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<br />RESOLUTION AMENDING THE 2001 WATER AND SEWER MANAGEMENT,
<br />PLANNING AND BOUNDARY AGREEMENT AMONG CARRBORO, CHAPEL HILL,
<br />HILLSBOROUGH, ORANGE COUNTY, AND OWASA
<br />WHEREAS, Jordan Lake is a future water supply source for Carrboro, Chapel Hill, the
<br />University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and portions of Orange County; and
<br />WHEREAS, OWASA, with the support of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Orange County,
<br />applied for and received a Jordan Lake water supply storage allocation from the North Carolina
<br />Environmental Management Commission (EMC) in 1988, for which OWASA has since paid
<br />more than $200,000; and
<br />WHEREAS, Orange County has a million gallon per 'day 'allocation from the Jordan
<br />Lake water supply for which the County has paid more than $31,000 since 1997 and from which
<br />the County intends to draw in the future; and
<br />WHEREAS, Hillsborough intends to request a million gallon per day allocation from the
<br />Jordan Lake water supply for future emergency water supply and potential growth; and
<br />WHEREAS, Jordan Lake's importance as- a future supply°' source was confirmed in
<br />OWASA's 2001 Comprehensive Water and -Sewer Master, Plan and re-affirmed in its 2010
<br />Long-Range Water Supply Plan, which stated that "It is essential that, OWASA retain and
<br />acquire access to its [Jordan Lake] allocation' ;and
<br />WHEREAS, OWASA, Hillsborough, and Orange Count~~ are playing an active role in
<br />the Jordan Lake Partnership, which is facilitating coordinated applications to the EMC by
<br />Triangle Area.utilities-who 'must justify their need for increasing or retaining their Jordan Lake
<br />water supply storage allocations; and
<br />WHEREAS, unimpeded access to OWASA's, Hillsborough's, and Orange County's
<br />allocations will be an important consideration in obtaining the EMC's approval to retain or
<br />secure those allocations; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough, Orange County, and
<br />OWASA adopted a Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement (the
<br />Agreement) in 2001; and
<br />WHEREAS, language in the Agreement is unclear about OWASA's, Hillsborough's,
<br />and Orange County's ability to access their respective Jordan Lake water supply storage
<br />allocations for use by OWASA, Hillsborough, and Orange County customers; and
<br />WHEREAS, this lack of clarity may jeopardize OWASA's, Hillsborough's, and Orange
<br />County's ability to obtain the EMC's approval to retain or secure their allocations; and
<br />WHEREAS, this contributes to greater uncertainty in OWASA's, Hillsborough's, and
<br />Orange County's long-range water supply and capital investment planning; and
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