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same watershed not only on this watershed but Cane Creek. _ <br /> It 's not In your Jurisdiction, but others are going to look <br /> at If they can have on University Lake this kind of thlwg <br /> with the sewers and they have to pump the sewers--In this <br /> regard I might cite Durham County, what they have done Is <br /> they allow sewers on the watershed but only the extent that <br /> they can flow out of the watershed by gravity, no pumpts. <br /> Now that has the Impact of limiting what developers can <br /> because I can foresee that later on a developer will want to <br /> come in and put in a package plant on the watershed and he <br /> can show that it meets all of the standards and so forth . <br /> So my concern It that, and I would urge upon you, you have <br /> made a very careful examination and there is new evidence <br /> coming up all the time, Is that it Is really not feasible to <br /> control the watershed Jurisdiction-by-Jurisdiction because It <br /> has to be some Joint effort by all those who have providence <br /> over the watershed . And if there Is a certain level of <br /> development which can occur, that development be divided over <br /> the whole area, but If Carrboro, Orange County and whoever <br /> else has control , wants to exact from its piece of property <br /> the most development, then over the whole area you will have <br /> an Impact , on the watershed that will Just be devasting, but <br /> If there is a plan all together , then the burden of develop- <br /> ment can be spread evenly and it can be done to the extent <br /> that it will be perceived technically. We have the tools now <br /> to measure what the impact (tape ran out) . <br /> I <br />