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STATEMENT FOR PUBLIC HEARING CALLED BY THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, August 26, 1991, at the County Courthouse in Hillsborough, regarding PROPOSED STATE WATERSHED CLASSIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. IMPACT ON ISSUES 1990 -92, WATER RESOURCES, The League supports: "-ftringent contra# toprntect the gualiti- ol`current andpaten %al drkkrng- R-fter Yvpplie,�; Including,nrntectinn Of watershedslnr Supplies and c7�'recharge areaslnrgrnund- water. The League of Women Voters of Chapel Hill and Carrboro thanks you for the opportunity to speak at this public hearing. The League of Women Voters, nationally, has been a strong advocate of water quality protection for more than three decades. Our position has been that the best, most effective and most economical means of maintaining drinking water quality is by protection at the sources of supply, Locally, the League has made statements on several occasions regarding the protection of University Lake watershed, including the public hearing (December 16, 1987) of the Environmental Management Commission, regarding granting WS -1 status to University Lake as a source of drinking water and at the public meeting (February 2, 1959) called by the Division of Environmental Management, On August 15, 1991, Margaret Holton spoke for the League of Women Voters of North Carolina at a public hearing in Raleigh sponsored by the Environmental Management Commission, The position of the League of Woven Voters of North Carolina is for W IER_SUPPLY PRQT CTION THAT WILL PREVENT.EQLLUTION, The local League supports: L The proposed WS -II classification of University Lake and Cane Creek watersheds. We would favor the even more restrictive Cr Itical Watc s, hed designation for University Lake, due to its special vulnerability, as documented by the Camp Dresser and McKee Study and supported by stringent local actions taken by Carrboro and Orange County. It is important that the presently strong University Lake protection not be weakened by future local actions. University Lake watershed must remain predominantely undeveloped.