Haywood Co. Water Supply Watershed

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Coleen H. Sullins
Beverly Eaves Perdue Director
Governor
November 13, 2009
Mr. Neil Carpenter, District Manager
Maggie Valley Sanitary District
Post Office Box 1029
45 Water Plant Road
Maggie Valley, North Carolina 28751
Dear Mr. Carpenter:
Dee Freeman
Secretary
I am writing to express my support for the Campbell Creek Watershed Forest Legacy Project.
This is a wonderful opportunity for Maggie Valley Sanitary District, Haywood County, and
Western North Carolina. As the state experiences growth in the western mountains it also loses
natural resources. This project, when completed, will help protect and preserve approximately
4200 acres along with the associated streams and tributaries in this drainage basin.
In preserving Campbell Creek Watershed, Maggie Valley Sanitary District is not only protecting
pristine waters but protecting a vast amount of unique mountain natural resources. To naive a
few of these resources- Southern Appalachian Brook Trout whose habitat is being lost to land
development, Southern Appalachian Spruce -Fir forest, and the black bear, white tail deer, and
elk habitats, which require large tracts of land. This watershed protection will also provide
enhancement of the view shed of the Blue Ridge Parkway. These natural resources likely cannot
be regained, rehabilitated, or restored at the cost it takes to preserve them should they be lost to
development.
The protection of Campbell. Creek Watershed provides a necessary supply of pristine water as a
potable water source for the Maggie Valley Sanitary District. This project protects the seeps,
springs, and head waters which allow Campbell Creek to be a pristine waterway. This protection
insures that downstream water quality remains of higher quality than if this land track were lost
to development.
This project will also reduce the number of potential point source and non -point source
discharges in the watershed simply through protection. If no development is allowed in the
watershed, wastewater treatment systems will not be permitted(both point source and land
based). Impervious surface will not increase, resulting in better groundwater recharge and lower
scouring velocities in stream channels.
SURFACE WATER PROTECTION SECTION —ASHEVILLE REGIONAL OFFICE One
Location: 2090 U.S. Highway 70, Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778 NorthCarolina
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748
Internet: wm.ncwatergualit .org
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Campbell Creek Watershed
November 13, 2009
In summary, the Asheville Regional Office, Surface Water Protection Section, fully supports the
preservation of the Campbell Creek Watershed through the Forest Legacy Program.
Sincerely,
Roger C. Edwards, Regional Supervisor
Asheville Regional Office
Surface Water Protection
NC Division of Water Quality