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Orange County water supply reservoir water levels Available information as of 2:00 PIVI, Friday, November 10, 2006 Lake Orange • Water level at 11.5" belo«~~ full. • Water storage capacity remaining is 84.8% (424 million gallons) • Approximately 130 days of water supply remaining {at Capacity L1se specified release rate) • Current Eno River flow at the Hillsborough gage is averaging approximately 21 cfs (13.6 million gallons per day). • Releases from Lake Orange remain at lower than usual levels as the greater portion of instream flow has been natural flow generated by recent rainfall events. • Eno River Capacity Use Restrictions at Stage 1 have been in effect since August 5, 2006. west Fork Reservoir (as of November 2na) • Water level is at 15" below full • Water storage capacity remaining is 96% • In excess of 300 days of water supply remaining (assuming Town's current daily demand and releases for streamflow augmentation). OwASA Reservoirs • Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is 34.8" below full -see note 1. • Water level at University Lake is 1.8" above full -see note 1. • Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 86.8% • Approximately 330 days of water supply remaining (at current 7-day average daily demand 8.8 million gallons per day]) -see note 1. National weather Service/NOAA Regional Precipitation data (inches above f+l or below f-1 noi~nal} RDU -6.34" for 2005 +6.18" since January 1, 2006 +6.12" since September 1, 2006 Piedmont-Triad -9.94" for 200 +5.62" since January 1, 2006 +2.63" since September 1, 2006 Miscellaneous notes 1. OWASA website data on reservoir levels and water demand last updated 11/9/06. 2. The NC Drought Management Advisory Council drought map, updated November 7~', shows Orange County -and all of the state with the exception of a very small area in the extreme southwest corner - to be in an area categorized as normal in terms of rainfall. November 10, 2006 ~4:3~4 Ph4