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INTRODUCTION The Midland Area Plan study area is comprised of the whole of Township 10 and that portion of Townships 9 and 11 east of US 601 and south of NC 200. This area is experiencing steady, although slow, growth as a result of its proximity to the rapidly developing east side of Charlotte- Mecklenburg and the presence of a crossroads of a north-south highway and an east-west highway. The exact area plan boundary is Flowes Store Road to the west, the Rocky River, US 601 and NC 200 to the north, the Stanly County line to the east and the Union and Mecklenburg County line to the south and east (See Map 1). This area is affected by a number of common factors. These relate to its geographic location within Cabarrus County. It is somewhat isolated from the two urbanized areas, Concord and Kannapolis. Because of its common borders with three adjoining counties, it is greatly affected by them. This effect is heightened by the crossing of the east-west NC 24/27 and the north-south US 601, referred to historically as Beatty Crossroads. Other common concerns and issues that affect this area relate to water and sewer services. Because the area is sparsely developed and due to the location of the regional treatment plant upstream from the area, it is largely without public sanitary sewer service.~ However, a wastewater treatment plant was built in the area in 1995, which serves the lower east side of the area, and additional service will be provided along US 601 north to the crossroads area by the end of 1997. Unlike other parts of the county, the Midland area does not have any private sanitary sewer. Groundwater quality is poor throughout the area and therefore public water service is available along the major roads and some of the secondary roads. However, water distribution lines are still needed along some of the secondary roads.