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,~ Orange County water supply reservoir water levels Available information as of 4:00 PM, Thursday, November 8, 2007 Lake Orange • Water level is 89.0" below spilling, and this initiates Stage 5 Eno restrictions, no release for instream flow. • Water storage capacity remaining is 40.3% (191 million gallons) • Approximately 73 days of water supply remaining (at Capacity Use specified release rate) • Current Eno River flow at the Hillsborough gage is 2.2 cfs (1.42 mgd). This is approximately 1.2 cfs above minimum flow required by the Eno River Capacity Use Agreement (with only 1.0 cfs from Hillsborough), but well below the median flow for this time of year. • Stage 5 Eno River Capacity Use withdrawal restrictions came into effect today. • Orange Alamance has resumed operating their water plant again with projected withdrawals of 300,000 gallons per day, each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. West Fork Reservoir (as of 11/8/07) • Water level is 74" below spilling • Water storage capacity remaining is 60.7% • Approximately 216 days of water supply remaining (assuming Town's current release rate (reduced now to 3.0 cfs, 1.94 mgd). • Since 9/11/07, the Town has been releasing a level of flow into the river well in excess of its minimum instream flow release. • As of 10/22/07, the Town's water customers are in Stage I -voluntary water restrictions. . OWASA Reservoirs • Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is 133.8" below full • Water level at University Lake is 83.0" below full • Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 50.7 • Approximately 217 days of water supply remaining (at current 30-day average daily demand [8.3 million gallons per day]) • On October 18, 2007 OWASA (followed by the local governments having civil jurisdiction over OWASA customers) downgraded its water supply condition and enacted its "Stage II Water Shortage" restrictions, a mandatory regulation of uses of water considered extraneous which will be in effect until terminated. Stage II provisions add additional restrictions to those of Stage I, including increased commodity surcharges to water use in excess of specified flows (800 gallons per day residential, no spray irrigation except for those selling plants, only commercial vehicle washing operations where 50% of water used is recycled.