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O R A N G E C 0 U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 7, 1990 <br />SUBJECT: Alternative Sewage <br />Treatment Systems <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager, Health <br />ATTACHMENT(S): None <br />Action Agenda <br />Item #� <br />PUBLIC HEARING: Yes —X —No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Dan Reimer, Health Director <br />Paul Thames Count Engineer <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 - 9251/968 -4501 <br />PURPOSE: To provide and summarize available information on the <br />reliability of alternative sewage treatment technology <br />BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners has requested that County <br />Staff provide information on the reliability of alternative <br />waste treatment system technology and to recommend <br />strategies that may be used by the County to overcome <br />deficiencies, both anticipated and documented, in the use <br />of that technology. Specifically, this report includes the <br />following sources of information: <br />Paul Thames. County Engineer - summary of August, 1988 <br />report on Alternative Systems prepared by Hazen & Sawyer, <br />explanation of terminology used in describing waste <br />treatment technology <br />Dan Reimer, Health Director - Health Department's proposed <br />Monitoring Program for Alternative and Conventional Waste <br />Treatment and Disposal Systems <br />Dr. Bob Rubin, North Carolina State University - History, <br />technology and reliability of alternative waste treatment <br />systems <br />