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./~.~',~ <br />O~NGE COUNTY <br />HILLSBOROUGH <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />July 15, 1999 <br />Mr. Chazlie Horne, County Manager <br />Chatham County <br />PO Box 87 <br />Pittsboio, NC 27312 <br /> <br />~rca/~Sl,,ed f76.8 <br />allocation. For , ~` p ~. ~~ " '~ ~ ~' a "'" t letter from <br />Alice Gordon, f -~ =t . hair of <br />OWASA. Spe- ° ~`~~` ~ ' ~~ aving <br />Chatham County's st' -~~~ "' ~ ~`"" County's <br />current arrangement for obtaining Jordan Lake water through the Cary/Apex intake <br />facilities; b) the problems and shortcomings of that arrangement and an assessment of the <br />state's ability.to effect a satisfactory solution to those problems; c) the short and long <br />term effects and implications of the recently publicized grant funded construction of an <br />interconnection between Chatham County and City of Durham water systems; d) the <br />options available to Chatham County to access its Jordan Lake allocation; and e) the <br />access option preferred by the Chatham BOCC. Orange County will also be asking that <br />OWASA staff develop and present information about how OWASA's Jordan Lake <br />property could be utilized to provide Jordan Lake access to Chatham County and other <br />jurisdictions while ensuring that its own access and that of Orange County aze preserved. <br />It will be very important to the Orange County BOCC to be well versed in the details of <br />issues to be discussed at the proposed September 2~ meeting. Accordingly, we are <br />requesting that background material relative to the topics outlined above as well as topics <br />AREA CODE (919) 732-8181 • '968-4501 • 688-7331 • 227-2031 • FAX (919) 644-3004 <br />