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Donna S. Baker <br />Clerk to the Board <br />Orange County Water Supply Reservoir Water Levels <br />Available information as of 9:00 AM, Thursday, October 27, 2005 <br />Lake Orange <br />• Water level is 7'-4" below full (anticipated to drop at a rate of approximately 1"per day) <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is approximately 40.3°~ (188 million gallons) <br />• Approximately 73 days of water supply remaining (at Capacity Use specified release <br />rate) <br />• Eno River Capacity Use Restrictions have been at Stage IV since 1013/05, but will <br />become Stage V on or about 10/28/05 absent a significant rainfall event in the next 24 <br />hours. <br />West Fork Reservoir <br />• Water level is 2'-2" below full <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is approximately 92°~ <br />• In excess of 300 days of water supply remaining (assuming all Town demand is met by <br />West Fork Reservoir only) <br />OWASA Reservoirs <br />• Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is 6'-10. 5" below full <br />• Water level at University Lake is 5'-9. 75" below full <br />• Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 63.3°I° <br />• /n excess of 230 days of water supply remaining <br />Regional Precipitation Data [inches above [+] ar below [-] normal) <br />RDU <br />-6.98" for 2005 <br />• -0.65" for October 2005 <br />• -4.09" since September 1, 2005 <br />Piedmont-Triad <br />• -10.67" for 2005 <br />+0.13" for October 2005 <br />• -3.94" since September 1, 2005 <br />Miscellaneous notes <br />1. Eno River Capacity Use Agreement conditions for Stage V include zero release from <br />Lake Orange to maintain instream flow. <br />2. Stage V does include a 1.0 cfs release from West Fork Reservoir far instream flow. <br />3. Beaver activity and the presence of large quantities of fallen leaves all along the Eno <br />River have caused the formation of a number of very efficient instream catchments. <br />