20210224 Ver 1_Public Notice Comments_20211027 (495)

Public Notice Comment Form
ID#*
20210224
Project Name*
Westpoint
First Name
Emily
Affiliation (if applicable)
Phone Number
9195599793
Version *
1
Number only.
Last Name
Rhode
Email *
[e-mail]
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Please pick the response below that represents your stance on the above mentioned project?*
Yes - I agree with the project. No - I do not agree with the project.
Comment
The Eno River is one of the only waterways in Durham that consistently receives a high score on the City of
Durham's State of Our Streams Water Quality Report. The City of Durham and the state of North Carolina have
already put millions of dollars into protecting the Eno River Watershed. This development project threatens to
erase the hard work of many organizations who have worked so hard to protect the Eno River and preserve its
aquatic diversity, water quality, recreational value, and other ecosystem services.
The Eno is a tributary of Falls Lake, which is already eutrophic and impaired. Tree loss and a dramatic increase
in impervious surface as a result of this development would not only accelerate that process, but would put the
drinking water quality of millions of downstream residents at risk, in an already overburdened area of explosive
population growth. This development will not only affect the residents who live near the Eno. It will have lasting
detrimental effects on a large portion of the Triangle. I urge NCDEQ to stop this development and protect the
Eno and North Carolinians who value and depend on it.
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