2A The Tar Heel Thursday, July 51, 1980
news
Waver 'shortage not seen
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for Chapel Hill this fall
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By Martha Schutz
No water shortage problerris are
anticipated for Chapel Hill this summer by
Orange Water and Sewer Authority,
University or town officials.
OWASA Director Everett Billingsley
said the water supply is good and the
University Lake level is just an inch below
full.
Claude E. Swecker, UNC Physical Plant
director, said it may be too early to make
predictions as "droughts are always
possible," but a shortage is not in sight
The adequate water supply can be
attributed to sufficient rainfall, but may be
: due to more conscientious consumers.
In past summers, long dry spells and
increasing water demands resulted in
severe shortages. The summers of 1976 and
1977 revealed the necessity for expansion of
water resources and triggered the current
Cane Creek reservoir controversy.
Despite population growth, community
conservation efforts have held current
demands to the level of five years ago,
Billingsley said.
Since 1977, when Chapel Hill began
practicing water conservation, the
"University has been quite effective at
reducing its water consumption," said
Robert S. Peake. UNC utilities director.
Today, fewer and fewer students are aware
of the potential problems, he said, and if a
crisis were to occur, stricter measures
would be enforced.
In the event of such a crisis, contingency
plans would go into effect These plans
would include many of the same
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. . .shortage almost closed UNC
restrictions imposed in 1977. The
University would comply with town
guidelines for restricting water use:
limiting dormitory showers and
transporting water for maintenance usf
from outside Chapel Hill.
The University should have no need for
these plans, though, Town Council
member Jonathon Howes said. "There is
no likelihood of a problem like we had in
'76 and '77. OWASA has acquired a quarry
full of water as much water as we have
bought from Durham in prior years."
The stone quarry is a temporary solution
to a problem O WASA feels the Cane Creek
reservoir would solve. The procurement of
the dredging and filling permit and
appeals by the Cane Creek Conservation
Authority are the only obstacles to the
reservoir.
An environmental impact statement on
Cane Creek has been prepared by the Army
Corps of Engineers. A public hearing on
the study is scheduled for this fall.
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