All of Lazy Acres Mobile Home Park, across from Lost River Cave and Valley on Nashville Road, will be connected to city sewers as soon as is practical, according to owner Donald McConnell of Alvaton. The back half of the park is already on sewer, but trailers in the front most of them unoccupied have been using an existing septic tank system. Thats just the way it was when I got it, McConnell said, adding that he bought the park in 1985.Near the end of August, Western Kentucky Universitys Center for Cave and Karst Studies poured dye into the septic tank. Three days later, guides on boat tours through Lost River saw the dye seeping out of a spring in the cave, according to Nick Crawford, head of the center. The Barren River District Health Department requested the dye test, Crawford said. Soon afterward, McConnell was told to get any residents out of the section served by a septic system by Sept. 1.Only one family the Selfs, interviewed for a previous story had to move, he said. But McConnell said today that hes not sure if they took up his offer of another trailer in the back of the park, which they said was in poor condition, or if they moved elsewhere. Doug and Robin Self said last week that theyd heard of previous septic tank problems from neighbors, and that no one was supposed to be living in the front part of Lazy Acres, which they moved into two months ago. But McConnell said he didnt know why the dye test was done, didnt know anything about the septic tank problem until then, and hadnt been told not to let people move into the front half of the park. Many trailers there had been damaged by the 1998 hailstorm, and thats why they were kept empty, he said. McConnell, who owns all but five or six trailers in the park, said he has now received an insurance settlement for the damaged trailers and can replace them. Hes already moved nine new trailers into the park, he said. McConnell said he has been told to put the rest of the park on city sewer, but that he received a letter from the Environmental Protection Agency three or four months ago that indicated no problem with his use of the septic system. It approved the systems the way they were, he said. Nevertheless, he said he will make plans to dig connections as soon as the current spate of rain stops. Bowling Green Municipal Utilities can make its end of the connection quickly, said Mike Gardner, Water-Sewer Systems manager for BGMU.Were prepared to work that out, and we just need to hear from Mr. McConnell, he said. Stopping the in-flow to the septic system by connecting to the sewer should be enough to solve the problem, Crawford said. Beyond saying they want to see the park connected to sewers, health department officials have declined comment because their investigation is ongoing. Im just glad the problem was discovered and solved, said Rho Lansden, executive director of Lost River Cave and Valley. Were very fortunate that we have such good monitoring help from Western Kentucky University. We know that they constantly monitor the drainage basin at Lost River, and we feel very confident that they are on top of any problems and can deal with any problems when they arise. Lansden has been involved with Lost River for about three and a half years, beginning shortly after the Center For Cave and Karst Studies identified several previous pollution problems, she said. Since those problems have been corrected, the cave is obviously cleaner, Lansden said. Shes seen the population of cave crawfish, salamanders, crickets and beetles multiply.