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• El, a* a-7 <br /> 16 Kendall Drive �gr� ,, <br /> Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Vi1 <br /> July 28, 1987 <br /> Mr. James Porto, Mayor <br /> Town of Carrboro <br /> Carrboro, NC <br /> Dear Mr. Porto: <br /> This letter addresses the annexation of the proposed Amberly <br /> Subdivision that will be located in the University Lake <br /> watershed. My interest in the general problem of watershed <br /> protection is longstanding. With two of my colleagues in the <br /> Department of City and Regional Planning at UNC-CH, I am a <br /> coauthor of a national report on the topic, and, as Director of <br /> the Water Resources of the University of North Carolina, I am <br /> complet y a special study of watershed protection in the western <br /> counties of North Carolina. I have a special concern for the <br />! University Lake watershed. I am a consumer of water from that <br /> source, and I am currently serving as a member of the advisory <br /> committee for OWASA's study of the watershed. r <br /> The potential for contamination of the lake that was cited <br /> in the earlier round of discussions and public hearings about the <br /> Amberly project are only slightly diminished by the current <br /> proposal to build a private, low pressure disposal system for <br /> household wastes. Although that solution to the problem of <br /> disposing of household wastes remains problematical for the type <br /> of soils that exist in the watershed, the major issue is not that <br /> of household wastes. Rather the major impact of development on <br /> the watershed is most likely to come from construction <br /> activities, increased traffic, and the accelerated transport of a <br /> wide variety of substances in stormwater runoff. <br />