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The Butner-Creedmoor News, Thursday, July 1, 2010 7a<br />

Falls Lake Public Meeting<br />

World Wide Outreach Fellowship Ministries, Inc. & Working Faith<br />

Ministries will hold an Installation <strong>Service</strong> for Nathaniel Davis, III<br />

(Trey) to the Episcopal Office of Pastor on Sunday, July 11th, at<br />

4:00 pm. Working Faith Ministries is located at 307 Central Avenue<br />

in Butner. Pastor Nathaniel (Trey) Davis III is the son of Nathaniel<br />

and Cathy Davis Jr. Pastor Davis is married to Nicole Green Davis.<br />

They have four children: Nathaniel (Tyler) IV -14, Lotreya - 11,<br />

Christian - 6, and Trinity - 5. Pastor Davis was raised in Granville<br />

County where he was educated in the public school system. He<br />

furthered his education at the UNC-Charlotte and NCCU, and at<br />

the age of 20 began his law enforcement career. Pastor Davis has<br />

continued to serve in local government, and now functions as a<br />

"Sergeant" level supervisor for the Greensboro Police Department.<br />

The Environmental<br />

Management Commission, or<br />

EMC, has scheduled two<br />

hearings to gather public<br />

input on proposed rules to<br />

reduce nutrient pollution in<br />

the Falls Lake Reservoir.<br />

The public comment<br />

period is open until Aug. 16.<br />

Falls Lake Reservoir, the<br />

primary drinking water<br />

source for Raleigh and several<br />

nearby communities, is<br />

impaired for excessive<br />

amounts of chlorophyll a, an<br />

indicator of high levels of<br />

nutrients. Nutrients,<br />

specifically nitrogen and<br />

phosphorus, can be carried by<br />

stormwater runoff into Falls<br />

Lake and the watershed<br />

streams that feed it. While<br />

nutrients are beneficial to<br />

aquatic plant and animal life<br />

in the proper quantities,<br />

excessive levels can cause<br />

algae blooms that impair<br />

aquatic habitat and may lead<br />

to fishkills, increase the cost<br />

of treatment for drinking<br />

water and affect recreational<br />

activities. In 2005, the N.C.<br />

General Assembly passed<br />

legislation which requires the<br />

EMC to adopt a nutrient<br />

strategy for Falls Lake.<br />

In 2008, stakeholders<br />

from local governments,<br />

agriculture, environmental<br />

groups and other concerns<br />

began work with the N.C.<br />

Division of Water Quality to<br />

formulate a nutrient<br />

management strategy. The<br />

stakeholders used three years<br />

of lake watershed data and<br />

subsequent modeling to help<br />

form the nutrient<br />

management strategy. The<br />

draft rules were approved for<br />

public comment by the EMC<br />

in March 2010.<br />

The rules address<br />

reduction of nutrients from<br />

several sources including<br />

agriculture,<br />

new<br />

development, existing<br />

development and wastewater<br />

treatment plants. The twostage<br />

approach is spread over<br />

25 years and includes<br />

opportunities for evaluating<br />

progress towards the nitrogen<br />

and phosphorus reduction goals<br />

and adjusting requirements<br />

appropriately. The projected<br />

maximum cost for implementing<br />

the rules is approximately $1.5<br />

billion. However, emerging<br />

technologies and management<br />

efficiencies may reduce that cost<br />

significantly. Copies of the draft<br />

rules and other helpful<br />

information are available on the<br />

N.C. Division of Water Quality’s<br />

website at: http://<br />

portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/ps/<br />

nps/fallslake.<br />

The hearing schedule is:<br />

· 7 p.m. June 30 at Neal<br />

Middle School, 201 Baptist<br />

Church Road, Durham;<br />

· 7 p.m. July 1 at Campbell<br />

Lodge, Durant Nature Park,<br />

3237 Spottswood St., Raleigh.<br />

Registration for those who<br />

wish to speak at the hearings<br />

will begin at 6:30 p.m. Time<br />

for presentations may be<br />

limited to allow time for all<br />

registered speakers.<br />

Therefore, it is requested that<br />

printed copies be provided for<br />

remarks that are longer than<br />

three minutes. Written<br />

comments may also be<br />

submitted at the hearings or<br />

by mailing them to: John<br />

Huisman, DWQ Planning,<br />

1617 Mail <strong>Service</strong> Center,<br />

Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1617 or<br />

john.huisman@ncdenr.gov.<br />

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