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FREE :WS & COMMENTARY FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA 'The 41 million dollar solution' dbpk MEMORIAL LIBRARY J!?nn. ic "north CAROLINA rrrt. g „ ASHEVILLE. NORTH 1 hree water experts question proposed French Broad plant by JeffFobes Daniel A. Okun - environmental engineer The idea of using the French Broad River as a source of drinking water troubles Daniel A. Okun. Okun is Kenan Professor (emeritus) of environmental engineering, UNC-Chapel Hill, and consults both in this country and internationally on water systems. He called the idea “abominable” and said the choice will mean that poor quality water will be added to that from a high quality water source. He asked, “Why raise millions for a plant to take water with Hendersonville sewage and industrial pollutants, when you have clean water available?” He warned that the number and amount of pollutants introduced into the French Broad will continue to grow. Okun said, ‘The water authority is meeting a problem in what appears to be the most expedient way, without any understanding of the long term signifi cance of what they are doing.” He added, “I am quite sure that the long term costs of pumping and treating water from the French Broad are a lot higher and getting higher than drawing water from mountain watersheds.” Basic construction costs are always cheaper if you take from a river, Okun said. On other hand, if you consider total costs, which include annual costs, then the river will not be the cheapest. — continued on page 10 YOW! N° Paddle!/ \ . . Inside»> • Chemtronics toxic air emissions anger residents • How GE promotes the arms race • Charlotte nuclear reactor accident • WCQS explains its programming changes Photo: e 1989 Tom Cassidy Wasps on a carnivorous Pitcher Plant at UNCA’s Botanical Gardens. The Gardens shelter many native and exotic species. Green Line PO Box 144 Asheville, NC 28802 -\ Bulk Rate Postage Paid Permit N. 283 Asheville, NC 28801 _j — North Carolina Collectn Pack Library 67 Haywood Street Asheville, NC 28301 > M J to ■iiiYi ¥i Celebrate spring at the University Botanical Gardens Nature lovers are already visiting the University Botanical Gardens at UNC Asheville to celebrate spring, and volunteers have been grooming the Gardens for the event that will help you cast off your winter doldrums. The annual spring festival, “The Days in the Gardens”, will be held Friday and Saturday, May 5-6. The volunteers have plans for your enjoyment, including guided nature walks, plant sales, luncheons in the gardens, an art show, music, a bake sale, and Wildflower Quilt HI made for the gardens by the Beaucatcher Quilters. Other features of Asheville’s festival weekend include the 14th annual Wild flower and Bird Pilgrimage, Friday through Sunday, sponsored jointly by UNCA, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Botanical Gardens. Those wh5 come during the year will find 150 varieties cf wildflowers ^looming. In March there are daffodils, Oconee bells, bloodroot, violets and redbud. In April, May and June nature lovers will find golden club, Jack-in-the-pulpit, dogwood, trilliums, Columbine, trout and atamasco lillies, buttercups, Mayapple, Solomon seals, azaleas, mountain laurel, rhododendrons, shooting stars, mountain magnolia, blazing stars, and many others. The University Botanical Gardens is celebrating its 29th anniversary this year and has a number of special events and programs. One is a colorful slide show of “Wildflowers Through the Seasons”, which is available to church groups, schools, garden and civic groups. The program, which runs about 20 minutes, tells of the beginnings, growth, activities, and plans for the future of the Gardens. _ — continued on page 4 Are the gardens threatened by UNCA expansion? Planned new parking lot will take 4 acres. See page 4 r «■».»♦»<» x ti,. 0 yy ■? ■*
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