Last session, North Carolina Legislators held up the implementation of the Jordan Lake rules that were intended to raise standards for existing development.  Town and Cities across this large watershed extending from Greensboro to Jordan Lake, an important water supply,  had already begun to prepare for taking the required measures to reduce pollutants entering Jordan Lake for new development.

These rules took years to develop striking a compromise with local governments, industry and environmentalists.  Legislators have formed a study committee to reexamine the rules for existing development and delayed the implementation deadline pending the outcome of the study. One questionable approach is to try to treat all pollution at its source through an in-the-lake pumping technique.  Here is the story on our Friends of Bolin Creek facebook page.  In a December letter to the New and Observer and the Chapel Hill News, Stefan Klakovich responds here in this excellent letter to the Editor.