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14 <br /> 1 Slide #18 <br /> What Happens When Something Fails? <br /> 1. is the failure known by the property owner? <br /> 2. Is the problem discovered early or late? <br /> 3. Is it a matter of normal maintenance 1 repair? <br /> 4. Or something more serious? <br /> 5. Is correction optional?...or mandatory? <br /> 6. Is the owner motivated to fix it? <br /> 7. Are funds available to fix it? <br /> Answers to these questions may be more satisfying <br /> for a Community system than for an Individual system <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Commissioner McKee asked to return to the previous slide. He asked what happens if, <br /> 4 after a drain field fails, a repair area also fails. <br /> 5 Tony Whitaker said sometimes a dispersal field can benefit from resting, so it is possible <br /> 6 that the original drain field could be used again, but not if the system fails in a way that isn't <br /> 7 repairable. <br /> 8 Commissioner McKee asked if that option is more or less likely on a smaller lot. <br /> 9 Tony Whitaker said if there is advanced pre-treatment, there wouldn't be an issue. <br /> 10 Otherwise, the smaller the dispersal area, the higher the chance that there won't be a <br /> 11 recoverable repair. He said community systems are also valuable because individual owners <br /> 12 may not know that their system is failing until there is a dire situation, whereas community <br /> 13 systems require more intense inspections. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Slide #19 <br /> Historical Perspective: <br /> Piney Mountain Neighborhood <br /> Permit Approval 1992 Transfer of Regulatory Maio r Defects Licensed <br /> in 1987 by: Authority to: Delegation to: ID'd in 1993 by: Operator <br /> NC DEHNR-DEM NC DEHNR-QHS OC Health Dept OC Health Dept Dissolved 1993 <br /> 58 single family lots in Rural Buffer <br /> _ <br /> F Soil <br /> ' Not fully built out when problems found Evalua- Dispersal <br /> tion <br /> Design <br /> Er Identified by OCHD . <br /> Dispersal Constr- <br /> field and repair field not suitable uction <br /> I— Resolved via OWASA&Durham cooperation <br /> Has left a lasting negative impression peration <br /> .• <br /> 16 F Multiple Problem Areas <br />