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Ile 4v.t, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT The School of Public Health CHAPEL HILL The Unn•emih of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Rnvnnu 11311 201 11 Fnvironmental Science%and Engineering Chapel 11. v.< 27314 July 21. 1987 Carrboro Board of Aldermen Town Hall Carrboro, NC 27 510 Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the hearing on July 28 concerning the Amberley Project. This letter represent^ my views. Regardless of how the Amberley project is provided with water - and sewerage services, a decision on the project should be delayed until a study of the University Lake watershed is completed. 04ASA is in the process of contracting for this study, which will determine the carrying capacity of the watershed. This will indicate the intensity of development that can be permitted without having an undue detrimental impact on water quality. How this allowable density will then be utilized depends on the local authorities that have domain over the watershed, including Carrboro. Should the Amberley project be approved before the permissible intensity of development is established, water quality may be seriously threatened. Furthermore, a precedent will have berm established and other land owners and jurisdictions on the watershed may well feel they have a right to the same density of development as Amberley which, if permitted, would place a burden on water quality that might result in a loss of the resource. This has already happened in Raleigh with Lakes Wheeler and Benson, which had to be abandoned as water sources because of residential development on their watersheds. University Lake now Serves more than 50 ,000 people and it is not unreasonable to expect that 100,000 will be served within the next few decades. The Amberley project is not so urgent that it needs to be authorized before we understand the water health consequences of development quality and pment on the university Lake watershed.