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��- 1 $erg �..,._ri�'W+ 1 2 : e� ALHMANCE cG� . �TTC9�h•�Eti' <br />Watershed Reclassifications <br />papa <br />TWO <br />2. Ouaker Lake <br />State Proposes WS 11 <br />Alamance County Proposes WS III <br />P_0G <br />Comment: in Alamance County's jurisdiction of this watershed there <br />are over 26 acres per dwelling unit. Alamance County would again <br />submit that one acre lots outside the critical area should be <br />adequate in this watershed for the same reasons as in the Stoney <br />Creek Watershed. <br />3. BjA Alamance Creek Lake Macintosh <br />State.Proposes WS IV <br />Alamance County Proposes WS III <br />Comment; Only a small portion of this watershed is in Alamance <br />County, all of which is Critical area. Alamance County's watershed <br />ordinance already provides for an 80,000 square- -foot minimum lot <br />size for residential lots. Current residential development in this <br />critical area is 18+ acres per dwelling. unit, Lake Macintosh, when <br />completed, will be the primary water supply for several cities <br />whose total population approaches 50,000. <br />4. Haw Creek Pro osed Lake <br />State Proposes WS II <br />Alamance County Proposes WS IV <br />Comment: This reservoir has been in the planning stages since <br />19696­_--To our knowledge, no real progress is being made to actually <br />build the reservoir. The upper reaches of the watershed take in <br />Interstate -40/85 and southern Mebane's growth area. A WS 11 would <br />severely limit the planned growth for this area, <br />-4 _ <br />5.4 Cane Creak, (OWASA) <br />State Proposes WS 11 <br />Alamance County Proposes WS III <br />Comment: Alamance County submits that one acre lots are adequate <br />to protect the water supplies in this. area of Alamance County, <br />Only a small area of the watershed is in Alamance County. The <br />existing development is approximately 26 acres per dwelling unit, <br />