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Orange Water and Sewer Authority 400 Jones Ferry Road OWASA P.O. Box 366 Cartoro, NO 27510 (919) 96$ -4421 Comments to the Orange County Board of Commissioners And Orange County Planning Board Joint Public Hearing on Proposed State Watershed Classifications and Development Standards Superior Courtroom, Orange County Courthouse Hillsborough, North Carolina August 26, 1991 Good evening. I am Lois Herring, Chairman of the Orange Water- and Sewer Authority Board of Directors, and am speaking tonight on their behalf. Your agenda package includes a copy of OWASA's comments submitted to the EMC on August 15 as well as a resolution adopted by the Chapel Hill Town Council. We hope the County will support these recommendations in your own response to the environmental Management Commission. Given the vocal opposition expressed during the August 15 EMC public hearing, OWASA urges you to demonstrate Orange County's strong support for the overall package of reclassifications and regulations. We strongly disagree with those speakers who felt that "minimum standards" should be no more protective than the requirements for WS-1V watersheds. Orange County is blessed with high quality water. We believe the state standards should promote their protection, rather than deoradation. The future welfare and economy of Orange County will depend on preserving our water resources now. In particular, we ask you to support the proposed WS —II classification for the Cane Creek and University Lake watersheds, which provide the drinking water for more than 55,000 citizens in southern Orange County. We are disappointed that Alamance County has requested Cane Creek to be classified only as, WS —III. given with a WS —I1 desionation, there will be a relaxation of some e the present WS —I protection standards. An Equal Opporlunity Employer