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14 <br /> 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/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 /> Commissioner McKee asked to return to the previous slide. He asked what happens if, <br /> after a drain field fails, a repair area also fails. <br /> Tony Whitaker said sometimes a dispersal field can benefit from resting, so it is possible <br /> that the original drain field could be used again, but not if the system fails in a way that isn't <br /> repairable. <br /> Commissioner McKee asked if that option is more or less likely on a smaller lot. <br /> Tony Whitaker said if there is advanced pre-treatment, there wouldn't be an issue. <br /> Otherwise, the smaller the dispersal area, the higher the chance that there won't be a recoverable <br /> repair. He said community systems are also valuable because individual owners may not know <br /> that their system is failing until there is a dire situation, whereas community systems require more <br /> intense inspections. <br /> 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: IDA in 1993 by: Operator <br /> NC DEHNR-DEM NC DEHNR-DHS OC Health Dept OC Health Dept Dissolved 1993 <br /> 58 single family lots in Rural <br /> F_ Soil <br /> ' Not fully built out when ..•• Evalua- <br /> Dispersal <br /> tion Design <br /> F-1 Identified by OCHD during <br /> Dispersal field d repair field o suitable Regula- Constr- <br /> tory uction <br /> F— Resolved via OWASA&Durham cooperation <br /> sion 14 <br /> F—' Has left a lasting negative impres Operation <br /> technologyF—. Bad actors;not bad � Multiple Problem Areas <br />