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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 30, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item-No. 1-a <br />SUBJECT• Jordan Lake Allocation, Partnership and Draft Regional Water Supply Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, <br />Parks and Recreation <br />(DEAPR), Planning and <br />Inspections <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />1. Jordan-Lake Allocation Estimated <br />Milestones <br />2. Portion of Draft Phase I Regional <br />Water Supply Plan -Water Demand <br />Projections <br />3. EDD Map with Water Demand <br />Projections <br />4. Portion of Draft Phase II Regional <br />Water Supply Plan -Water <br />Supply Alternatives <br />5. Draft Water SuRplies Tables <br />6. Phase I Regional Interconnections <br />Study Final Map <br />INFORMATION CONTACTS: <br />David Stancil, DEAPR, 245-2510 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning, 245-2575 <br />Tom Davis, DEAPR, 24~-2513 <br />Kevin Lindley, Engineer, 245-2575 <br />PURPOSE: To inform the Board of recent developments with the Jordan Lake Partnership and <br />related activities including a draft regional water supply plan and future water allocations from <br />Jordan Lake. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County has a long history of working to pro#ect surface water and <br />groundwater for the benefit of all. Over the years, the County has also tried to ensure that safe, <br />secure high quality drinking water is available for residents. These issues, and others, were <br />elucidated in a number of forward-looking studies in the 1970's and 1980's, including the Report <br />of the Orange County Water Resources Task Force, which was submitted to the BOCC in May <br />1981. The task force examined 29 possible reservoir sites in the County and recommended <br />five sites for further study. A subsequent 1984 study by the John R. McAdams Company <br />recommended the development of reservoirs on Seven Mile Creek and at the location of the <br />present West Fork of the Eno River Reservoir operated by the Town of Hillsborough. In 1987, <br />Hazen and Sawyer completed an additional study of possible reservoir sites in a report entitled <br />Orange County Water Supply Study Phase 1. The only impoundment that the County operates <br />at this time is Lake Orange. Recent efforts amongst water resource planners in the Triangle <br />area have tried to look at water supply planning with a regional focus. <br />