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8. Orange County should adopt a Land Use Plan and associated regulations which preserve and enhance water 9uality in protected watersheds. Certain .oint sources of •ollution including sewage treatment plants, land fills, hazardous waste :enerators storage facilities or dispose; sites, and major new highways should be prohibited from these watersheds. Urban develo•ment includin_ medium-and hi:h-densit residential, commercial and industrial uses should be prohibited from University Lake and Cane Creek watersheds. Medium- and hi:h-densit residential housin: and commercial and industrial develo.ment in the U. •er Eno waterhsed should be directed to the McGowan Creek sub-basin. Strict water-quality related standards should be imposed on development in the McGowan Creek water- shed. Develo.ment should not be •romoted in the Seven Mile Creek sub basin and any industr which does .ro.ose to locate in that watershed should be able to show that it will not have an im.act on water •uaiit . I development intensifi.es. in the McGowan Creek sub-basin the water 'quaiity in Lake Ben Johnson and Corporation Lake should be monitored. Any decrease in water quality which does occur may necessitate either moving the intake pies of the Orange-Alamance water s`stems and the Town of Hi lsborough upstream of the confluence of McGowan Creek and the Eno River or an earlier develo.ment of Seven Mile Creek reservoir • than might be necessary based on water demand alone. PLANNING BOARD ACTION: Kizer motioned that the recommendation be approved with the addition of the watershed areas fro reservoir sites 17 and 18 which were added in an earlier motion. Irvin seconded. Ayes: Kizer, Gordon, Cleary, Bacon, Wilson, Irvin. Noes: None. 9. The Towns of Carrboro and Hillsborough and Chatham and Alamance Counties, show d incorporate the findings and recommendations of this report into their Land Use Plans and Develo,ment Regulations. PLANNING BOARD ACTION: Gordon motioned to accept the recommendation with a change in the wording from "should incorporate" to "should be encouraged to - incorperate". Irvin seconded. Ayes: Kizer, Gordon, Harris, Wilson, Laszlo. Noes: Cleary, Lunsford. Abstention: Bacon.