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;~ w.`,. were doing stating the building of a reservoir is destructive. (A copy of Joyce Brown's complete statement is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's Office). PATSY UPTON stated her family owns a 680 acre tree farm that would be adversely affected if the reservoir is located at the Seven Mile Creek site. The land is located _ adjacent to Moorefields. She spoke in favor of maintaining the rural character of this property. She stated that if the Seven Mile Greek site is selected, the land condemned should be only that which is necessary for the needed water and not for recreation or parks. MARGARET HOLTON (A copy of her full statement is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's Office), spoke as a member of the Water Resources Committee. She spoke in favor of the McGawan Creek Site. She stated that the Water Resources Study Committee discussed methods of enhancing cooperative efforts between the current water providers, such as in the form of a county water board, and that the providers work out an agreement as to their boundaries of service. Both reports have been largely ignored until now. She emphasized that when the proposed reservoir is built in Northern Orange County, it should have the capacity to serve the people for as long as possible. It is wise to provide for the future and the growth that is expected to take place in Orange County. The reservoir in the McGowan Creek site will provide for a bigger watershed which would mean a greater supply of water. No matter what size reservoir is built, there must continue to be three million gallons per day downstream flow requirement out of that reservoir. The McGowan Creek site can provide for a better environmental impact statement. After much study, the McGowan Creek site has been recommended by Hazen and Sawyer and also the Orange County Reservoir Study Committee. The reservoir may cost more but could provide future and present citizens of Orange County a water supply that is safer and more stable and provide water for a longer period of time. DON COX made reference to his interest in maintaining the stream flow of the Eno. The Seven Mile Creek site is now listed as the location of some bottomland hardwoods and also some endangered species. Adam in that area would also lose a good bit of the remaining fish breeding habitat which likes the small clear gravel streams. The upper Eno site will endanger historic and cultural resources and also have some environmental impacts. In the cost of either of these must be included the cost of a new water line for Hillsborough and Orange Alarnance because the quality of the water in Lake Ben Johnston and Orange Alamance will be increasingly degraded by the growth in the watershed of those two present reservoirs. Hillsborough has alternatives to water. Hillsborough is supplying up to about 500,000 gallons a day to Flynt Fabrics which could choose to recycle much of its water. The pipeline to Durham was approved by a bond issue and the pipeline to OWASA exists. He read a memo he received from Dr. Kenneth Reckhow in which Reckhow made reference to the projected growth of Hillsborough and stated that the population figure is important because North Carolina drinking water standards do not require trihalomethane monitoring unless the population served is greater than 10,000. (A copy of this memo is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's Office). He asked that the Board of Commissioners take a second look at the timing and other alternatives. SANDY DAVISON made remarks about the siltation problems on the upper Eno. He stated that Gorporation Lake was built in 1968 and has lost 35~ of its storage capacity due to sedimentation. If the dam was built on the Eno, it would be necessary to place regulations or restrictions on land use upstream to protect it from siltation. He spoke about the affects of I85 on Seven Mile Creek stating that any spillage would not reach the creek because the watershed would trap any such spillage. He supported the Seven Mile Creek site stating it would be more economical and provide a better quality of