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,~ <br />Orange County water supply reservoir water levels <br />Available information as of 3:00 PM, Thursday, November 1, 2007: <br />Lake Orange <br />• Water level is at 84" below full. <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is approximately 42.1 % (135 million gallons) <br />• Approximately 75 days of water supply remaining (at Capacity Use specified release <br />rate). We are currently releasing less than the Capacity Use specified rate, due to <br />Hillsborough's extra release and the drastic reduction in withdrawals by Orange- <br />Alamance and Piedmont Minerals. <br />• We are currently in Stage 4 of the Eno River Capacity Use Agreement. Stage 5 is <br />triggered once the Lake drops to 89" below full. <br />West Fork Reservoir (as of October 25, 2007) <br />• Water level is at 62" below full. <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is approximately 67.6%. <br />• Approximately 220 days of water supply are remaining (assuming Town's current daily <br />demand and releases for streamflow augmentation) <br />• Hillsborough is currently releasing approximately 1.3 million gallons per day more than <br />they are required. This excess amount meets most, if not all, of their current average <br />daily demand. <br />• Hillsborough has asked for Voluntary Conservation from all of its customers. <br />OWASA Reservoirs <br />• Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is 126.75" below full <br />• Water level at University Lake is 82.5" below full <br />• Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 50.0% <br />• Approximately 219 days of water supply remaining (at current average weekly <br />demand) <br />• OWASA is currently in Stage 2 of its Water Conservation Ordinance. <br />National Weather Service/NOAH Regional Precipitation data (inches above [+] or below [-] <br />normal) <br />RDU <br />-6.16" since January 1 <br />-0.56" since September 1 <br />Piedmont-Triad <br />-9.68" since January 1 <br />-0.08" since September 1 <br />Miscellaneous notes <br />* The NC Drought Management Advisory Council drought map, dated June 19, 2007, shows <br />the majority of Orange County to be in the area characterized as "severe drought" in terms of <br />drought conditions. <br />* Orange-Alamance has asked for Voluntary Conservation from all of its customers. <br />