To the Editor:

The town of Waynesville has passed an ordinance making defecation and urination on the ground a public health issue. 

Does anyone on the town board realize what is going on in our drinking water supply watershed? Birdwatchers, hikers, ramp diggers, maintenance personnel, school children and uncounted others have entered the Waynesville Watershed since a timber cutting easement was passed Oct. 12, 2004. Do any of the people on these outings have portable toilets?

Haywood County contains thousands of acres of federally owned land. Most of these people could use these areas instead of tromping around in our drinking water supply and leaving human waste. 

Waynesville Town Manager Rob Hite informed me anyone visiting the watershed could use the restroom at the Water Treatment Plant. Maybe Mr. Hite should time himself walking from the upper end of the Quinland Town bottoms and see how long it takes to get to this toilet. 

Charles Miller

Waynesville