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<br />-1.56" since September 1, 2007 -1.56" since September 1, 2007 <br />-7.16" since January 1, 2007 -11.16" since January 1, 2007 <br />Miscellaneous notes <br />1. The NC Drought Management Advisory Council drought map, updated September 13, 2007, <br />shows all of Orange County to be in the area characterized as "extreme drought" in terms of <br />climatic conditions. <br />2. Given that Orange Alamance's withdrawals are now averaging well below historical levels; <br />Piedmont Minerals withdraws are but a tiny fraction of its historical levels of withdrawal; anc <br />excess releases by Hillsborough, the water level at Lake Orange, though low, is well above <br />historical expectations, given the current lack of rainfall. <br />