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Advisory board receives LRCOG White Lake management plan; schedules questions and invites groundwater presentation
Summary
Board members received the Lumber River Council of Governments White Lake Management Strategic Plan (Sept. 2022) for review, discussed groundwater as a priority, and set Sept. 25 to prepare questions for an October presentation (Oct. 23) by a recommended speaker.
At the White Lake Water Quality and Quantity Advisory Board’s inaugural meeting on Aug. 28, members received the Lumber River Council of Governments (LRCOG) White Lake Management Strategic Plan (Sept. 2022) as the working reference for their work. The packet describes the plan’s scope, key authors, and recommended next steps for monitoring, stormwater controls, groundwater study, and cooperative actions among the Town, state agencies and stakeholders.
Board Member Mary Kay Clark said the board should study the plan’s delineation of authority (Town, North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation, Department of Environmental Quality and the Water Resources Commission) and invited those agencies or LRCOG staff to present. Clark also described recent conversations she had with local contacts about the need for a groundwater study and recommended inviting Lane Garner, Park Superintendent at Singletary Lake, as an initial presenter.
The LRCOG plan included several technical findings summarized for the board: that White Lake is a shallow Carolina Bay with average depth about 6.2 feet, that the lake receives water primarily from precipitation and the surficial aquifer, that a clay hardpan occurs in many places under the lake, and that atmospheric nitrogen deposition, stormwater outfalls and sediment disturbance from boating are among the nutrient sources affecting clarity. The plan recommends joint monitoring with DPR and DEQ, improved stormwater and land-use controls, wastewater-collection integrity work, boat-washing stations and consideration of conservation easements or securing public access to the lake outlet.
The board set a Sept. 25 meeting to prepare questions and talking points and tasked DG Melvin with contacting Lane Garner about presenting at the Oct. 23 meeting. No formal votes were taken on the plan itself; the plan was received for review and added to the board’s upcoming agenda items.
