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Alamance Water system and the Town of <br />Mebane Water System and Graham Water <br />System. $12,500 <br />2. Install siphon to control downstream flow. 1,200 <br />Subtotal $13,700 <br />Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) <br />1. Design of booster of pump. <br />2. Site acquisition for pump station. <br />3. Acquisition of booster pump. <br />Subtotal <br />Reservoir Study Subtotal <br />Land Acquisition for Reservoir Subtotal <br />Total <br />Senate Bill 2 Allocation <br />Local Match <br />$13,000 <br />11,000 <br />195,000 <br />$219,000 <br />$60,000 <br />$91,200 <br />$394,900 <br />$187,450 <br />$187,450 <br />Total $394,900 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br />The Board indicated they would reconsider the proposed project <br />at Lake orange when the legal questions have been resolved and <br />further information is received on the full impact of raising the <br />-~~ Lake two feet and the additional cost of raising it one foot now <br />and one foot at a later date. <br />Motion was made by Commissioner Walker, seconded by <br />Commissioner Marshall to study the feasibility of using wells to <br />augment the water supply and a report brought back to the Board. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br />10. WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE (A copy of the Ordinance is <br />in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's office with corrections <br />indicated thereon) <br />County Manager Kenneth Thompson presented for consider- <br />ation of adoption an ordinance providing for the conservation of <br />water during a water shortage, restricting the use of water and <br />water withdrawals, and allocating augmented streamflow from <br />reservoirs.. He reviewed the Ordinance making several word changes <br />for clarification. <br />Commissioner Marshall asked that the "non-essential <br />construction-related activities" mentioned in Article 2 and that <br />the "unnecessary purpose" in Article 3, B-10 be defined. <br />After further discussion it was decided to move the <br />"Alert" level on the chart to 90~, and move all the other levels up <br />10~. <br />Mayor Frank Sheffield reported that the Town Board did <br />adopt a Water Conservation Ordinance this evening with changing the <br />levels, starting at 90~ and ending at 50$ at Stage V2. These will <br />be converted to inches or feet below the spillway. The other <br />~~ <br />