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STATENIENT FOR PUBLIC HEARING CALLED IY:THE ORANGE COUNTY 130ARD <br />OF COA4MISSIONERS, August 26, 1991. at the County Courthouse in <br />Hillsborough, regarding PROPOSED STATE WATERSHED <br />CLASSIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. <br />IMPACT ON ISSUES 1990-92, WATER RESOURCES, The League supports: <br />' ��rf��e�l! cc�171/'n1s tn,nrnlc�Gi the qu:�llt►° c7lcurre�X anc�,nntenlf,�l <br />t► Wirer su�?�lies, �nclua�n��rnzeclinn o/• rr 3tershedcJnr .rurl:�ce ,rub plies .end <br />c7l reel�,�rk�e ::.peas l'c�!' ground- u :ter. <br />The LeaguE of-Women Vote1,S of Chapel Hill and Carrboro thanks you for the <br />opportunity to speak at this public hearing. <br />The League of Women Voters, nationally, has been a strong advocate of <br />`eater quality protection for more than three decades. Our position has been <br />that the best, most effective and most economical means of maintaining <br />drinking water quality is by protection at the sources of supply, <br />Locally, the League has made statements on several occasions regarding the <br />protection of University Lake watershed, including the public hearing <br />(December 16, 19$7) of the Environmental Management Commission, <br />regarding granting WS- -1 status to University, Lake as a source of drinking <br />water and at the public meeting (February 2, 1989) called by the Division of <br />Environmental Management, <br />On August 15, 199 1, Margaret Holton spoke for the League of women Voters <br />of North Carolina at a public hearing in Raleigh sponsored by the <br />. nvironmental 1,Ianagement Commission. The position of the League of <br />Women Voters of North Carolina is for T?TER SUPPLY P TEC" NT THAT <br />P NT P r <br />The local League supports: <br />1. The proposed WS-11 classification of University Lake and Cane Creek <br />watersheds. We would favor the even more restrictive Critical Watershed <br />designation for University Lake, due to its special vulnerability, as <br />documented by the Camp Dresser and McKee Study and supported by <br />stringent local actions taken by Carrboro and Orange County. It is importa::t <br />that the presently strong University Lake protection not be weakened by <br />future local actions. University Lake watershed must remain <br />predominantely, undeveloped. <br />11 1 <br />