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l� ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENO R ULLEt 1991 INCORPORATED Orange and Durham Counties, North Carolina 7010 Thunder Mountain, Efland, N. C. 27243 Moses Carey, Chair Orange County Commissioners 3000 W. Tryon Hillsborough, N. C. 27278 Dear Mr. Carey: The Eno River Association thanks the Orange County Commissioners for the measures taken in Orange County to secure the health and welfare of its citizens through the careful protection of the County's water and natural resources. At this time of reclassification of the State's drinking water resources through House Bill 156, the Eno River Association writes to support the designation of the Eno River from the emergency raw water intake at the Nello Teer Quarry in Durham County to Lawrence Road (SR1561) in Orange County as WS -IV B. Currently only the one and a half mile length of river that lies between Roxboro Road (SR 501) and Guess Road (SR 1003) in the City of Durham's Eno River parklands is suggested for a WS -IV B designation. The Association believes that the added protection given to swimmable waters against point source pollution by the B designation should be extended to the entire length of the Eno River parklands, both to the Eno River State Park in Orange and Durham Counties and to the City of Durham's West Point on the Eno.. We believe that the primary classification WS -IV and the supplemental classification B will give the Eno River parklands the maximum protection afforded by the present reclassifications proposed through House Bill 156. It is our understanding that Terry Rolan, Director of Water Resources for the City of Durham, wishes to retain the Nello Teer Quarry as an emergency raw water intake for flood - skimming from the Eno so that a back -up water supply can be stored utilizing the combined waters of Little and Lake Michie in the Nello Teer Quarry after the turn of the century. We applaud this long -range thinking, with its regional implications for Durham and Orange. With this understanding we seek the support of the Orange County Commissioners for a "run -of- the - river" WS -IV B designation from the Nello Teer Quarry in Durham County to Lawrence Road in Orange. We thank you for your consideration. Yo sinter Donald N. Cox President cc. Orange County Commissioners Terry Rolan, Director, Durham City Water Resources Paul Norby, Head, Durham City Planning Dr. Phil McKnelly, Director, Divison of Parks and Recreation,EHNR Susan Tillotson, Suptd., Eno River State Park Organized in 1965, and incorporated in 1975 as a tax - exempt, non - profit Corporation to assist federal, state and local agencies to establish public parks along the Eno River Valley, to promote the preservation of the Eno through educational and scientific means, and to cooperate with other local, state and national conservation groups to preserve the environment.