RES-2020-056 Resolution of Support for Reclassifying a Segment of the Eno River for Water Supply in Durham County, North Carolina

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RES - 2020 - 056 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Resolution of Support for Reclassifying a Segment of the Eno River for Water Supply in Durham County , North Carolina WHEREAS , the City of Durham owns Teer Quarry located at 5090 Denfield Road in Durham County , adjacent to the Eno River ; and WHEREAS , Teer Quarry is critical for meeting the City ' s emergency water supply needs and will improve the City ' s water system reliability ; and WHEREAS , Orange County has an allocation of water supply storage in Jordan Lake with the expectation that the City of Durham ' s water supply system will serve a portion of Orange County with water from Orange County ' s Jordan Lake water supply allocation ; and WHEREAS , the City of Durham is at the center of an interconnected , regional water supply network that includes the Town of Hillsborough , the Orange Water and Sewer Authority , Chatham County , the City of Raleigh , and the Town of Cary ; and WHEREAS , improving the City of Durham ' s water supply reliability improves water supply reliability for the Town of Hillsborough , the Orange Water and Sewer Authority , and Orange County ; and WHEREAS , use of Teer Quarry as a water supply requires filling it from a new intake in the Eno River ; and WHEREAS , the North Carolina General Statutes require that the segment of the Eno River in which the new intake is located and its watershed , as well as Teer Quarry , be reclassified to protect the quality of the water ; NOW, THEREFORE , we , the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby resolves to support the reclassification of the lands and waters identified by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality as being within the new Eno River intake watershed to WS - IV NSW with a Critical Area ( CA ) and Protected Area ( PA) , and Teer Quarry to WSIV NSW CA . This 15th day of September , 2020 . Attest . F David Hunt , Deputy Clerk to the Board nny Rich , C air range County Board of Commissioners PA ^,y , ' adt cE: ;