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the planned increase by OWASA, will be- Treatment plant capacity, with will meet most 01 the adequate through 1992. Planned extension S Of exceptions er- line of the Wake County development. requirements with the possible- - portion of the Research Triangle Park. urban area is highly More extensive interconnections of- water systems within the le past. A _OWASA connection has been invaluable in th -Cary) desirable. The Durham m system to the Wake County (Raleigh large main connecting the Durha i0 es: a as that 2 protection for both s'ystem5- system- is desirable-if only used for emergenc 7 res is developed. would A Durham-Hillsborough connector along US- With proper intergovernmental agreements covering serve the same purpose- dmentss an be achieved in the timing of capital improv water use, savings c joint nning for the multi-county use of reservoir or treatment facilit ies. pla a step toward 9 more comprehensive regional water from Lake Jordan can be plan for use of water resources. meet the demand of growth, but to Sewage treatment is critical, not only to m Lake. With most of Wake County draining to protect the. Falls Lake and Jordan treat to the lakes is from Orange the Neuse River below the Falls dam, the tr Alamance, Durham and Guilford County and others beyond the study area - required if the Wa urbanized as zed are County Counties. Presently unscheduled sewers will be A portion of the Research Triangle Park is to be developed. s at planning in efforts ad delineation of service areas by expand, coordination Z re important. various sewer agencies become mO hi needs. The state Much is needed to meet the Projected, and existing, g gnized this by establishing a special task force to investigate ways and has recOl urban areas. This should enable local means to meet the transportation needs Ofe solutions to the bottlenecks which the Triangle to Pursu duction in Federal highway governments within rapid growth is causing. If there is a continued re way system must be sought. additional source of funds for the State high . funds an rch Triangle area should be emphasized. High priority needs of the-Research toward some joint municipal-state Within recent years there has been a nits have funding of state system projects inside the corporate limits- Some U f local interest through purchase of. right-of-way been able to advance projects 0 on cost. Should this trend increase it or committing to a share of the construct! towns willing to pledge local would work to the share of the cities and projects and to the disadvantage of completion of state system the competition. The trend funds. for the domP towns unable to meet y for those, usually the smaller tow established principal of, state -responsibilit could also threaten the long highways both inside and outside of corporate limits- The time may come when landfills, as the most cost effective means of disposal for solid waste, are no longer approriate - but not in the next ten years. The P must balance the economics Of large scale cost effectiveness of landfills hauling. An adventage .of a county owned operation and the cost of Iona distance h zoned by the county. Any most acceptable sites are in areas landfill is that a landfill in the zoning Jurisdiction of another governmental disposal of hazardous waste is effort to locate non-productive. Although the di capital jurisdiction can be issue, this study deals only with traditional C an increasingly important facilities- Hence the disposal of .hazardous waste is not addressed here 1-13