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15 <br /> Slide #18 <br /> 2. Watersheds and Their Impact on Development <br /> ay Show us map view of watersheds and boundaries, <br /> Watersheds 18 individual watersheds in <br /> Orange County <br /> 13 of the 18 watersheds are <br /> dL'tl' P-141d, j direct contributors to public <br /> i IJ <br /> drinking Water Supplies (i.e., <br /> ..C,.. WS-II, WS-III, or WS-IV) <br /> ` Those 13 special watersheds <br /> are classified as Watershed <br /> Protection Overlay Districts <br /> (WPODs) <br /> WPODs have lot density AND <br /> p " •° "" impervious surface area limits <br /> WPOD boundaries and <br /> associated development <br /> restrictions defined in Article 4 <br /> •-R y a A of the Orange Count UDO <br /> Y <br /> - °-k ORANGECOUNTY <br /> OUNTY <br /> 11 <br /> NOWM CAROLINA <br /> Christopher Sal County Engineer, continued the presentation. He indicated that <br /> everything in the northeast corner of the county drains to Falls Lake. He pointed out the thick blue <br /> line in the middle of the map as the break line between the Jordan Lake Basin and the Falls Lake <br /> Basin. He said there is a small section in the northern part of the county that drains up to the <br /> Roanoke Basin in Virginia. He said the light blue areas on the map are the protected watersheds, <br /> and the darker blue areas are the critical watersheds. He explained that the darker blue <br /> watersheds are adjacent to the water supply reservoirs.After reviewing the acronyms on the slide, <br /> Christopher Sal explained the difference between density and impervious surface. He said the <br /> number of dwellings per unit of land is density, while impervious surface limits are the actual <br /> percentage of impervious area on a particular parcel as it relates to the overall size of the parcel. <br /> He said the lightest areas of the map do not specifically have lot density and impervious surface <br /> area requirements, but the county does manage stormwater and erosion control for those areas. <br /> He said there are also stormwater and erosion control requirements for every watershed in the <br /> county. <br />