2003 NS Manager - Re-authorization of County Participation in the Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHATHAM COUNTY OF DURHAM COUNTY OF ORANGE COUNTY OF WAKE 4 AMENDMENT TO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between the County of Chatham, the County of Orange, the County of Wake, the Town of Apex, the Town of Cary, the City of Durham, the Town of Hillsborough, the Town of Morrisville and the Orange Water and Sewer Authority, to be effective from and after July 1, 2003. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, on August 18, 1988, several local governments in Region J, including the County of Chatham, the County of Orange, the Town of Apex, the Town of Carrboro, the Town of Cary, the Town of Chapel Hill, the City of Durham, and the Town of Hillsborough, entered into an interlocal agreement to establish the Triangle Area Water Supply Water Quality Monitoring Project (the "Monitoring Project ") applicable to certain surface water supplies in Region J; and WHEEREAS, the County of Wake and the Town of Morrisville have agreed to enter into the same interlocal agreement to continue the Monitoring Project; and WHEREAS, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority has agreed to enter into the same interlocal agreement on behalf of the Town of Chapel Hill and the Town of Carrboro to continue the Monitoring Project; and WHEREAS, the Monitoring Project was initially established for a three -year period, and said interlocal agreement was subsequently amended to extend the Monitoring Project for Phase II through June 30, 1991, for Phase III through June 30, 1999, and for Phase IV through June 30, 2003; and WHEREAS, water quality monitoring activities during Phases I through IV have been funded through local contributions and a major cost share match through a Joint Funding Agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey; and WHEREAS, the primary objectives of the Monitoring Project are to: (a) supplement existing data on major ions, nutrients, and trace elements to enable determination of long -term water quality trends; (b) examine the differences in water quality among water supplies within the region, especially differences among smaller upland sources, large multi - purpose reservoirs, and run -of -river supplies; (c) provide tributary loading data and in -lake data for predictive modeling; (d) establish a database for the presence or absence of synthetic organic compounds in surface waters in the region; and (e) report results of the monitoring program to governmental officials, the scientific community, and the general public; and Page 1 of 14