Boone’s Water Intake Facility Threatened by Rep. Jordan’s ‘Kill Bill,’ which Passed 1st Reading in House
June 20, 2012. Rep. Johnathan Jordan of District 93, which includes Ashe and Watauga counties, filed a bill in the House on June 14 titled “Disapprove New River Basin Rule,” referring to the re-classification of the state’s water quality of the Brownsville area along the South Fork of the New River. The bill is also known as the “Kill Bill.”
BY JESSE WOOD