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Orange Water and Sewer Authority 3 <br /> OWASA 400 Jones Ferry Road <br /> P.O. Box 366 <br /> Carrboro, NC 27510 <br /> (919) 968-4421 <br /> Provisional Recommendations for Protecting the Cane <br /> Creek Water Supply <br /> June 26, 1997 <br /> Introduction and Background <br /> Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA)owns and operates the Cane Creek Reservoir as <br /> one of two principle water supplies for the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill, the University of <br /> North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC Hospitals, and portions of Orange County. The reservoir <br /> cost$20 million to build and was filled in 1989. Cane Creek is expected to provide water to the <br /> community through the twenty-first century. <br /> In January 1994 the OWASA Board of Directors appointed a 22-member Watershed Advisory <br /> Committee to guide the Board in developing a management plan for ensuring the long term <br /> quality of the Cane Creek Reservoir. The Committee's charge included assistance to staff and <br /> Board in developing the scope of work for a consultant study; interaction with staff and <br /> consultants during the study; and finally, advising the Board on a preferred water supply <br /> protection strategy. The Committee was composed of a range of stakeholders, including <br /> property owners and watershed residents, water customers from Carrboro and Chapel Hill, <br /> professional experts from the University, elected officials from each governing jurisdiction, and <br /> OWASA Board members. A complete list of Committee members is attached as Appendix A. <br /> In October 1994 the Board approved Committee-drafted goals, objectives, and a scope of work, <br /> and in June 1995 awarded a consulting contract to the Cadmus Group, Inc. Cadmus worked <br /> closely with the Committee and OWASA staff reviewing data, developing,refining, and <br /> modeling alternative management scenarios, and in August 1996 presented results in the Cane <br /> Creek Reservoir Watershed Study-Draft Report. <br /> Findings indicated that future water quality objectives could be met through four different <br /> approaches that relied on varying degrees of open space preservation, large lot zoning, cluster <br /> development,regional stormwater ponds, and tributary subimpoundments. Each of the options <br /> theoretically offered the same water quality outcome, but differed substantially in its impact on <br /> watershed property owners,cost to OWASA ratepayers, uncertainty of meeting predicted results, <br /> and potential for unintended or irreversible results. <br /> The Committee and the OWASA Board agreed to solicit additional community input before <br /> recommending a single preferred strategy. Accordingly, the Cadmus report was circulated to <br /> local elected officials, staff, and interested citizens; highlighted in newspaper articles; and <br /> An Equal Opportunity Employer <br />
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