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�i5�ridu/ d y ,//ei' Sp /1 174,49/r7 <br /> ( 96, 7-•/'g6) <br /> STATEMENT TO THE <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ON WATERSHED PROTECTION <br /> August 18, 1987 <br /> Chairman Marshall and members of the Board of Commissioners. <br /> I am Allen Spalt . I live at 300 James Street in Carrboro. <br /> I have come on behalf of a group of Carrboro and Orange County <br /> citizens. We are concerned about the effect of development in <br /> the University Lake watershed on the quality of our common source <br /> of drinking water . We are particularly concerned about the <br /> potential impact of the recently approved Amberly development and <br /> of its proposed low pressure underground injection sewage system. <br /> The central issue is the density of development . . <br /> We petition the Board of Commissioners to take whatever <br /> action you can within your power and authority to protect <br /> University Lake by delaying the recently approved development at <br /> least until completion of the OWASA study. <br /> OWASA Executive Director Everett Billingsley and several <br /> nationally recognized water quality experts have testified in <br /> public hearings that the Amberly project , if completed as <br /> proposed, could materially endanger the public water supply for <br /> 55,000 residents of southern Orange County. <br /> There is great concern among citizens that proceeding with <br /> this project , before completion of the OWASA study of the <br /> carrying capacity of our watershed, could cause irreversible <br /> damage to this vital resource . We are worried and feel somewhat <br /> helpless at this point . public hearings before the state <br />