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ORANGE COUNTY <br />HILLSBOROUGH <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />,a...,, � <br />July 15, 1999 <br />Mr. Charlie Home, County Manager <br />Chatham County <br />PO Box 87 <br />Pittsboro, NC 27312 <br />Dear Mr. ome: <br />7 <br />&%AzA&kd 4768 <br />As per our recent telephone conversation, I am writing to reiterate Orange County's <br />willingness to cooperate with Chatham County and other local jurisdictions to facilitate <br />access to Jordan Lake water supplies and address related water resource issues. We <br />recognize that Chatham County's long term goal is to develop a permanent capacity to <br />withdraw water from Jordan Lake on the we side of the lake, probably at or near the <br />property that has been acquired by Orange ` er and Sewer Authon ( OWASA) for an <br />intake site. We also recognize that there m e an opportunity f local cooperation <br />in such an endeavor OWASA and a n " of ocher entis ` dictions have an <br />interest in accessin an e's availab er suD lv a ation. <br />• • • ®` ' �a q i+e G` M, • r'� j9t`• i e ti 1 de • r o� x q n� r mt <br />erlocal <br />water <br />allocation. Fort,'O-) letter from <br />y ♦`;.�h 3„ '� -.'b A Y '�;q i g �. w -t 4,0, Lilt 4` <br />hair of <br />OWASA. Sp - � 11 . t aving <br />Chatham County's si _ �"" - 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 are 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 />