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038 <br />1) defining water quality goals for orange County; <br />2) reviewing water resources data and compiling an inventory <br />of existing and potential reservoir sites; <br />3) developing, reviewing, and ranking watershed protection <br />strategies; <br />4) preparing the water resources section of the County Land <br />Use Plan; and, <br />5) recommending A long term water resources management plan <br />for Orange County. <br />The Task Force Report recognized the existing quarry <br />reservoir, but did not speak to the suitability of former <br />quarries for water storage. Also, the report did not address <br />the possibility of expanding the existing quarry operation to <br />eventually connect with the quarry reservoir as is now being <br />proposed. <br />The protection of County water supply watersheds from point <br />and non - -point source pollutants through regulation and land <br />use controls was a prominent recommendation of the task force <br />and a focal point of the watershed plan which resulted. <br />Non -point source pollution generations is a function of land <br />use. As a watershed becomes increasingly urbanized, the <br />activities which generate pollutants are increasingly present <br />in the watershed. Increased impervious surface area, as seen <br />in more developed areas, alters the relative magnitude of <br />runoff and infiltration. This can negatively affect the water <br />quality of streams flowing through urban areas. The petitioner <br />states that the relocated asphalt plant would be designed and <br />constructed with sophisticated environmental safeguards, as <br />recommended by Camp Dresser McKee, OWASA'S watershed <br />consultant, and consistent with current environmental <br />standards. The petitioners additionally state that runoff <br />from operations can be controlled on site. <br />HIGHER INTENSITY USES /TRANSITION AREAS <br />1) The more intensive uses are most appropriately located within <br />the Towns -and then the areas adjacent to the Towns likely to <br />become urban. (OC) <br />2) A transition area should be designated, between existing <br />developed areas and the rural buffer, as a target for new <br />development to occur. (C) <br />NOT APPLICABLE. This development is proposed to occur in the <br />Rural Buffer. <br />14 <br />