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Orange County Water Supply Reservoir Water Levels <br />Available information as of 1:00 PM, Thursday, February 2, 2006 <br />Lake Orange <br />• Water level is at the point where it is freely spilling (full} over the spillway.. <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 100% (475 million gallons) <br />• There are not Eno River Capacity Use Restrictions in effect. <br />• Current Eno River flow at the Hillsborough gage is approximately 17 cfs (11 million <br />gallons per day). <br />Eno flow levels, though well above the flows that trigger Capacity Use restrictions, are <br />averaging well below historical mean water flows and have been for the past four weeks. <br />West Fork Reservoir <br />• Water level is at full capacity <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 100°r6 <br />OWASA Reservoirs <br />• Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is 2'-6" below full <br />• Water level at University Lake is 5.5" below full <br />• Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 87.8°~ <br />• Approximately 40© days of water supply remaining (at current average weekly <br />demand) <br />National Weather ServicelNOAA Regional Precipitation data (inches above [+l or below [-l <br />normal <br />RDU Piedmont-Triad <br />-5.84" for 2005 -9.31" for 2005 <br />-2.08" since January 1, 2006 -1.27" since January 1, 2006 <br />