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Orange County water supply reservoir water levels <br /> Available information as of 10:00 AM, Thursday, September 10, 2009 <br /> Lake Orange <br /> • Water level is 12" below spilling <br /> • Water storage capacity is at 89.5% (467 million gallons) <br /> • Approximately 131 days of water supply remaining (at Capacity Use specified release <br /> rate). <br /> • The Hillsborough gage indicates that current Eno River flows are at approximately 2.8 <br /> cfs (1.81 mgd) and supplemental flow from Lake Orange supplemental flow from Lake <br /> Orange has increased slightly over the last two weeks. This flow represents a level that <br /> is approximately 33% of the historical median flow level (8.5 cfs) for this day of the <br /> year. <br /> • At this time of year, seasonal rains have ended and there is very little base flow to the <br /> Eno. We have experienced little thunderstorm activity over the last two weeks, so the <br /> remaining storage in both Lake Orange and the West Fork Reservoir are dropping <br /> faster over this period than has been the case for most of the summer. Stage I <br /> Capacity Use restrictions on withdrawals and requirements for minimum instream flow <br /> have been in effect for approximately two months. <br /> • Orange Alamance continues the operation of its water plant five days a week (Monday- <br /> Friday) with average withdrawals of 350,000 gallons per day, an increase of 50,000 <br /> gpd since last year. <br /> West Fork Reservoir (as last reported 9/1/2009) <br /> • Water level is 9" below full <br /> • Water storage capacity remaining is approximately 97.1 % <br /> • Approximately 293 days of water supply remaining, assuming Town's current 30 day <br /> average water consumption rate (1.25 mgd). <br /> • Hillsborough's minimum release for instream flow is 1.0 cfs (0.64 mgd), though the <br /> Town has been releasing 2.4 cfs to less the impact of releases on Lake Orange. <br /> OWASA Reservoirs (as last reported 9/9/2009) <br /> • Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is 4'-3" below full. <br /> • Water level at University Lake is 2'-1" below full. <br /> • Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 79.3% (2.83 billion gallons) <br /> • Approximately 308 days of water supply remain with no additional rainfall (at the current <br /> 30-day average daily demand [9.17 million gallons per day]) <br /> • OWASA's year-round water conservation requirements are in effect <br />