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Just to muddy Jordan's water --

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The Jordan Lake boundary is a complex business (see below) that just got a little more complicated.

Durham's Environmental Affairs Board this week recommended that the county and/or city appoint a technical advisory committee to look into the matter, county commissioner Ellen Reckhow said today.

The environmental board is a volunteer citizens' group created in 1991 "to provide the City and County with expert and comprehensive advice on various environmental matters" — according to the planning department Web site.

But the disputed Jordan boundary already has a lawsuit, three surveys, two methods, political candidates, assorted citizens' groups, the state water-quality division and a subdivision as big as a small town muddying the water.

And now a technical advisory committee? Not likely.

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Jim Wise is a Durham News/N&O reporter and columnist who follows city and county government land-use and neighborhood issues. He's author of "Durham: A Bull City Story" and "Durham Tales: The Morris Street Maple, the Plastic Cow, the Durham Day That Was and More ... "

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