[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.
[8] The lake is open in the summer for public fishing and recreation.
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