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~`}iachmc~t 4 <br />3~f <br />RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE <br />B. EVERETT JORDAN RESERVOIR, NORTH CAROLINA NUTRIENT <br />MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD PLAN <br />WHEREAS, citizens of Noah Carolina have an irdrerent right to clean, high quality drinking water <br />WHEREAS, rivers, lakes and drinking water reservoirs continue to degrade in water quality under the present <br />management system. <br />WHEREAS Jordan Lake is rated as an impaued water resource due to excess nutrients -nitrogen and <br />phosphoms -and requires additional scrutiny for the protection of this drinking water resource. <br />WHEREAS water flows from one region and jurisdiction to the next, traversing the boundaries of towns and <br />counties wherein water quality must be maintained. <br />WHEREAS towns and counties cannot independently protect drinking water resources. <br />WHEREAS state mandated water quality requirements ensure that all entities within the boundaries of North <br />Carolina equally share the responsibilities for maintaining and improving water quality. <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of Orange County expresses its <br />resounding support for the B EVERTT JORDAN RESERVOIR, NORTH CAROLINA NUTRIL-NT <br />MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND TOTAL. MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD PLAN proposed by the NC <br />Division of Water Quality to the Environmental Management Commission. <br />Enacted this the _ day of , 2005 <br />Introduced by Commissioner: <br />Seconded by Commissioner: <br />Attest: <br />Chair <br />County Clerk <br />