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Orange County Water Supply Reservoir Water Levels <br />Available information as of 2:00 PM, Thursday, December 1, 2005 <br />Lake Orange <br />• Water level has risen to a point of 5'9" below full (from a law of approximately 8'-1 "below <br />full} <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is approximately 50°l0 {237 million gallons} <br />• Approximately 86 days of water supply remaining {at Capacity Use specified release <br />rate, however, current release is minimal -see note 3 below} <br />• Eno River Capacity Use Restrictions returned to Stage IV as of 11!28/05 and the current <br />water level returns restrictions to Stage III as of 2:00 PM today. <br />West Fork Reservoir <br />• Water level is 2'-5" below full <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is approximately 88.7°~ <br />• Approximately 250 days of water supply remaining {assuming Town's current daily <br />demand and releases for streamflow augmentation, as well as releases normally <br />supplied by Lake Orange} <br />C)WASA Reservoirs <br />• Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is 7'-10" below full <br />• Water level at University Lake is 6'-1.8" below full <br />• Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 59.5°~ <br />• Approximately 280 days of water supply remaining {at current aver-age weekly <br />demand) <br />Regional Precipitation data (inches above [+] ar below [-] normal) <br />RDU <br />• -6.70" for 2005 <br />+0.75" for November 2005 <br />• -3.81" since September 1, 2005 <br />Piedmont-Triad <br />• -10.48" for 2005 <br />• +0.67" for November 2005 <br />• -3.75" since September 1, 2005 <br />Miscellaneous notes <br />1. Eno River Capacity Use Agreement conditions for Stage IV include 450,000 gpd release <br />from Lake Orange to maintain instream flaw. <br />2. Recent high flows in the Eno have, for the time being, eliminated most of the effects of <br />beaver activity and the formation of a number of the instream catchments. <br />3. Current release from Lake Orange is approximately 0.5 cfs as necessary to provide <br />minimal flow in the Eno River east fork between Lake Orange and confluence of east <br />and west forks. Since 111812005, all other demands, including Piedmont Minerals, <br />