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• ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORT ON EFLAND ESTATES, SECTION II December 12, 1980 Efland Estates Subdivision, Section Ii is located along and north of Route #70, one crossroad west of Efland Cheeks School in the Efland Community. This phase of the subdivision consists ,of 44 acres divided into 44 one-acre lots. Prior to January of 1974, Bitton Builders, Inc. (presently a non-existent corporetipn) developed this subdivision and•homes were constructed on all but 18 of the lots. The subdivision is served by the Orange-Alamance Water System. The housing stock is, predominately, 3 bedroom homes of 1,100 or less square • = ==feet The principle financing is through the Farmers Home Administration. The homes and yards are well kept up and the area is visually pleasant and reflective of pride of ownership. Presently, there are 26 homes in the subdivision. The environmental staff of the Health Department has been concerned about numberous septic failures in this subdivision for approximately two years. The staff has advised residents on attempts to repair their systems and has exten- sively explored alternative methods of waste disposal, as such methods were ap- proved by the Board of Health for use. Attempted repairs have been of minimal, short-term assistance. The area has been rejected for alternative on-site systems. The staff, during the past year has brought in experts and consultants to suggest solutions to the problem. Notable among those experts were Dr. Robert Carli.le of N.C. State University, Dr. Robert Rubin of.the Agriculture .Extefsioo Division, 4nd'Edward:Holland of the Triangle J Council of Governments. It has been concluded by all parties that individual on-site sewage disposal systems of known technology will not properly function in this area. The Attachment indicates that on first survey 21 of the 26 homes. had failing systems. The first survey was accomplished on April 18 - May 14, 1980. This high failure rate (81%) was dramatic considering the Spring had been unusually, dry. On December 11, 1980, the area was resurveyed. On this survey the only change in status was that the lot 19 system was now found to be badly malfunc- tioning versus properly functioning before. Therefore, as of 12/11/80, 22 of the 26 systems were failing (which is an 85% failure rate). The resurvey results were unexpected since the area has had many months of dry weather. Each of the - failing systems is expected to dispose of a minimum of 300 gallons of waste water per day. This would represent a potential of 6,600 gallons of waste water per day being improperly-disposed of. This is an extremely heavy pollution load on - the environment of this neighborhood. • Most ditches and many yards are contaminated with human excreta. Therefore, concern lies with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. They include typhoid fever, paratyphoids, dysentery, poliomyelitis, infectious hepatitis, hookworm disease and a few other parasitic infections. The following chart is presented to show how one of these diseases of concern is spread: SPREAD of TYPHOID Excreta ---i Fingers of HumansJ"--- " - $ Mouths from of Carrier "��.� Cockroaches _- Foods Persons < < Flies } Vegetables :a /IN it. •