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j <br /> '7i ; <br /> Attachment 2 <br /> Vnrb <br /> • - • • - - Why is Falls <br /> • ' = ° Lake important? <br /> • • - • - • • +-. . . . .+ - Falls Lake is a tremendous <br /> + • • •- • • • • + • • .+• +. + - asset. It was originally <br /> • • . • • .•- - •+- - ' - constructed to help protect <br /> • • -• • •- -. - downstream areas from <br /> • • •• • • • + • flooding, and it also <br />_ WWI baff;zl-. . - . + provides drinking water, 1 <br /> + _+ • _ •• • • _ •_ • + • .+_ + habitat for fish and wildlife, <br /> and a place for recreation. <br /> • . • - - • • • - •• • - • <br /> i <br /> What is the Falls Lake Nutrient Management Strategy? <br /> Chlorophyll-a is the green pigment that allows plants to harness sunlight to turn CO2 into food. At high <br /> concentrations, it can point to nutrient pollution — in other words, the presence of too much nitrogen and <br /> phosphorous in our water, which stimulate plant and algae growth. <br /> In 2010, the NC Environmental Management Commission adopted <br /> a nutrient management strategy and rules for the Upper Neuse <br /> Basin to reduce the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous that <br /> enter the lake. hat do the <br /> Rules require . <br /> Who do the Falls Lake <br /> Rules regulate? Stage I <br /> State and federal <br /> agencies that contribute <br /> to stormwater runoff <br /> I <br /> New and existing development <br /> which are required to reduce <br /> nutrient loading through s <br /> stormwater controls <br /> Stage 11 a <br /> Agriculture that may grow <br /> vo crops, produce animals, or hold <br /> g lands in an unmanaged state <br /> 1 f <br /> Wastewater treatment <br /> facilities that discharge { <br /> treated wastewater into rivers <br /> and streams <br /> �,•tom �s i' <br />