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10 . 4 Support programs which help to protect water quality, 04 , <br /> such as the Soil Conservation Service and <br /> Sedimentation and Erosion Control Programs . <br /> '- 10 . 5 Encourage efforts to monitor the quality of water in <br /> Orange County streams . <br /> 10 . 6 Cooperate with other public and private bodies in <br /> promoting water quality legislation programs . <br /> ,X 10 . 7 Support educational efforts which serve to increase <br /> citizen understanding of water quality problems and <br /> 4 the need for water conservation. <br /> 10 . 8 * Commercial and industrial uses are inappropriate in <br /> the University Lake and Cane Creek watersheds . <br /> 10 . 9 Direct urban development pressures in the I-85/US 70 <br /> corridor in the Upper Eno watershed in Cheeks Township <br /> Amended to the areas designated 10 and 20 Year Transition <br /> 4/2/84 Areas and away from the areas designated Water Quality <br /> Critical Area. <br /> GOAL ELEVEN: Adequate and appropriate sewer disposal facilities for <br /> all current and future residents . <br /> I 11 . 1 Identify the type of sewage disposal facilities <br /> appropriate for an area as a function of the magnitude <br /> of present and future demand; the distribution of <br /> ii users; and the capacity of the natural environment to <br /> absorb the impact. <br /> 11 .2 Identify service by centralized water and sewer <br /> systems (Towns of Hillsborough and Mebane, Orange- <br /> Alamance Water Systems Incorporated and Orange Water <br /> and Sewer Authority) as most appropriate at the <br /> I higher-density levels which occur in the Urban and <br /> Transition Areas . <br /> 1 11 . 3 Develop a process to ensure that buyers of property in <br /> the County are fully informed about the on-site sewage <br /> disposal characteristics of the site on their <br /> property. <br /> 1 11 . 4 Allow on-site disposal in low-density and rural areas <br /> where soil conditions are acceptable. In rural areas <br /> with unacceptable soils, state-approved on-site sewage <br /> disposals systems will be required. <br /> 11 .5 Facilitate the use of alternatives to the traditional <br /> i septic system on land unsuitable for septic tanks and <br /> not served by public sewer. Elimination of <br /> administrative and informational barriers to the use <br /> 1 of safe, sanitary alternative on-site-disposal systems <br /> within the County should be encouraged. <br /> 11 . 6 Allow ground absorption sewage disposal systems of <br /> li <br /> 3 . 5-9 <br />