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()iii <br /> 10.3 Designate prime reservoir sites, based on an evaluation of <br /> water resources throughout the County, to protect those areas <br /> 11 from adverse_development impacts and to insure that inapprop- <br /> riate restrictions are not placed on a large proportion of <br /> - - the land area and land resources of the County. <br /> 10.4 Support programs which help to protect water qunlity, such as <br /> the Soil Conservation Service and Sedimentation and Erosion <br /> . . <br /> Control Programs. <br /> . . • <br /> 10.5 Encourage efforts to =niter the quality of water in Orange <br /> County streams. <br /> 10.6 Cooperate with other public and private bodies in promoting <br /> water quality legislation and programs. <br /> 10.7 Supporteducational efforts which serve to increase citizen <br /> . understanding of water quality problems and the need for water <br /> conservation.. <br /> 10.8 Commercial and industrial uses are inappropriate in the Univer- <br /> sity Lake watershed. <br /> . . • <br /> 11 ' - 10.9 With the exception of Activity Node BB-5, commercial and in- <br /> dustrial uses are inappropriate within the Proposed Cane Creek <br /> watershed. <br /> 11 . 10.10 Direct urban development pressures in the I-85/U.S. 70 can.' i. <br /> ridarin the Upper Eno watershed in Cheeks Township to the <br /> McGowan Creek sub-basin and away from the Seven Mile Creek <br /> 3 sub-basin k: <br /> in accordance with the Water Resources Task <br /> recommendation. <br /> 1 3 GOAL ELEVEN: Adequate and appropriate sewer disposal facilities for all <br /> , current and. future residents. <br /> 3 . 11.1 Identify the type of sewage disposal facilities appropriate <br /> for an area as a function of the magnitude of present and <br /> future demand; the distribution of users; and the capacity <br /> 11 of-the natural environment to absorb the impact. <br /> 11.2- Identify service by centralized water and sewer systems <br /> - • <br /> (Towns of Hillsborough and Mebane, Orange-Alamance Water <br /> fil <br /> Systems Incorporated and Orange Water and Sewer Authority) <br /> as most appropriate at the higher-density levels which occur <br /> - - -- <br /> in the Urban and Transition Areas. <br /> ; • - .... - <br /> di. <br /> II • . <br /> 11.3 Develop a process to ensure that buyers of property in the <br /> County are fully informed about the on-site sewage disposal <br /> characteristics of the sites on their property. <br /> 11.4 - Allow on-site disposal in low-density and rural areas where <br /> soil conditions are acceptable. In rural areas with unae- <br /> II eeptable soils state-approved on-site sewage disposals systems . <br /> will be required. <br /> 11 . 3.5-8-- • <br />