Four Corner - Texas Water Development Board

-- II. Existing Facilities
A. Existing Private Wells And Septic Systems - The Four Corners area considered by
this study generally consists of low income residential housing including small single
family houses and mobile homes. Some light commercial developments are interspersed
within residential development in the area. Currently, no community water system exists
in the Four Corners area. Private water wells supply the limited domestic water to
residences in the area. Sanitary sewage treatment is accomplished by with septic fields
serving individual lots. The approximate locations of existing private water wells and
existing private septic systems are shown on the attached Figure.
III. Need for Project
A. Health and Satety - According to Fort Bend County Environmental Health
Department there have been approximately one hundred seventy ( 170) complaints by the
City of Sugar Land for septic systems in the project area over the past ten (I 0) years.
The locations of the complaints by street name are listed in the following Table.
Septic Tank Violation Complaints
STREET NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS
Adelfina 19
Aurora 8
Blake
I
Frank
I6
Martinez
I8
Old Richmond
I3
Road
Paul 34
Sam 24
Second
I7
Severo 8
Tomasa
I2
Total I70
Currently operating on-site treatment systems are experiencing a high degree of failure
to properly treat the area population's domestic waste. This condition can primarily be
attributed to the overloading of the existing systems. Higher household populations than
systems can handle and inadequate treatment system maintenance. The high number of
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