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I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION a) Location and Character The Jordan Lake Watershed is a part of the Cape Fear River Basin and includes portions of Orange, Chatham and Durham Counties. Only the southeast corner of Orange County, commonly known as the "Southern Triangle ", is located in the watershed. This area is a part of the Rural Buffer for Orange County, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro, and is characterized by low- density residential development, with limited commercial development in the vicinity of Highway 15 -501 at the Chatham County line. The Jordan Lake watershed is not designated as a protected watershed by Orange County at this time, although stream buffers and stormwater controls are applied through the County Subdivision Regulations. b) Reservoir /Intake Sites Jordan Lake lies in Chatham County. It is a large regional lake that is not currently used as a water supply, but allocations for its future use have been made to a number of jurisdictions in the region. Cary and Apex will be the first to use the reservoir as a drinking water source, as those towns have recently started construction of a large treatment facility drawing water from mid -lake near US 64. This plant will be operational in 1993. Allocations have also been granted to OWASA, Orange County, and Hillsborough for future use. c) Affected Jurisdictions Most of the watershed is in Durham County and Chatham County. Durham City, and the towns of Pittsboro and Chapel Hill also have land area within the watershed. The portion within Orange County's jurisdiction is minimal compared to the total watershed PROPOSED AND REQUESTED WATERSHED CLASSIFICATIONS .. W IV Orange County WS H Chatham County WS III Durham County WS IV REQUESTED BY Durham City WS IV Chapel Hill WS IV Pittsboro WS III El