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- Orange Water and Sewer Authority xT8 <br /> 400 <br /> P.O.JonBox 3es 66 Ferry Road <br /> (.1!i!:1 E <br /> , Carrboro, NC 27510 <br /> (919) 968421 <br /> PEPORPANOM <br /> TO: CQ SA Board of Directors <br /> FROM: Patrick Davis <br /> DATE: December 1, 1987 . <br /> SUBJECT: Public Bearing on Proposed Reclassification of University Lake <br /> and Cane Creek Reservoir Watersheds From W5-III to WS-I <br /> • <br /> Background: <br /> - The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission (EMC) adopted revised <br /> water supply classification rules effective February 1, 1986. These rules <br /> provide a greater level of distinction between relatively undeveloped, <br /> protected water supply watersheds (`WS-I' watersheds) and more developed <br /> water supply watersheds ("WS-III' and "W5-II' watersheds). <br /> To be classified as WS-I, a watershed must be predominantly forested and . <br /> undeveloped and not have any point source wastewater discharges. WS-II ---- <br /> -watersheds can be moderately developed, but have only domestic discharges <br /> :. and non-process cooling water discharges. Local watershed protection <br /> measures must be in place for watersheds to be designated as WS-I or WS-II. <br /> There are no categorical restrictions on point source wastewater discharges <br /> within WS •III watersheds, which would include more intensively developed <br /> watersheds, such as B. Everett Jordan Lake. <br /> Upon adoption of the revised rules, the State automatically classified <br /> University Lake and Cane Creek Reservoir watersheds as WS-III. In November, <br /> 1985 OWASA requested that the DC reclassify the University Lake and Cane <br /> Creek Reservoir water supply watersheds from WS-III to WS-I. Background <br /> information and a copy of the Board of Directors' resolution relative to <br /> . this subject are attached for your information. <br /> The EMC has scheduled a public hearing on the requested reclassification of- <br /> the University Lake and Cane Creek Reservoir watersheds. - The hearing will <br /> - be held on December 16, 1987 at 7:30 p.m., in the Carrboro Town Ball. <br /> - Reoues ation: •• . __. ..- ..._ - - - <br /> • Attached for your review and comment is a draft statement concerning this <br /> proposed action. If you concur, this statement (or revised version) will be <br /> presented at the EMC public hearing. <br /> Q. _ .__. <br /> . _ . . ._ _ <br /> Patrick Davis <br /> wP <br /> . Acting Executive Director <br /> Attachments - - <br /> An Equal Opportunity Employer <br />