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ATTACHMENT 1 Notes from Joint Meeting between Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Chatham County, Hillsborough, Orange County, and OWASA Topic: Jordan Lake as a Regional Water Source October 1, 1998 Ground Rules (Meeting Facilitator Peg_Carlson, Institute of Government) • Pocus on interests, not positions • Stay focused • Tesi assumptions • Make statements and invite questions Presentation By Tom Fransen, North Carolina Department Of Environmental And Natural Resources, Division Of Water Resources What Are Your Short- And Long-'T'erm Interests In Jordan Lake C/crane! Hil! Interested in protecting water quality and preserving OWASA's access and allocation. No immediate need, but want to keep Jordan Lake as a future resource. Hillsborou~/r Want OWASA to keep options open in case we need water in the future (long-term, not short- term). Clrat/ram County We have both immediate and long-term interests to meet our growing needs. We see cunrcrtt intake as a possibility and would like to use the OWASA intake location soon, if possible. We are at maximum capacity some days now, we want to create a partnership around this regional resource. Carrboro_ We have no short-term water needs and may not have long-term needs. We are interested in cooperating with Chatham County to meet emergency needs. Orar:~e County [nterested in maintaining high water quality and working with others to accomplish this. We have maintained our allocation and are interested in protecting this allocation and making efficient use of the intake. OWASA Long-term interest in maintaining 10 MGD allocation and access to the land we own at Jordan Lake. We support the watershed study and are open to collaborating with neighboring utility providers, subject to local policy goals. We are interested in maintaining water quality as well. S?uestion Posed By Chatham County • Is there interest in OWASA working with Chatham County to develop an intake, even if Chatham needs it earlier than OWASA would otherwise?