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Orange County water supply reservoir water levels <br />Available information as of 2:00 PM, Thursday, May 10, 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 16 cfs {10.3 <br />million gallons per day), which is well below the median flow for this time of year.. <br />• There are no Eno River Capacity Use Restrictions in effect at this time. <br />West Fork Reservoir <br />• Water level is full and spilling <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 100°l0 <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 <br />Water level at University Lake is 11.25" below full <br />Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 98.6°~ <br />Approximately 337 days of water supply remaining (at current 7-day average daily <br />demand [9.8 million gallons per day]) <br />National Weather ServicelNOAA Regional Precipitation data <br />(inches above [+l or below [-l normal) <br />RDU <br />-0.59" since May 1, 2007 <br />Miscellaneous notes <br />Piedmont-Triad <br />-0.73" since May 1, 2007 <br />The NC Draught Management Advisory Council draught map, updated May 8, 2007, shaves <br />Orange County to be in the area characterized as "abnormally dry" in terms of drought <br />conditions. The portion of the state west of Winston-Salem is classified as either "moderate or <br />severe draught". <br />