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In this vein, Orange County offers its requests and comments on the <br />adopted State rules and preliminary watershed classifications as <br />follows: <br />Recommended Water Supply Watershed Classifications <br />Back Creek Watershed: orange County requests a change in <br />classification to WS -3 from the proposed <br />WS -2. The WS -3 classification is <br />consistent with protection measures being <br />requested by other jurisdictions, <br />including those using water from this <br />supply. <br />Cane Creek Watershed: <br />orange County <br />agrees <br />with <br />the <br />classification of <br />WS -2 <br />Flat River: <br />Orange County <br />agrees <br />with <br />the <br />classification of <br />WS -2 <br />Haw Creek: <br />Orange County <br />agrees <br />with <br />the <br />classification of <br />WS -2 <br />Haw River: <br />Orange County <br />agrees <br />with <br />the <br />classification of <br />WS -4 <br />South Hyco Creek: <br />orange County recommends <br />change <br />in <br />classification to <br />WS -3 from WS -2. The <br />WS -3 <br />classification is more consistent <br />with <br />classifications <br />requested <br />by other <br />jurisdictions, including those using <br />this <br />water supply. <br />Jordan Lake: <br />Orange County <br />agrees <br />with <br />the <br />classification of <br />WS -4. <br />Little River: Orange County agrees with the <br />classification of WS -2. <br />University Lake: Orange County agrees with the <br />(Morgan Creek) classification of WS -2, and further <br />recommends designation of this watershed <br />as a CRITICAL WATERSHED (CW). <br />Eno River Basin: Orange County requests that this basin be <br />separated into three sub- basins, <br />consistent with long - adopted local actions <br />and policies regarding water supplies in <br />this basin. <br />The first sub -- basin, the "Upper Eno ", <br />lies upstream of Corporation Lake (intake <br />point 105.0). orange County recommends <br />that this sub -basin be upgraded to WS -2 <br />