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Attachment 2 6 <br /> RES-2020-056 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Resolution of Support for Reclassifying a Segment of the Eno River for Water Supply in <br /> Durham County, North Carolina <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Durham owns Teer Quarry located at 5090 Denfield Road in Durham County, <br /> adjacent to the Eno River; and <br /> WHEREAS, Teer Quarry is critical for meeting the City's emergency water supply needs and will <br /> improve the City's water system reliability; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County has an allocation of water supply storage in Jordan Lake with the <br /> expectation that the City of Durham's water supply system will serve a portion of Orange County with <br /> water from Orange County's Jordan Lake water supply allocation; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Durham is at the center of an interconnected, regional water supply network <br /> that includes the Town of Hillsborough, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority, Chatham County, the <br /> City of Raleigh, and the Town of Cary; and <br /> WHEREAS, improving the City of Durham's water supply reliability improves water supply reliability <br /> for the Town of Hillsborough, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority, and Orange County; and <br /> WHEREAS, use of Teer Quarry as a water supply requires filling it from a new intake in the Eno <br /> River; and <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina General Statutes require that the segment of the Eno River in which <br /> the new intake is located and its watershed, as well as Teer Quarry, be reclassified to protect the <br /> quality of the water; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby resolves to support the <br /> reclassification of the lands and waters identified by the North Carolina Department of Environmental <br /> Quality as being within the new Eno River intake watershed to WS-IV NSW with a Critical Area (CA) <br /> and Protected Area (PA), and Teer Quarry to WSIV NSW CA. <br /> This 15th day of September, 2020. <br /> Attest: y P14 <br /> ' <br /> David Hunt, Deputy Clerk to the Board nnyUC Rich, air <br /> ange County Board of Commissioners <br /> l�R.'J�y'p <br /> oe <br /> A.ka,#4 <br /> +Y t� <br /> o <br />