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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 20, 1990 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # =[..t, <br /> SUBJECT: Sewage treatment System at Carden's Mobile Home Park <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Paul Thames, County Engineer <br /> Report <br /> Maps (Under separate cover) TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4507. <br /> PURPOSE: To present a brief history of the sewage treatment <br /> system at Carden's Mobile Home Park <br /> BACKGROUND: Approximately 20 years ago, Carden's Mobile Home Park <br /> began discharging low quality sewage effluent into a <br /> roadside ditch along the north side of Hwy 70 just east <br /> of the intersection of Hwy 70 and University Station <br /> Road. From the point of discharge, this sewage <br /> effluent flowed under Hwy 70 in a stormwater drainage <br /> culvert and through a field belonging to Mr. Talmedge <br /> Stephenson, whose property is directly across Hwy 70 <br /> from Carden's. The sewage effluent ponds on Mr. <br /> Stephenson's property until such time as it evaporates <br /> or is absorbed into the ground. Mr. Stephenson has <br /> sought relief from this situation since the Carden's <br /> waste treatment discharge initially began. NCDEM has <br /> permitted the discharge point several times in <br /> violation of their normal minimum requirements for <br /> discharge points, however they are presently requiring <br /> Carden's to replace its existing treatment system with <br /> a new package treatment plant, because the quality of <br /> the existing effluent is so poor. <br />