Record #:

22189

Author(s):

Ball, Billy

Abstract:

Technically speaking, there are no regulated landfills operating in Orange County. However, there is an unmarked dump off Bethel Hickory Grove Church Road where people are carrying their garbage--dozens of abandoned cars, broken toilets, rusting metal drums, broken wood and sharp, rusty metal pieces, among other things. A big problem is that it is located in the \"critical\" watershed for University Lake, a 450-million-gallon reservoir west of Carrboro, and several other reservoirs that provide drinking water for over 80,000 people. Ball explores what can be done about it.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 31 Issue 7, Feb 2014, p12, 17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Landfills, Unregulated--Orange County