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Chair Jacobs: And you are still a customer of Durham? <br />Eric Peterson: Yes, we rely on the interconnection, fortunately, between OWASA and Durham, <br />for emergency provisions, and Durham basically kept Hillsborough afloat and we are very appreciative of the <br />support for many years. Once again, in just a few years, it may be that we will be discussing with Durham <br />what type of a timeframe we may need to buy from them on a continuing basis until we are prepared to <br />expand the reservoir and the water plant. <br />B. Orange Alamance Water System _ Clark Thomas <br />My name is Clark Thomas, with Pierce and Whitman, here representing Orange Alamance today. <br />I'll try and address these questions one at a time. Orange Alamance is currently serving about 3,400 <br />customers, and that is based on a certain percentage of commercial, industrial, but the majority of it is <br />residential. It is serving the flux of the people between Mebane and Hillsborough. Their system is kind of <br />strung out and it is serving quite a few people in quite a few different areas. Currently they have a water <br />treatment plant drawn out of Lake Orange. The water treatment plant has a capacity of 1.35 million gallons <br />per day and they have three wells. One well is about ready to come into operation right now. The total <br />capacity of the combined wells is around 305,000 gallons per day. The supply that they have varies, of <br />course, based on the river flaw and the level. Their current safe yield is at 370,000 gallons a day out of the <br />river. The historical low, based on restrictions, went down to 700,000 gallons a day in 1997 and 1998. The <br />average demand is around one million gallons a day, with the peak at about 1.34 million gallons per day at <br />this time. Based on their current demand and their current supply, they are not meeting their demand. They <br />are having to purchase water, and they are purchasing water from Graham Mebane and also from <br />Hillsborough, and also Durham. Right now they da not have any long-term contracts with these providers. <br />They are buying on an as need basis and as an emergency basis. So maybe this summit will help open <br />some of the doors to extend these talks. <br />Since they are not meeting their current demands, they are going to need some help in the future <br />also. The provisions that they are probably going to explore in the future are to obtain more sustainable <br />water supply will be long-term contracts, maybe installing some more wells, or even the potential purchase of <br />raw water. Thank you for your time. <br />Chair Jacobs: Could you describe far people what Orange Alamance is and where its service <br />area encompasses. <br />Faye Metcalf: Orange Alamance is anon-profit membership organization. It was organized back <br />in 1965 by a group of residents that had a dream of providing water for the rural areas of Orange and <br />Alamance Counties. In June of 1969, that because a reality. They started pumping to the first customers, <br />which were about 350 customers, along the area of Highway 70. And now we have approximately 3,700 <br />customers. But we serve the areas of Efland, parts of Mebane, Graham, Haw River, and Swepsonville. It is <br />a pretty spread out system, but it is all in the rural areas. <br />Chair Jacobs: So it is capitalized by its rates and you have to be a member once you start <br />getting water, is that right? <br />Faye Metcalf: That's correct. <br />Chair Jacobs: And so you are helping them with along-term plan? <br />Clark Thomas: That's the intention, yes. <br />Faye Metcalf: Actually, they are doing a water resources planning study for us at the current <br />time. <br />Chair Jacobs: What's your timeframe for completing that? <br />Clark Thomas: Soon, hopefully within the next month. <br />Bill Strom: Could you talk about your administrative structure a little bit, or the members? Do the <br />members vote on the directors? I'm mare familiar with public water and sewer providers, sa it would be <br />helpful to understand. <br />Faye Metcalf: We have a board of directors and we have an annual meeting each year. The <br />membership is allowed to vote on the directors and also they are nominated from the floor, but they are voted <br />on by the membership. We have a board of directors which totals nine. <br />C. City of Durham _ Terry Roland <br />Terry Roland did a PowerPoint presentation. The City of Durham relies on two lakes for our water <br />supply. We have Lake Mickey with a total capacity of about 2.8 billion gallons, Little River Lake 4.6 billion <br />
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