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6 Statement from Margaret Hauth, Town of Hillsborough Planning Director In 1988, the town of Hillsborough had a 5.5 MGD allocation from Jordan Lake. In official action in 1993, the Town gave up this allotment as we were diligently working toward construction of the West Fork Reservoir. Around 1999, the town began to formally track existing, committed, and potential water users in a spreadsheet model to help inform development decisions. With this information in hand, the Town and County agreed to the Strategic Growth Plan which was the genesis for the recent adjustment to the service boundary around Hillsborough. This boundary was established based on known capacity the town has to allocate to new development, but without a guarantee of service or availability. Which is to say we cannot serve more area than was included inside the service boundary and we may not be able to serve all lands within the boundary at the owner's desired intensity. In 2011, as the town looks toward the future and applies its water capacity spreadsheet model to current, committed, and potential users, the town knows it will need another source for potable water in the future to serve the full potential of the economic development district and other lands included in the Strategic Growth Plan. The town is considering requesting a 1 MGD allocation from Jordan Lake, which would be used consistent with our Strategic Growth Plan and the Water and Sewer Boundary agreement, to ensure it has adequate capacity to serve the development that might wish to locate within the town's designated service area. Hillsborough's use of Jordan Lake water would be transferred through OWASA's or Durham's water system, as the Town has no intent to construct a pipeline to Jordan Lake. Therefore, long term use of our anticipated Jordan Lake allocation would require non-emergency water transfers through these systems on a regular basis, which the requested modification to the agreement would facilitate.