Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden only - not the street or sidewalk.
Use the microwave to cook small meals. (It uses less power than an oven.)
Purchase "Green Power" for your home's electricity. (Contact your power supplier to see where and if it is available.)
Scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading into the dishwasher; wash only full loads.
Cut back on air conditioning and heating use if you can.
Turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room.
Town's growth causing water quality concerns INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. -- The town of Indian Trail is growing fast. In fact, the actual population has doubled since the year 2000. This growth and development has town officials concerned about water quality in Indian Trail.
The water in North Fork Crooked Creek is murky. It’s hard to believe any fish could actually survive in this water. Katie Reeves, senior planner with the town of Indian Trail, believes the creek got so bad because of the direct relationship for the development upstream.
“There’s a very large business park, there’s sub-divisions that are being constructed at this point upstream,” Reeves said.
Reeve also says there are two Erosion Control Inspectors for all of Union County. The lack of inspectors leads to a lot of sediment runoff into this stream.
Goose Creek is considered a good stream. That’s because there are tougher restrictions to keep the creek clear because of the federally endangered species, Carolina Heel Splitter.
The Heel Splitter is a mussel that cleans the water. If there is too much sediment in the water, the Heel Splitter can’t breathe. There is a Buffer along Goose Creek between 100-200 feet. The buffer along other creeks in Indian Trail like North Fork Crooked Creek only has a 30 foot buffer.
The goal for the town of Indian Trail is to improve all creeks. The new post construction ordinance was implemented in September 2007. It hopes to improve the creeks, which will toughen the restrictions for future developments.
Most of the cities and towns in our viewing area enforce the post construction ordinance. That toughens restrictions for developers and requires them to add structures like detention ponds and rain gardens.
