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RY " 'his could stand to wait some more years. FROM PAGE 1 We don 't know we will ever need to go to Led by Erwin Danziger, a Jordan Labe. We can always amend this in retiree who controls property the future if there 's need for expansion in the near the quarry, they say a slow- down in growth , coupled to con - future. " servation measures , is likely to reduce the need for another Councilwoman Joyce Brown reservoir. . Brown cast. the only dissenting vote Danziger and fellow critic Elliot Cramer believe OWASA and urged the Town Council to shelve the plan could get all the additional storms age it needs — or could use — by s4utting down mining when the mine 's blasting, . telling the coun - sity Lake watershed now forbid , pit can hold about 2 billion gal= cil that it has caused damage to " I am disturbed that we are Ions of water. The utility wants 3 homes and wells . Several com - assuring or attempting to assure billion gallons instead , plained that local officials seem a safe drinking water supply for " There 's only so much water willing to sacrifice the water the people of Chapel Hill , and we available comingover the dam , " quality in wells to secure • it for y aren t willing to let others share Cramer said , referring to the OWASA customers . that safe drinking water " Wig- surplus water from University " I ' m really disgusted with gins said . " That is not socially :. Lake and Cane Creek that what the county is doing to resi- OWASA would use to fill the dents who ' ve been there all the Just . " quarry. " There 's no point in mak- time , " said Melvin Parrish , one The majority of the council , ing a quarry larger and larger. critic of the plan . " The taxes I ' ve however, was content to .ask the At some point , there are dimin- paid out aren 't getting me any. Orange County Commissioners ishing marginal returns . " thing For me and a lot of other to beef up a " mitigation " pack- UNC environmental sciences neighbors , it ' s almost like taxa- age for neighbors that promises professor Donald Lauria fol - tion without representation . " well repairs and traffic controls lowed Cramer to the podium on The complaints drew sympa- to stem some of the worst per- Monday . to , endorse the expan- thy from the council , most ceived effects of the quarry. sion , notably from members Jim When the vote came , the only The professor told council Ward and Edith Wiggins . dissent came from Council - members that OWASA' s num - Ward urged OWASA and woman Joyce Brown ; who urged bers are " rough and ready, but American Stone representatives defensible . " to "pay the price no questions the council to shelve the plan . Lauria authored a study of the . asked , " when damage comm " This could stand to wait some utility 's reservoir network that plaints roll in . more years , " Brown said . ' We Cramer relied on heavily to sup - Wiggins , meanwhile , said local don 't know we will ever need to port his claim of diminishing governments should consider go to Jordan * Lake . We can returns , letting the neighbors tie on to always amend this in the future Quarry neighbors focused on OWASA' s water system , a move if there ' s need for expansion in the day - to - day effects of the land-use controls in. the Univer- the future . "