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030• • Route 2 , Box 225 Efland, N. C. 27243 February 29, 1988 • Mr. John Wray, Deputy Director Division of Water Resources - Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 Dear Mr. Wray: In my opinion, from what I have read on state capacity use designation, farmers in the northern part of Orange County along the Eno will be paying for a problem they did not create. State capacity use will be devastating to the farmers in the county and will set a precedent that could effect farmers all over the state. Farmers can not survive without water. Crops and livestock will not wait for state permits. Farmers build their own water storage ponds at their expense. They have prepared for irrigation, if necessary. Farmers should not be penalized because Hillsborough and others users did not prepare for enough water storage. Farmers should not have to get permits unless they are irrigating directly out of the Eno. • I believe the County Commissioners and Hillsborough are now • aware of how severe the problem is and will take actions to correct • the problem. Farmers do not believe capacity use designation on the Eno is a one time thing. We feel it is just the beginning. • I Teguest that farmers be exempt from being included in the capacity use designation- . • • • It is my hope that the state will drop capacity use designation, and recommend to the Commissioners a one board water supply system and another water source. Taking a small area for a reservoir is better than restricting farmers along all the rivers and streams in the state, and that is what I see in the future, if this is allowed to happen. • • • Sincerely, 7 2t • a Elizabeth T. Walters, Chair Orange County Agricultural • Advisory Board