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<br />Orange County water supply reservoir water levels <br />Available information as of 2:00 PM, Thursday, April 19, 2007 <br />Lake Orange <br />• Water level full and spilling. <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 100% (475 million gallons} <br />• Approximately 141 days of water supply remaining (at Capacity Use specified release <br />rate} <br />Current Eno River flow at the Hillsborough gage is averaging approximately 70 cfs {45 <br />million gallons per day}. <br />There are no Eno River Capacity Use Restrictions in effect at this time. <br />West Fark Reservoir <br />• Water level is full and spilling <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 100% <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 full and spilling <br />Water level at University Lake is full and spilling <br />Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 100% <br />Approximately 415 days of water supply remaining (at current 7-day average daily <br />demand [8.1 million gallons per day]} <br />National Weather ServicelNOAA Regional Precipitation data <br />(inches above [+l or below [-l normal) <br />RDU <br />+1.91" since April 1, 2007 <br />-1.14" since Jan. 1, 2007 <br />Miscellaneous notes <br />Piedmont-Triad <br />+2.60" since April 1, 2007 <br />+0.72" since Jan. 1, 2007 <br />The NC Drought Management Advisory Council draught map, updated April 17, 2007, shows <br />Orange County to be in the area characterized as "normal" in terms of drought conditions. The <br />portion of the state west of Winston-Salem is classified as either "abnormally dry" or "moderate <br />drought". <br />