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' 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 13, 2010 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. _3 <br /> SUBJECT: Jordan Lake Partnership Update <br /> DEPARTMENT: Environment, Parks & PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> Recreation (working title) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Jordan Lake Partnership Information Sheet David Stancil, 245-2510 <br /> 2) Table of Jordan Lake Allocations Tom Davis, 960-3878 <br /> 3) Allocation Process and County Request Craig Benedict, 245-2575 <br /> 4) Water Demand Projections <br /> PURPOSE: To update the BOCC regarding the activities of the Jordan Lake Partnership as <br /> well as provide information concerning the timetable and process for the determination of <br /> allocations of water from Jordan Lake, in addition to the County's allocation request. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Jordan Lake Partnership (JLP) was formed in 2009 by several <br /> jurisdictions in the Triangle area with the main purpose of jointly planning for the sustainable <br /> future use of the water supply available in Jordan Lake. Attachment 1 lists the members <br /> involved in the JLP, including Orange County, as well as the objectives of this group. This <br /> partnership is committed to working together to access and use the region's water supply in a <br /> secure, sustainable manner. This is to be done through coordinated planning, system <br /> interconnectedness and through water conservation and efficiency measures. It is also an <br /> objective of the JLP to demonstrate that different local governments can work together to <br /> pursue a common goal - "to create environmentally sustainable, secure and mutually beneficial <br /> water supply strategies for Jordan Lake". <br /> The water stored in Jordan Lake, which is controlled by the North Carolina Division of Water <br /> Resources (DWR), is allocated to different "pools" for planning purposes: flood control storage, <br /> conservation storage, and sediment storage. Conservation storage represents approximately <br /> 6% of the total water present in the lake when the lake is full. Of this 6% pool, only 1/3 is <br /> available for water supply purposes; the remainder is committed to downstream flow <br /> augmentation to insure a minimum stream flow is maintained at Lillington, NC. Water that is <br /> removed from the lake for water supply purposes does not affect the amount of water that is <br /> reserved for downstream flow augmentation. <br /> Three rounds of Jordan Lake water supply allocations have been completed by DWR, with the <br /> first taking place in the late 1980s. At the conclusion of the third round of allocations, 63 million <br /> gallons per day (MGD) of the approximately 100 MGD available were allocated. Orange County <br />