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Section 1 <br />Geographic and Solid Waste Stream <br />Evaluation <br /> <br />1.1 Geographic Area <br />This solid waste management plan covers Cabarrus County and three of its four <br />incorporated municipalities. A portion of the City of Kannapolis lies in Rowan <br />County, but municipal solid waste from the entire city limits is disposed of at the <br />Lowes Motor Speedway (LMS) landfill. <br /> <br />The most recent population figures available from the North Carolina Office of State <br />Plarming (OSPL) are for the period ending July, 1998. Population estimates for the <br />Cotmty and each of its municipalities are summarized below in Table 1. <br /> <br />Table 1. Estimated Population, July 1998 <br /> <br />MUNICIPALITIES & COUNTY POPULATION <br />Cabarrus County 120,674 <br />City of Kannapohs 36,550 <br />City of Concord 46,253 <br />Town of Mount Pleasant 1,226 <br />Town of Harrisburg 2,337 <br /> <br />Between 1998 and 2000, the OSPL expects the population of Cabarrus County to reach <br />123,404 which represents a growth rate of 2.3%. Projecting out over the 10 year <br />planning period (2000-2010), the OSPL expects the County population to rise to <br />144,126, a 16.8% increase. <br /> <br />1.2 Waste Stream Evaluation <br />In this plan, residential waste refers to waste generated by households (individual <br />and multi-family dwellings). The term non-residential refers to waste generated from <br />commercial, industrial, and institutional activities. Construction and demolition <br />waste is generated from construction activities and is separated from non-residential <br />waste in this plan because it will be disposed in a different facility than most non- <br />residential waste. <br /> <br /> <br />