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127 <br /> private contracts. Orange County has one Carrboro, Chapel Hill,and Orange County <br /> active landfill for construction debris.The offer public funding programs to help <br /> landfill at Eubanks Road,which closed in eligible property owners transition from <br /> 2013, had long-term environmental equity private septic systems to a safer and more <br /> implications. Strides in addressing these reliable public sewer system. <br /> environmental equities have been made, <br /> including extending public water and The Water and Sewer Management, <br /> sewer systems to the area. Planning,and Boundary Agreement <br /> (WASMPBA) is another key initiative, <br /> At the time of this writing, Orange County involving a partnership between Orange <br /> has made significant progress in having County, OWASA,and the towns of <br /> a broadband service available almost Carrboro, Chapel Hill,and Hillsborough. <br /> countywide.Additional work on extending This agreement creates a comprehensive <br /> broadband service is on-going through countywide system of service areas <br /> 2025.The Federal Communications for future utility extensions,as well as <br /> Commission defines broadband as an designated interest areas for addressing <br /> internet speed of greater than 25 Mbps private water and wastewater system <br /> download/3Mbps upload.The county issues in regions without public water and <br /> entered into a public-private partnership sewer services.The agreement also aligns <br /> with Lumos in 2022 to provide broadband with growth management objectives, <br /> service to much of the previously land use plans,and annexation strategies, <br /> unserved and underserved areas of complementing existing frameworks <br /> Orange County. such as the Orange County-Chapel Hill- <br /> Carrboro Joint Planning Area Land Use <br /> Orange County is served by two school plan and Agreement. <br /> districts:the Orange County School <br /> District and Chapel Hill Carrboro City The Schools Adequate Public Facilities <br /> Schools.The County has a long history Ordinance (SAPFO) helps to ensure <br /> of collaboration with the school districts. adequate capacity is available in the public <br /> Examples include the Schools Adequate schools to serve existing and proposed <br /> Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO), development.An annual report is <br /> Woolpert Study,and most recently,a prepared that details and projects student <br /> school bond referendum. enrollment trends and school capacity, <br /> which informs future capital investment <br /> Current Initiatives and Programs planning needs. <br /> Orange County has several initiatives Additionally, Orange County's <br /> and programs aimed at improving its Groundwater Observation Wells Network <br /> infrastructure and public facilities. One is an initiative that collects data from <br /> is the Rogers Road Sewer Connection thirteen wells throughout the county. <br /> Program, in partnership with the Towns of Groundwater levels are automatically <br /> Carrboro and Chapel Hill,which introduced recorded once an hour from these wells. <br /> new public sewer lines to the historically The data is then downloaded and made <br /> underserved Rogers Road neighborhood. available to the public through the North <br /> This project is part of a broader planning Carolina Department of Environmental <br /> effort to implement community-driven Quality's Division of Water Resources <br /> development and public infrastructure website. <br /> improvements in the area.Additionally, <br /> 124 PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT <br />