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ORIGINAL VERSION 1 PROPOSED 081 WATER AND SEWER POLICY OF ORANGE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA (1) Water Supply/Sewage Disposal The Planning Board recommends that Orange County take an active role with its municipalities and surrounding jurisdictions in developing and managing water supplies and sewage disposal on a local and regional basis. The Planning Board further recommends that Orange County meet its water supply and sewage disposal needs in a manner consistent with existing agricultural. water quality critical area. environmental protection and buffer policies. These recommendations are based on the following goals: (a) Provide clean and safe water supplies avail- able and adequate to meet future needs of the residents of Orange County. (LUP) (b) Identify. develop and manage Orange County' s water supplies so that available resources are balanced with existing and projected needs on a local and regional basis. (LUP) (2) Delin__at19n/Protec4l9U of Watershs�� The Planning Board feels that watershed protection should be given high priority status in the Land Use Plan update. particularly since Orange County has historically been in the forefront of watershed protection. Consistent with this tradition. the Planning Board recommends that adequate watershed protection: .- standards be established in unzoned portions of the County. The delineation and protection of such watersheds has been partially addressed in the Land Use Plan and will be further in the Plan update. However. there is an immediate need to establish a policy extending watershed protection standards to watersheds regardless of zoning classification. This recommendation is based on and in support of the following goals: (a) Designate prime reservoir sites. based on an evaluation of water resources throughout the