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Clean Up Jordan Lake OPPOSE H3, H239=S166, & H350, Disapprove Jordan Lake Rules Jordan Lake, a major drinking water reservoir and recreational lake in the Triangle, is in trouble. Upstream wastewater discharges and polluted runoff from existing development and farmland are dumping too much nitrogen and phosphorus into the lake. After six years of stakeholder meetings and public hearings, the Environmental Management Commission in May 2008 approved a package of flexible rules that will cut pollution and restore water quality in the lake (and, as a side effect, in tributaries upstream). |
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Still, some upstream communities oppose aspects
of the rules, including a carefully-drafted requirement that local
governments begin to control runoff from already-developed landscapes.
Environmental advocates and downstream communities support the package
and especially this rule, since it is physically impossible to restore
water quality in Jordan Lake without controlling upstream runoff.
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For more information: Grady McCallie,
NC Conservation Network,
grady@ncconservationnetwork.org, (919) 857-4699 |
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