. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Craig Cogger hundred-gallon number (Environmen- tal Management's density guidelines) errs on the side of allowing too much density, if anything," Cogger says. "But we just won't know for sure until we have the ; —Neil Caudle Craven County: A green light Five men are huddling together in the rain to dig a hole in the sandy, side lot of an abandoned store near New Bern. One of them lets a fistful of damp soil slide through his fingers to test its composition. In Craven County, or most any


. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Craig Cogger hundred-gallon number (Environmen- tal Management's density guidelines) errs on the side of allowing too much density, if anything," Cogger says. "But we just won't know for sure until we have the ; —Neil Caudle Craven County: A green light Five men are huddling together in the rain to dig a hole in the sandy, side lot of an abandoned store near New Bern. One of them lets a fistful of damp soil slide through his fingers to test its composition. In Craven County, or most anywhere else, this is where new con- struction begins. Here, Joe Rose, a New Bern engineer, is trying to get a permit for his client, who wants to renovate the empty building and open a large grocery. But there are com- plications. The grocer will use much more water than the previous tenant; there is no public sewer to the site; space is limited, and the soil is not the best. "A few years ago, we would have had to turn this man down," says Al Harris, sanitarian supervisor for the Craven County Health Department. "The soil here is not, as it is, suitable for this kind of ; But Harris says that innovative new designs in on-site septic systems have made building on marginal sites prac- Continued on next page. Bob Rubin, Al Harris and Joe Rose with blueprints. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original UNC Sea Grant College Program. [Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program]


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