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1 <br /> Department of Environment, <br /> Agriculture, Park &Recreation <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Board of Orange County Commissioners <br /> CC: Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager <br /> FROM: Dave Stancil, DEAPR Director <br /> Tom Davis, Water Resources Coordinator <br /> DATE: November 20, 2018 <br /> RE: Water Resources Information Item <br /> This memorandum includes updates for several ongoing water resource projects: <br /> 1. The Upper Neuse River Basin Association <br /> 2. Hydrilla in the Eno River <br /> 3. Former Hillsborough Landfill <br /> 4. Orange Well Net <br /> 1. The Upper Neuse River Basin Association <br /> The Upper Neuse River Basin Association (UNRBA), of which Orange County is a <br /> longtime member, is working on a multi-year effort titled "The Path Forward" to revise <br /> Stage II of the Falls Lake Nutrient Management Strategy (Falls Rules). As currently <br /> written, Stage II of the Falls Rules requires regulated parties, including local <br /> governments, located in the Falls Lake watershed to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus <br /> nutrient loading to Falls Lake by 40% and 77%, respectively. While UNRBA members <br /> agree that protecting water quality and Falls Lake as the City of Raleigh's water supply <br /> is a top priority, members also noted and assert that there were serious technical <br /> shortcomings with the process underlying the adoption of the Falls Rules in 2011, as <br /> Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks & Recreation <br /> PO Box 8181 <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> Phone: (919) 245-2510 <br /> Fax: (919) 644-3351 <br />