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U�r�© CITY OF DURHAM 3 NORTH CAROLINA :18 691 b g FJ'TH cAR��Q� OFFICE OF ea� aa MAYOR E.J.EVANS NORTH CAROLINA DURHAM COUNTY BEFORE THE STATE STREAM SANITATION COMMITTEE PROPOSED RECLASSIFICATION OF ENO RIVER FROM ENO MEMORANDUM COTTON MILLS DAM TO NEUSE RIVER, LITTLE RIVER, BRIEF OF THE AND PERTINENT TRIBUTARIES—NEUSE RIVER BASIN CITY OF DURHAM At a regular meeting of the City Council of Durham on June 4, 1962, the following Resolution was adopted: "A RESOLUTION FINDING CERTAIN FACTS AND REQUESTING THE STATE STREAM SANITATION COMMITTEE TO RECLASSIFY AS "A--II" THE ENO AND LITTLE RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES WHEREAS, the "Schedule of Classification adopted and assigned to Waters of the Neuse River Basin" , was adopted by the State Stream Sanitation Committee at its meeting duly called . and held on December 17, 1959, in Raleigh, North Carolina; and WHEREAS, the waters of the Eno River from Eno Cotton Mills Dam to dam at University Steam Station were classified "D" ("Suitable for agriculture and for industrial cooling and process water after treatment by the user as may be required under each particular circumstance"); from Dam at University Steam Station to Neuse River, class "C" ("Suitable for fishing and fish prop- agation, and any other usage requiring waters of lower quality"); and the waters of the Little River from its source to Eno River and its tributaries were classed "C" , with the exception of Foster Creek which was classed "D"; and WHEREAS, the City of Durham is supplying water not only to the City proper, but to many outlying areas, including Hope. Valley and The Research Triangle, and is also supplying water to Butner in Granville County and has agreed to supply water to Raleigh-Durham Airport in Wake County, and, no doubt, will be supplying other areas in the future; and ATTACHMENT A