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126 <br /> Services and Community Many households in unincorporated areas <br /> rely on individual propane tanks or are all- <br /> electric. <br /> Orange County is served by a variety of Trends and Conditions <br /> utility providers.Water and sewer services <br /> are provided by the Town of Hillsborough, The majority of residential properties <br /> Orange Water and Sewer Authority in unincorporated Orange County use <br /> (OWASA)for Chapel Hill and Carrboro,the onsite wastewater systems(septic).The <br /> Orange-Alamance Water System in Efland Water and Sewer Management, Planning <br /> and western Orange County,the Graham- and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA), <br /> Mebane Water System in Mebane,and the designates service areas for water and <br /> City of Mebane for sewer, including the sewer throughout the county.The City <br /> former Efland Sewer System. of Mebane and Orange-Alamance Water <br /> System (OAWS) are not parties (and do not <br /> The Department of Environmental Quality have to follow)the agreement. Parties to <br /> oversees public water supply community WASMPBA are generally prohibited from <br /> wells,while the Health Department issues providing service outside their primary <br /> well and septic permits.Wastewater service area,which means that properties <br /> discharge is regulated by the National within the Rural Buffer are not connected <br /> Pollutant Discharge Elimination System to public water or sewer. <br /> (N PD ES). <br /> Orange County provides drop-off <br /> Electricity is supplied by Duke Power recycling and waste services (convenience <br /> and Piedmont Electric Membership centers),as well as mulch collection and <br /> Corporation,and natural gas is provided compost sale. Household trash can be <br /> by the Public Service Company of North collected by private companies through <br /> Carolina, primarily within municipalities. <br /> 0L -� <br /> i <br /> Passmore Senior Center <br /> ORANGE COUNTY LAND USE PLAN 2050 123 <br />