Falls Lake, Wake’s main drinking water supply, is badly polluted and Wake citizens are concerned. The State Environmental Management Commission recently held public hearings in Durham and Wake counties in efforts to collect public input on the Falls Lake Rule Process. WakeUP Wake County was well represented at both Falls Lake Public Hearings in Durham and Raleigh. WakeUP executive director, Karen Rindge, water team member, Tina-Motley Pearson, and student intern, Andrew Campbell alongside other WakeUP members strongly urged the State to clean up Falls Lake quickly, without delay. WakeUP also spoke in favor of stronger development standards in the watershed and supported Low Impact Development practices that have the potential to protect Falls from future polluted stormwater runoff. Mayor Meeker, Raleigh City Councilor Russ Stephenson and representatives from the Sierra Club, Wake Audubon Society, Neuse River Foundation and the Southern Environmental Law Center also gave remarks in favor of expediting the cleanup process and implementing stronger development standards.
- Karen Rindge – Testimony, WakeUP Wake County
- Andrew Campbell – Testimony, concerned students of the Triangle
- Tina Motley-Pearson – Testimony, WakeUP Wake County Water Team