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33112
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Robert R. Mauldin, chairman and chief executive officer of Peoples Bancorporation of Rocky Mount, credits customer loyalty as one of an institution’s most important assets. Peoples Bancorporation is North Carolina’s ninth largest bank holding company, and recently acquired a common stock of Citizens National Bank. Mauldin discusses his background and his experience working at Peoples Bancorporation.
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33115
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North Carolina’s local governments had high stakes in this year’s legislative session. Important bills dealt with abolition of the property tax on business inventories, highway rights-of-way, billboard regulation, the local option sales tax, among many other issues. David E. Reynolds, executive director of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, discusses these legislative acts and how they will affect the infrastructures of cities and towns.
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33128
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s new Ground Water Protection Strategy builds on the principle of state control of the resource, with focused help at the federal level. Objectives of the strategy and steps being taken to implement it were outlined in Raleigh on November 2 by the head of the agency’s recently formed Office of Ground Water Protection, Marian Mlay.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 223, Dec/Jan 1985,
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33130
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The North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development has developed a document that sets forth policy and criteria for instream flows. Its purpose is to establish minimum stream flows for protection of all water users. The document will serve as a guide for the department’s review and regulatory activities and for project developers.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 223, Dec/Jan 1985,
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33166
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Nine counties in North Carolina have provided financial support for ten technicians to help implement agricultural best management practices for nonpoint source pollution controls. The counties are among those in the Falls, Jordan, and Chowan River Watersheds where farmers are eligible to receive cost-share assistance from state appropriations for practices to reduce agricultural nonpoint source pollution.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 224, Feb 1985,
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33167
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Hydrilla, a noxious aquatic weed plant, was recently identified in Woodlake in Moore County, North Carolina. This is the largest infestation found in the state and the first major infestation in the Cape Fear River Drainage Basin.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 224, Feb 1985,
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33168
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Duke Power Company operated an experimental hypolimnetic aerator in Lake Norman, North Carolina, in the summer of 1984. It showed that an oxygenated cold-water refuge area could be created for striped bass, which are often stressed to the point of mortalities in southeastern reservoirs in late summer.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 224, Feb 1985,
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33175
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North Carolina has a limited number of sites suitable for the development of water supply reservoirs. Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are assessing the threat of urbanization to future water supply reservoir sites and watersheds.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 225, Mar 1985,
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33177
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Aquatic plant researchers have observed hydrilla seed production for the first time in a natural setting. The seeds were found in two Wake County ponds last fall. Control strategies have been planned accordingly, with strong emphasis given to educational efforts.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 225, Mar 1985,
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33181
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This report examines several problems that make the design of a monitoring program a complex undertaking. It also reviews existing monitoring programs in North Carolina and makes recommendations. Several water quality monitoring programs are being operated in North Carolina, including those operated by state and federal agencies and self-monitoring by water suppliers and waste dischargers subject to regulations.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 225, Mar 1985,
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33185
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Uncertainties about the use of Jordan Lake as a public water supply remain strong. Of major concern are toxic substances from industries and farms in the watershed. A recent report from the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management examines the suitability of Jordan Lake as a water resource, and lists eight main sources of toxicants in the watershed.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 226, Apr 1985,
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33186
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Residents of coastal North Carolina face multiple issues regarding water resources. They must balance interests that include farming, fishing, forestry, peat mining, and development, while guarding their ground and surface waters. A forum for public discussion of these water quality issues is being provided by the Coastal Resources Advisory Council’s Coastal Roundtable Series.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 226, Apr 1985,
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33189
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Recent permit requests for North Carolina coastal residential development, mostly duplexes and condominiums, have heightened conflicts between developers and shellfish producers. Rainfall runoff from high-density urban and resort developments can impact the quality and quantity of stormwater and frequently results in pollution of shellfish waters.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 227, May/June 1985,
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33193
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North Carolina Natural Resources and Community Development announced a series of nutrient-removal study grants to help local communities control discharges of nitrogen and phosphorus into Jordan Lake and Falls of the Neuse Lake watersheds. The grants stem from a growing concern about possible extensive growth of nuisance blue-green algae in the two reservoirs.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 228, July 1985,
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33194
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Several major cities in North Carolina and the Water Resources Research Institute have formed a new cooperative research venture called the Urban Water Consortium. Toxic chemicals and nutrients in wastewaters from municipalities will be high-priority issues, and a variety of other problems in urban water management will also be investigated.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 228, July 1985,
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