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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 7, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 7 -c <br />SUBJECT: Jordan Lake Allocation Process and Engineering Study <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />Environment, Agriculture, Parks and <br />Recreation (DEAPR) <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. October 26, 2012 Letter from <br />Hazen & Sawyer (re: Jordan Lake <br />Partnership Potable Water <br />Interconnection Study Phase 2: <br />Hydraulic Modeling Proposal <br />2. Preliminary Conceptual Cost <br />Sharing Approach <br />1 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br />919- 245 -2592 <br />Dave Stancil, Director, DEAPR, <br />919- 245 -2522 <br />Kevin Lindley, Staff Engineer, Planning <br />Department, 919 - 245 -2583 <br />Tom Davis, Water Resources Coordinator, <br />DEAPR, 919 - 245 -2513 <br />PURPOSE: To consider adding funds in this year's budget process for utility engineering <br />study /analysis regarding the infrastructure distribution program for future water allocations from <br />Jordan Lake. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County has been participating in the Jordan Lake Partnership, a <br />group of regional local governments and utilities coordinating their requests for a North Carolina <br />Department of Natural Resources (DENR) water resource allocation from Jordan Lake. Over <br />the last 2 years, these various entities have collaborated to create consistent standards, <br />terminology, projection methodologies, and options as the upcoming requests for long term <br />water needs are developed. Although the demands and supplies of Jordan Lake and other <br />water supplies have been comprehensively evaluated, the applications are associated but <br />reviewed independently with each local government/utility by DENR. <br />Various aspects of water supply modeling are employed including how to transmit water from <br />the supply (i.e. lake or reservoir, etc.) to the demand area (i.e. populations and businesses). <br />Therein lies the purpose of this abstract item. Hazen and Sawyer has proposed Phase II of the <br />Jordan Lake Interconnection Study which will analyze existing pipe infrastructure and necessary <br />pipe sizes to accommodate a regional system of water transmission among the various <br />applicants. This is necessary since water supply intakes on Jordan Lake are limited so future <br />water transmission will have to be `wheeled' around different `shared' pipe networks. <br />Orange County presently has level II (reserve) raw water allocation of 1 million gallons per day <br />(mgd) and will likely be asking for a similar but additional 3 mgd to support the development <br />needs of the three economic development districts (EDDs) — Eno (partnership with City of <br />