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High Carolina 2700 Acre development- impact on water availability
Subject: High Carolina 2700 Acre development- impact on water availability
From: "Will Weatherford" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:00:15 -0400
To: [e-mail], "Anne Weatherford" <annecw@buncombe. main. nc. us>
Ms. Karoly,
My family has lived for a century on 180 acres that are contiguous to the 2700 acre High Carolina
development. This development will contain 600 houses starting at $500,000 which will be situated
around Tiger Woods' first golf course in the US. I am sure the 18 hole course and the development
will have significant water demands. My mother, 1/2 to 1 mile away as the crow flies, gets her water
from a well. Requests for such a public hearing must be submitted by August 1.
Could you please give me a call at 859-979-5341 so I could discusss these and some other
questions:
• I have been told by a Hydrologist that this development could reduce my mother's water supply
and that it might take several years for that impact to present itself.
• Are their laws or restrictions currently on the books that would prevent a new comer to an area
to significanly and adversly effect the water availablity of a neighbor.
• Do you think we should be concerned about my mother's water supply?
• What do suggest as a course of action for us?
I look forward to speaking with you.
Will Weatherford
Cyndi Karoly, North Carolina Division of Water Quality
I of 1 7/29/2008 10:38 AM