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to OWASA's system), have been reduced between 10% Inspections and 40%, depending on meter size and property type. Retail Food, Lodging,and Institutions Onsite Wastewater Community members and visitors, including those at- Most every dwelling and place of business or assembly tending athletic events and visiting the medical center, outside the limits of the Townships in Orange County deserve food safety and general sanitation at the places is served by the onsite disposal of wastewater. Septic where they frequent as customers. Orange County system permitting, inspection, monitoring, and enforce- Environmental Health provides food safety classroom/ ment are major services of Orange County Environ- exam and one-on-one instruction for operators. Orange mental Health. Each year, this program offers an annual County will provide courtesy inspections for operators training meeting for septic system installers. The repair and establishments that are not permitted by the local of existing systems and an existing system inspection health department but must have a sanitation inspec- program, known as the Wastewater Treatment Monitor- tion to maintain licensure or status with another state ing Program (WTMP), are critically important functions agency. Such establishments include jail, residential of this program for the protection of public health. cares, adult care facilities, and adult day facilities. Water Supplies In relation to services for children's environmental health, Orange County Environmental Health inspects Community members living in the municipal areas of facilities licensed by the NC Division of Child Develop- Orange County and in some limited unincorporated ar- ment and Early Education, no less than twice per year, systems:are served by the following community public water and yearly inspections of public/private school build- ings. Orange County Environmental Health provides City of Durham an annual meeting for childcare center operators and keeps a seat at the table of the NC Healthy Homes Task- Orange-Alamance Water(OAW) force to stay current with the other parts of children's Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) environmental health and childhood lead poisoning prevention. Town of Hillsborough Town of Mebane Table 18: Onsite Water Protection Services Program New Wells Completed 195 208 200 263 New Wells Permitted 285 312 334 323 Water Samples Analyzed 1308 1004 934 986 Existing Septic System &WTMP Inspections (monitoring) 915 1881 945 938 Failing Systems Permitted and Repaired 88 98 62 108 Table 19: Food, Lodging, Institutions, Childcare, Pools, Tattoos Number of establishments 754 770 791 810 Total number of activities 2,294 2,269 2,592 2,599 Inspections 1,697 1,648 1,602 1,777 42 2019 COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT