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7 MEMORANDUM TO: Chapel Hill Town Council Carrboro Board of Aldermen Hillsborough Town Board Orange County Board of Commissioners OWASA VIA: Managers/Directors FROM: Orange County Planning Staff Town of Chapel Hill Planning Staff Town of Carrboro Planning Staff Town of Hillsborough Planning Staff RE: Planning Directors Support of Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA) Amendment -February 2011 DATE: February 25, 2011 Background Orange County, the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough are leaders in the State in the protection of water supplies. Watershed protection is paramount in both the Cape Fear/Jordan Lake Basin, as well as, the Neuse River Basin. Through land use planning, erosion control and heightened public water and sewer policies and practices, a countywide water resource program has anchored a managed growth pattern, as well as, complementary protection of natural resources in rural areas. Orange County protects water resources not only for our own consumption in the cases of Cane Creek, University Lake, Lake Orange and West Fork of the Eno reservoirs, but also for our downstream water supply regional partners. Being a `Headwater County', our water protection efforts and regulations acknowledge other out of county water supplies such as Jordan Lake and Falls Lake. Therein Orange County has a vested interest and heightened water quality contribution to these exogenous water supplies. In the case of Jordan Lake, our interest extends beyond a regional planning view since we have reserved water quantity allocation from Jordan Lake for the future. OWASA and Orange County have paid for this reservation for about 15 years and included this factor in their long term water supply and land use plans. The Town of Hillsborough has evaluated their present water supply resources and is also planning an allocation from Jordan Lake.