co. orange. nc. us <br />