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• <br /> r;. 3 <br /> TRIANGLE J COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS <br /> W o r l d <br /> 100 Park Drive,P.O. Box 12276 <br /> C l a s s Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 <br /> R e g i o n <br /> July 1, 1993 919.549.0551 i rsx 919.549 9390 <br /> Mr, Moses Carey, Chairman <br /> Orange County Board of County Commissioners <br /> 344 Warren Way <br /> Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 <br /> Dear Mr. Carey: <br /> At a meeting of the Falls Lake Working Group on June 22, three possible steps in <br /> addressing water quality in Falls Lake were discussed. Before our next meeting, it would be <br /> helpful to know if the Orange County Board of County Commissioners supports, in concept, <br /> any or all of these steps. These steps are: <br /> • a focused study of water quality concerns in the Falls Lake watershed, <br /> • a proposal for a management program for the watershed, and <br /> • a proposal for a watershed management association that could guide any <br /> additional analysis or management program. <br /> Please keep in mind that none of these steps necessarily precludes any of the other <br /> steps. For example, the proposal for a management program assumes some group to guide <br /> the program, which might be the watershed management association. Or, following the <br /> completion of a focused study of the Falls Lake Watershed, a management association could <br /> implement the expert recommendations from the study. <br /> Focused Study of the Upper Falls Lake Watershed <br /> House Bill 878 would provide $150,000 to the Department of Environment, Health, <br /> and Natural Resources to undertake a study that would recommend best management <br /> practices for the protection of the Falls Lake Watershed. A copy of the proposed bill is <br /> enclosed. <br /> Falls Lake Management Program <br /> Dr. David Moreau, Director of the Water Resources Research Institute, proposed a <br /> management program for the watershed that would: <br /> • track development and other activities that pose a risk to water quality, <br /> • monitor water quality in the Lake and pollutant loads from selected tributaries, <br /> • conduct inspections and assessments of activities that discharge pollutants or pose a <br /> threat of spills, and <br /> • report findings to participating units of government. <br /> A copy of Dr. Moreau's proposal is enclosed. <br />