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<br />Orange County water supply reservoir water levels <br />Available information as of 2:00 PM, Tuesday, October 12, 2006 <br />Lake Orange <br />• Water level at 18.5" below full. <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 84.8% {403 million gallons) <br />• Approximately 127 days of water supply remaining (at Capacity Use specified release <br />rate) <br />• Current Eno River flow at the Hillsborough gage is averaging approximately 3.3 cfs {2.13 <br />million gallons per day}. <br />• Releases from Lake Orange remain at lower than usual levels as the greater portion of <br />instream flow has been natural flow generated by recent rainfall events. <br />• Eno River Capacity Use Restrictions at Stage 1 have been in effect since August 5, <br />2006. <br />West Fork Reservoir <br />• Water level is at 9.6" below full <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 97.1 % <br />• In excess of 300 days of water supply remaining {assuming Town's current daily <br />demand and releases for streamflow augmentation}. <br />OWASA Reservoirs <br />• Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is 33.8" below full -see note 1. <br />• Water level at University Lake is 31.5" below full -see note 1. <br />• Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 83.2% <br />• Approximately 300 days of water supply remaining {at current 7-day average daily <br />demand 9.0 million gallons per dayJ) -see Hate 1. <br />National Weather 5ervicelNOAA Regional Precipitation data (inches above [+l or below [-~ <br />normal <br />RDU <br />-6.34" for 2005 <br />+4.15" since January 1, 2006 <br />+4.09" since September 1, 2006 <br />Piedmont-Triad <br />-9.94" for 2005 <br />+5.34" since January 1, 2006 <br />+2.35" since September 1, 2006 <br />Miscellaneous notes <br />1. OWASA website data on reservoir levels and water demand last updated 10/11!06. <br />2. The NC Drought Management Advisory Council drought map, updated September 28tH <br />shows Orange County -and all of the state with the exception of the extreme southwest <br />corner - to be in an area categorized as normal in terms of rainfall. <br />