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ORANGE COUNTY <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE <br />200 South Cameron Street <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Tom Fransen <br />Michael S. Talbert, Interim County Manager <br />May 1, 2014 <br />Water Resources Management Section Chief <br />North Carolina Division of Water Resources <br />1611 Mail Service Center <br />Raleigh, NC 27699 -1611 <br />Dear Mr. Fransen: <br />GW <br />Phone (919) 245 -2300 <br />Fax (919) 644 -3004 <br />This draft Jordan Lake Allocation Application being submitted by Orange County <br />represents a request for storage allocation needed to meet Orange County's planning <br />needs for additional water supply through 2045. This Application constitutes a request <br />for water supply that makes up a portion of a Regional Water Supply Plan (RWSP) that <br />has been developed by the Jordan Lake Partnership (JLP), a collection of 13 local <br />governments and water systems that was created to collaboratively plan for the future of <br />water supply in the Triangle Region, including for the future use of Jordan Lake. <br />The JLP's RWSP is built with the intention of meeting needs for all JLP members while <br />keeping impacts on other water users (including downstream water systems), the <br />environment, and rate payers at acceptable levels. Additionally, it is a goal of JLP to <br />present a set of coordinated allocation requests for Jordan Lake water supply storage <br />that result neither in overallocating the storage pool nor a situation in which water <br />systems will have to compete for allocation. <br />As such, all Jordan Lake Allocation requests submitted by the Jordan Lake Partnership <br />member entities have been made transparent to other partners, and should match the <br />designated allocation requests that are presented in the JLPs RWSP. <br />As such, Orange County affirms that this request for a 1.5% Level 2 allocation is <br />recognized to be: <br />❑x 1 IN AGREEMENT ❑ NOT IN AGREEMENT <br />with the JLPs RWSP. <br />Orange County currently holds a 1 million gallon per day (MGD) Level 2 allocation from <br />Jordan Lake, so this application represents an increase over our current allocation. As <br />will be shown in the following documents, Orange County is anticipating growth along <br />major transportation corridors in three distinct areas of the County. These have been <br />An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer <br />www. o ra ngeco u ntync.gov <br />