Members of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen remain skeptical about a potential partnership with Chatham County and Durham to construct the western intake on Jordan Lake.
OWASA is studying the idea, which gained new momentum during the recent drought.
At a work session Tuesday night at Town Hall, the board passed a resolution in support of a local, high-quality water supply — a move intended to send the signal that a tie-in with Jordan Lake might compromise that. Board members also expressed concern that the additional water might fuel growth if land use plans and conservation are not better coordinated among the potential project’s partners.
OWASA and representatives of other nearby water systems are interested in Jordan Lake in part because the lake’s 1,700-square-mile watershed allows it to refill at a much faster rate than other reservoirs in the region. OWASA has an as yet unused five million gallon per day allocation from the lake.