Developer D.R. Horton is currently clear-cutting 467 acres of undeveloped forestland in Jamestown, in the Randleman “Critical” Class IV Water Supply Watershed, where it plans to build 1,500 homes and apartments. This is a collection of photos and videos shot in July by residents driving down MacKay Road (and two drone images).

The Eastside Wastewater Treatment Plant, which will process the sewage and wastewater from the 1,500-home development, is near capacity and has racked up numerous emissions and water quality violations. Eastside’s NPDES permit has been expired since 2018.

Randleman Lake (PTRWA) which supplies drinking water to Jamestown, Greensboro and High Point is currently trying to fund a $120 million reverse osmosis system for its treatment plant, in order to remove the contamination from ongoing and past decades of manufacturing, chemical and industrial wastewater discharged to Deep River from High Point, Greensboro and Jamestown factories, landfills, and hazardous sites.

Three contaminated Brownfield sites sit uphill from the D.R. Horton property along West Gate City Blvd., from which groundwater, stormwater and surface water tributaries flow downhill to Bull Run.

This is what we found in site assessments attached to a Brownfield application that was approved last year for Fortress Wood Products and parent company Lester Properties:

More information about the three contaminated Brownfield sites on Gate City Blvd, uphill from Bull Run stream and the D.R. Horton property, are HERE.