University Lake

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University Lake
Location Carrboro, North Carolina
Type Reservoir
Built1932
Surface area213 acres (86 ha)
Water volume600,000,000 US gallons (2.3×109 L; 500,000,000 imp gal)
References [1]

University Lake is a manmade freshwater lake in Carrboro, North Carolina. [2] The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill created the lake in 1932 by building two dams, [3] at the confluence of the Morgan Creek, Phil's Creek, Neville Creek, Price Creek, and Pritchard's Mill Creek. [4] Marshes occur where the creeks meet with the lake, and this serves as environment for wildlife such as various species of waterfowl. [5] It was originally built to act as a water reservoir for UNC's campus, [4] and the neighboring communities of Carrboro and Chapel Hill. [6] Severe droughts in the 1960s and 1970s lowered the water level, and it soon became necessary for a new reservoir to be built to complement University Lake. [7] It was the sole source of water to the Orange Water and Sewer Authority until the Cane Creek Reservoir was built. [8] The lake is open in the summer for public fishing and recreation. [9] The UNC women's rowing team also trains on the lake. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "University Lake".
  2. ↑ "University Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  3. ↑ Odum, Eugene; Taylor, Edmund; Coker, Coit; Breckenridge, Arnold (1935). "The Birds of Chapel Hill, North Carolina". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 51 (2): 312–340. ISSN   0013-6220. JSTOR   24332868.
  4. 1 2 3 "University Lake · Water at UNC-Chapel Hill · Carolina Story: Virtual Museum of University History". museum.unc.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  5. ↑ Cane Creek Water Supply Reservoir Permit: Environmental Impact Statement. 1981. p. 50.
  6. ↑ Day Trips from Raleigh-Durham: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 118. ISBN   978-0-7627-5210-2.
  7. ↑ Madry, Sarah Brandes (March 2004). Well Worth a Shindy: The Architectural and Philosophical History of the Old Well at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. iUniverse. p. 45. ISBN   978-0-595-30057-0.
  8. ↑ "Impact of Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986 on Selected Utilities in NOrth Carolina".
  9. ↑ "University Lake". www.visitchapelhill.org. Retrieved 2024-03-30.

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