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NOTE: COMMISSIONER MARSHALL ARRIVED. VICTOR TRIPP stated that OWASA has millions of dollars they can raise to express their side, of the issue. All the watersheds are important. He asked that OWASA explain why the sludge from OWASA could not be dumped into University Lake Watershed if it is harmless and if it is not harmless they should stop dumping it in the other watersheds because people in those watersheds like clean water also. He feels that the property owners should not foot the bill for cleaner water that is not used by them but should be required to trap pollutants from the water on their lots which could possibly pollute their water. He asked that the decisions be fair for all watersheds and the restrictions on the use of the property be decided using the principles this country was established. He made reference to a family who has owned property in the watershed for over 200 years who feels they are being run out of the county. He feels it is the duty of the County to come up with a compromise. MOSES CAREY ENTERED INTO THE RECORD A LETTER FROM MR. GORDAN NAVLE, MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. NANCY MUELLER has lived in the watershed since 1969. They bought in the watershed because they did not want to live in an area where there would be development. She is in favor of option one as presented by the Orange County Planning Board. She does not understand the problem and opposition to fresh, clean water. LIZ MCGEACHY spoke as a representative of the Orange County Greens. She stated that both sides are right. Those that drink water from the reservoirs require a clean protected water supply and those who have lived their lives for perhaps generations in Orange County deserve a measure of security for themselves and their decedents. It is not the people of Orange County who put these needs in conflict but rather the economic system which does not value environmental or social well being. It is a challenge to come together to solve the problems creatively in a manner that respects the needs of all citizens. The extent of environmental degradation in the 90's is vast and requires the Greens to air on the side of over protection. The Greens support the original or modified Orange County work group option calling for impervious surface limits and limited two acre lot subdivision. The Greens call on the County Commissioners to bring citizens together countywide to determine how to address the economic needs of the less developed parts of the County in an ecological sustainable and socially responsible manner. MARTY MANDELL, resident of Carrboro, stated that CDM found that with the development that was already in the watershed the water supply could not be made any better. To keep the lake as it is would mean a halt to all development. Water quality is in direct proportion to the amount and density of development. At the end of the study the issue became levels of degradation, a compromise for not being able to improve the lake's water quality. Other suggestions'made since then have increased the level of degradation up to as much as 36% which is too much. She asks that there be a compromise. Orange County has 99,345 people of which 55,000 are OWASA's customers. University Lake happens to be the first watershed, the others will follow. She urged that minimum degradation be supported as proposed by the CDM study. ROY STROWD stated he supports quality water. The joint committee recommended individual septic tanks and is refusing to use private waste treatment systems. He feels it would be easier to monitor one treatment system than numerous individual septic systems and a discharge from a treatment system would present less hazard than an individual septic system. He feels that extending water and sewer to the watershed area would give greater protection to the watershed than individual septic tanks. He does not understand why