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Orange County Board of Commissioners Meeting AgendaPage 6 of 7 <br />13.  Adjournment <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County water supply reservoir water levels <br />Available information as of 1:00 PM, Thursday, April 10, 2008  <br />Lake Orange  <br /> <br />th <br />The lake is full and spilling.  As of midnight April 6, the Eno Capacity <br />? <br />Use restrictions were rescinded as the instream flow in the Eno had <br />risen above the flow target of 10 cfs average for 7 consecutive days.  <br /> <br />Water storage capacity is at 100% (424 million gallons) <br />? <br />Approximately 141 days of water supply remaining (at Capacity Use <br />? <br />specified release rate).  In accordance with provisions of the County’s <br />Water Conservation Ordinance and in light of the increased water level <br />in Lake Orange, the BOCC may elect to curtail the County’s Water <br />Conservation Ordinance Stage I Voluntary provisions for individual water <br />users, or, given the ongoing drought, may also elect to keep Water <br /> <br />Conservation Ordinance voluntary provisions in force. <br />The Hillsborough gage indicates that the latest Eno River flows are at <br />? <br />approximately 39 cfs (approximately 25 mgd).  This flow represents a <br />level that is approximately 10 cfs below the historical median flow for this <br /> <br />time of year.  <br />Orange Alamance continues to operate its water plant with average <br />? <br />withdrawals of 300,000 gallons per day, each Monday, Tuesday and <br /> <br />Wednesday. <br />West Fork Reservoir <br /> (as of 04/10/2008 [last available update]) <br /> <br />Water level is 18” below spilling <br />? <br /> <br />Water storage capacity remaining is 94.5%   <br />? <br />Approximately 369 days of water supply remaining (assuming Town’s <br />? <br />current release rate of 2.2 cfs (1.4 mgd)).  <br />The Town is currently releasing its minimum required instream flow <br />? <br /> <br />release (2.2 cfs). <br />The Town’s water customers have remained in Stage I – voluntary water <br />? <br />restrictions since October, 2007. <br />OWASA Reservoirs <br /> <br /> <br />Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is 7’-8” below full <br />? <br /> <br />Water level at University Lake is 0’ – 1/4” below full <br />? <br /> <br />Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 70.0 % <br />? <br />Approximately 403 days of water supply remain (at the current 30-day <br />? <br />average daily demand [6.2 million gallons per day]) <br />On February 28, 2008, the OWASA Board voted to implement OWASA’s <br />? <br />Stage III Water Shortage restrictions, effective March 1. The local <br />governments having civil jurisdiction over OWASA customers <br />implemented those restrictions by proclamation on February 29.  The <br />http://www.co.orange.nc.us/OCCLERKS/080415.htm8/21/2008 <br /> <br />