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9 -13 -91 3r> <br />(9 -16 -91 CHANGES BY PLANNING BOARD <br />SHOWN IN ITALIC) <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WATER SUPPLY WATERSHEDS <br />Recommended Water Supply Watershed Classifications <br />Back Creek Watershed: Recommend change to WS -3 <br />Cane Creek Watershed: Agree with WS -2 <br />Flat River: Agree with WS -2 <br />Haw Creek: Recommend change to WS -3 (PB KEEPS WS2) <br />Haw River: Agree with WS -4 <br />South Hyco Creek: Recommend change to WS -3 <br />Jordan Lake: Agree with WS -4. <br />Little River: Agree with WS -2. <br />University Lake: Agree with WS -2, also recommend <br />(Morgan Creek) designation of CRITICAL WATERSHED (CW). <br />Eno River Basin: Recommend separating the basin into <br />three sub - basins. The "Upper Eno ", <br />upstream of Corporation Lake (intake point <br />105.0) is recommended for WS -2 <br />classification with one current water <br />supply and two potential supplies. The <br />"Middle Eno ", between Lake Ben Johnson <br />(intake point 103.0) and Corporation Lake <br />(including the Seven --Mile Creek basin) . is <br />recommended for WS -3 classification. <br />For the "Lower Eno" basin, staff <br />recommends, pending final decisions by <br />Durham, that the Eno emergency intake <br />continue to be classified WS -4 for the 10- <br />mile protected area only. If the City and <br />County of Durham choose not to protect <br />this intake as a future water source, or <br />protect it in a different manner as <br />proposed by Durham City- County staff, <br />there would be no watershed protected <br />area within Orange County. (PLANNING BOARD <br />RECOMMENDS BUFFERS AS FIRST APPROACH) <br />Summary: Upper Eno: WS -2 <br />Middle Eno: WS -3 <br />Lower Eno: WS -4 <br />commends that completion of special watershed studies <br />primary criterion for determining whether other <br />qualify for CRITICAL WATERSHED (CW) STATUS. <br />