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104 <br /> <br />declining, enrollment in community colleges and higher education <br />institutions is increasing. <br /> <br /> These figures indicate that Cabarrus County has an expanding <br />educated labor force. A problem does appear to exist in <br />attracting high school dropouts back to school to complete their <br />education and strengthen the total labor force. The creation <br />of new jobs in Cabarrus County would not only alleviate the <br />decreasing employment trend, but it would also provide an <br />incentive for. staying in school to increase one's employment <br />prospects. <br />PHYSICAL RESOURCES <br /> <br /> The transportation network of the County is a principal <br />asset. The five major transportation routes (Interstate 85, <br />U.S. 601, N.C. 49, N.C. 73 and U.S. 29 coupled with the <br />approximately 23 miles of rail facilities provided access to the <br />major marketing areas of Charlotte, North Carolina, Atlanta, <br />Georgia and Richmond, Virginia. <br /> <br /> The P. ublic Service Company of North Carolina provides <br /> natural gas to approximately 23 percent of the population of <br /> the County and some industries. Duke Power Company supplies <br /> electrical power. <br /> <br /> The water and sewer facilities are currently provided by <br /> two different systems. The five sanitary districts provide <br /> services to a large portion of the urban population. The <br /> remainder of the County, mostly rural population, rely on <br /> septic tanks and wells. This is changing, however, with the <br /> development of a county-wide wastewater treatment system; which <br /> is currently under construction. Once completed, the facility <br /> will have a treatment capacity of 24 million gallons per day. <br /> INDUSTRY <br /> <br /> Current data indicates that the textile industry is the <br /> predominant industry in the County. Employing approximately <br /> 53 percent of the County's labor force. Textiles makes up the <br /> ~argeat portion of the manufacturing sector which employs 57 <br /> percent of the County's labor force. A more detailed breakdown <br /> <br /> <br />