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3 if water use exceeds an industry average. The Work Group recommended that a specific number,in terms of gallons per day,be used to define the limit above which approval by the Board of Commissioners would be required. Town and County staffs recommended a threshold of 30,000 gallons per day, which is approximately 1% of the daily capacity of the existing Hillsborough water treatment plant. Flynt Industries, which uses approximately 500,000 gallons per day, is the only existing industry served by Hillsborough which exceeds the proposed threshold. A proposed revision to Section 2.4 (Environmental Factors) is included to implement this recommendation. (Attachment 7) Options to Address Issues on Which Consensus was not Reached The Work Group did not reach consensus on whether or not water and sewer service should be extended to serve the south side of I-40. The southernmost boundary of any sewer service from Hillsborough would be the ridgeline forming the boundary of the Cates Creek drainage basin. The Work Group identified the following options and possibilities: 1. Limit public water and sewer service to the north side of 1.40, delaying extensions to the area south of I-40 until specified development thresholds are met. Development thresholds discussed by the Work Group included specifying a percentage of area within the remainder of the EDD which must be developed or planned, or specifying a time period which must pass, after which the issue could be revisited. In the interim, allow alternative wastewater disposal systems on the south side of I-40. Discussion of the Work Group on this issue focused on the perception held by some citizens that the extension of public services to the south side of I-40 would create development pressure at the intersection of I-40 and New Hope Church Road,resulting in extension of water and sewer service from OWASA through the Rural Buffer. Terms of the Joint Planning Agreement between Orange County, Chapel Hill and Carrboro, and the Orange County Water and Sewer Policy currently prohibit extensions into the Rural Buffer except as necessary to address a public health emergency or serve an essential public service,such as a school. Concern was expressed that future development pressure in or near the Rural Buffer could result in changes to the Agreement which could compromise the Rural Buffer. An example of a development threshold is to limit public water and sewer service to the north side of I-40,delaying extensions to the area south of I-40 until at least seventy-five (75%) of the gross land area on the north side of I- 40 consists of any combination of the following. • Residential areas in Secondary Development Areas are developed or site specific development plans (site plans or preliminary subdivision plans) are approved for development at a density of at one unit per acre or less;