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27 <br /> to these minutes on page ) . <br /> Commissioner Willhoit also expressed concern with <br /> the proposed wording of Article 6.23. 10(c) 6, <br /> recommended by OWASA staff, which would prohibit <br /> administrative approval of reductions in setbacks if <br /> water quality problems attributable to failing <br /> septic systems within 300 ' of the reservoir have <br /> been identified. It was pointed out that "water <br /> quality problems" were not clearly defined, and that <br /> it would be difficult to determine whether or not <br /> that condition was met. <br /> The staffs of the Orange County Planning Department, <br /> Orange County Environmental Health and Orange Water <br /> and Sewer Authority met to discuss the proposed <br /> amendment, and concluded that a baseline level of <br /> coliform for each reservoir is needed to determine <br /> if water quality has been impaired due to the <br /> failure of a septic system within 300 feet of the <br /> reservoir. Baseline coliform levels have not been <br /> measured for University Lake, Cane Creek Reservoir, <br /> Lake Orange or Corporation Lake. <br /> The Planning Staff recommends that the proposed <br /> amendment to Article 6.23 be approved, with the <br /> elimination of Article 6.23. 10(c) 6. The Planning <br /> Staff also recommends approval of the Resolution of <br /> the Board of Commissioners to provide assurance to <br /> OWASA that Planning Staff will continue to explore <br /> possible means, including but not limited to <br /> establishment of baseline coliform levels, by which <br /> to determine if a malfunctioning septic system <br /> within 300 feet of a water supply reservoir has <br /> affected water quality within the reservoir, and to <br /> report its findings and recommendations to the Board <br /> of Commissioners no later than July 1, 1995. (A <br /> copy of the resolution is an attachment to these <br /> minutes on page . ) <br /> Brown referred to the letter from the Town of <br /> Carrboro item 3c&d which states: <br /> "These provisions basically allow the <br /> continuation of a nonconforming situation as <br /> conforming which may, for most situations, be <br /> acceptable; however, the nonconforming use <br /> provisions should still apply, particularly for <br /> uses such as the asphalt plant. " <br /> Willis responded that the asphalt plant is a use <br /> criteria that is controlled by the Zoning, it is not <br /> specifically a watershed standard. Little River and <br /> Cedar Grove Townships are zoned and the asphalt <br />