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Orange Water and Sewer Authority 400 Jones Ferry Road OWASA P.Q. Box 366 Carrboro, NC 27510 (919) 968 -4421 COMMENTS TO NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING: PROPOSED RECLASSITICATIONS AND REVISED WATER QUALITY CLASSIFICATION AND STANDARDS RULES FOR SURFACE WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED PROTECTION Archdale Building Raleigh, North Carolina August 15, 1991 Presented by Lois T. Herring, Chairman Orange Water and Sewer Authority Good evening. My name is Lois Herring. I chair the Orange Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors, and am speaking tonight on their behalf. OWASA serves drinking water to Carrboro /Chapel Hill area from University Lake and Cane creek discharge treated wastewater t, where OWASA holds a 10 million supply storage allocation from 55,000 people in the two high quality sources - Reservoir. Additionally, we a major tributary of Jordan Lake, gallon per day Level lI water the EMC. Our comments are directed at issues which are both statewide and local in scope. Let me start by commending DEM and DCA staff for compiling such an outstanding package of information that accompanied the proposed reclassifications and rule changes. This material has been invaluable for understanding these complicated issues. Thanks to your staff for an exceptional job. OWASA's comments include two issues of statewide relevance. First, we encourage the EMC to reclassify water supplies to categories that will promote protection rather than degradation. For example, we hope tha-t one or two minor non - conforming uses, such as existing discharges from rural schools or mobile home - parks, will not disqualify a water supply from a higher classification that would otherwise promote better long term protection. An Equal Opportunity Employer 15