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Attachment #1 <br />Eel <br />99 1111k s <br />A -is responsible - d future customers <br />. <br />reliable, sustainable, and cost-effective supply of high quality drinking water at all times, and is <br />committed to making the highest and best use of our local water resources; and <br />WHEREAS, OWASA's water conservation and reclaimed water programs, which are <br />key components of our sustainable resource management strategy-, have and <br />consistently reduced water consumption during the past ten years among all customer groups; <br />r: d <br />as +' result Cane Creek. <br />University Lake, and Quarry Reservoirs are able to meet the community's expected water supply <br />needs through 2060 under most circumstances; and <br />"ITHE.-NE AS, notwithstanding these significant achievements,, we will become <br />increasingly susceptible extended extreme <br />Quarry Reservoir is availablein the mid 2030s- and <br />WHEREASI it is prudent for OWASA to proactively plan and prepare for extreme <br />droughts as well as operational emergencies; and <br />WHEREAS, the B. Everett Jordan Reservoir (Jordan Lake)' has been recognized as an <br />element of OWASA's long-range water supply planning since the NC Environmental <br />Management Commission first approved a Level 11 water supply storage allocation for OWASA <br />in w■ and <br />WHEREAS, <br />Ai)rd 20, 2012) identifies Jordan Lake as a necessary " insurance policy"' for use during future <br />periods of extended drought or M' ■ ■ emergencies, especially ;, a; iexpanded <br />Quarry Reservoir is avail.b • # and <br />WHEREAS, ■ _i, OWASA <br />that any use of Jordan Lake water, even for temporary or emergency use, must come from a <br />Level I allocation, and the staffs of the Town of Cary and City of Durham have stated that <br />OWASA must have its own Level I allocation as a prerequisite for any new or modified transfer <br />agreements that would guarantee water to OWASA under specified conditions; and <br />WHEREAS, it i's now apparent that OWASA must have + Level allocation <br />circumstances, Jordan Lake under any short or long-term Mutual d <br />agreements Cary and r and <br />staff WHEREAS, DWR has expressed r t intended <br />Jordan Lake as part of its strategy to minimize the risks of reservoir depletion during severe <br />droughts or water supply emergencies is a sound and valid approach to water supply contingency <br />plwming and not inconsistent with 15A NCAC 02G+0504(b) of the Jordan Lake water supply <br />