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WATER RESOURCES PLANNING <br />1. Provided extensive staff support and technical services to the Upper Neuse River Basin <br />Association, a cooperative partnership promoting long -term management and protection <br />of the 770 - square mile Upper Neuse River Basin (the Falls Lake watershed). <br />2. Continued efforts to develop a cooperative inter -local partnership for water quality <br />monitoring in the Upper Cape Fear River Basin, and to develop an inter -local <br />organization to coordinate water resources planning, management and protection efforts <br />in the Upper Cape Fear River Basin <br />3. Continued to assist a number of local governments in their efforts to obtain water supply <br />allocations from Jordan Lake. <br />4. Provided substantial technical assistance during preparation of the updated <br />comprehensive water and sewer system master plan for Wake County. <br />5. Assisted several local governments in efforts to apply for grant funding assistance from <br />the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund. Nearly $3,000,000 in funding <br />has been approved for those projects in which TJCOG has provided assistance. <br />6. Continued to manage the Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project, an inter -local <br />effort to coordinate drinking water supply water quality monitoring efforts, and achieve <br />more cost - effective monitoring. <br />7. Provided extensive technical review and comments on the State's draft rules <br />implementing the Neuse River Nutrient Sensitive Waters Management Strategy. <br />8. Obtained, compiled and analyzed information relative to water and sewer rates and fees, <br />water and sewer facility capacities, and water and wastewater demands for Region J. <br />UPDATED 11/98 <br />