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3 <br /> the 6000 gallon total capacity) of the new system will be <br /> allocated. It is impossible, at this time, to be more precise <br /> regarding the waste flow quantities or the number of bedrooms <br /> because the exact number of bedrooms for each existing and future <br /> mobile home is not known. <br /> The problems with the discharge from the exiting sand filter <br /> systems are well documented over a twenty year period. Insofar as <br /> the remainder of the mobile home park is concerned, septic tank <br /> treatment system problems are not well documented. There have <br /> been or presently are a few problems with these other waste <br /> treatment systems. A preliminary inspection of the entire <br /> Carden's site was undertaken during the on-site meeting of <br /> February 23, 1990 between representatives of the OC Health <br /> Department, the OC engineer and representatives of DEM. The <br /> inspection of the waste treatment facilities for sites not <br /> presently proposed for connection to the new treatment system <br /> turned up two problems. The most serious of the two problems is a <br /> septic system which is presently failing. The septic tank <br /> nitrification field serving two sites presently containing mobile <br /> homes (sites 22 & 23) , one unoccupied site (site 21) and possibly <br /> one other unoccupied site (site 20) , is failing. The second <br /> problem that was noted concerned the existing sewer piping from <br /> sites 9, 10, 11 and 13 (no site 12 is shown on the plans) . This <br /> piping showed signs of a probable pipe stoppage, between the home <br /> sites and the septic tank, where raw sewage had been discharged <br /> through a vent pipe onto the surface of the ground. At the time <br /> of the inspection, the surface discharge was not occurring but had <br /> obviously occurred in the past. <br /> None of the sites listed in the paragraph above are proposed to be <br /> tied into the new treatment system according to plans submitted to <br /> DEM. From an engineering and construction standpoint, it would <br /> not be difficult to tie these sites into the new system. Study of <br /> the topography of Carden's as indicated on plans submitted to DEM <br /> shows that it may also be possible for sites 14, 15 and 16, which <br /> are presently served by an existing septic system, to be served by <br /> the new treatment system using all gravity piping. These three <br /> sites are presently unoccupied, so that it is impossible to tell <br /> if the existing septic system which would serve them is functional <br /> or if these sites would need to be tied into the new treatment <br /> system. It is probable, but not certain, that the total waste <br /> flow from homes on sites that could be connected to the new <br /> treatment system by a gravity sewage collection system would <br /> exceed the permitted discharge flow for the system. Sites 17 and <br /> 18 could not be served by the new treatment facility without the <br /> addition of a pumping station. <br /> At the present time, all matters relating to the operation of <br /> Carden's Mobile Home Park's discharging systems are under the <br /> jurisdiction of DEM. Until such time as the authority to control <br />