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~~S - aoa'7- 6 ~~ <br />RESOLUTION SUPPORTING WATER CONSERVATION /d " a~3 - ~ ~' <br />BY ALL ORANGE COUNTY CITIZENS 3 ~ <br />WHEREAS, portions of the southeastern United States are currently in the midst <br />of an "exceptional drought," as classified by the U.S. Drought Monitor, as <br />collaborative effort of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration <br />(NOAA), US Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies, and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County and much of North Carolina is within this identified <br />area of exceptional drought, which is affecting drinking water supplies and <br />agricultural operations, among others, and <br />WHEREAS, water restrictions are now in place in many communities -including <br />the OWASA service area, where Stage 2 water shortage restrictions have been <br />instituted, and Hillsborough, which has just instituted Stage 1 restrictions, and <br />WHEREAS, precipitation forecasts currently project the drought to persist into at <br />least early 2008, and <br />WHEREAS, Governor Michael Easley has asked all North Carolina residents to <br />observe water restrictions in their community and otherwise voluntarily conserve <br />water, and has recently called fora 50% reduction in water use by the end of <br />October, and <br />WHEREAS, water conservation is important not only to citizens on public water <br />supplies, but also to those on private individual wells - as lessening. of water use <br />conserves the amount of water in storage and lightens the hydraulic load on <br />private septic systems: <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners encourages all Orange County citizens to diligently observe <br />water restrictions in the community which they reside. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board also encourages all citizens not <br />under water restrictions or on private wells to voluntarily conserve water, in <br />keeping with the Governor's request. <br />This, the 23rd day of October, 2007. <br />~ C¢~~' <br />Moses Carey, Jr. <br />Chair, Board of County Commissioners <br />