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10 <br />Triangle Regional Water Supply Plan — Executive Summary <br />Table 2. JLP Recommended Alternative Water Supplies (MGD). <br />W. Fork Eno Expansion <br />Purchase from <br />Town of Mebane <br />Reservoir Expansion <br />Haw Purchase 0.5 -2.5 <br />Quarry Reservoir Expansion <br />Haw <br />Quarry Expansion <br />2.1 <br />Pittshoro Haw River - Increased <br />Withdrawal <br />Haw <br />River Withdrawal <br />4.0 <br />New Reservoir; <br />Reallocation of Falls <br />Exploring 4 options; <br />Neuse <br />Lake Storage; Neuse <br />41.1 <br />must develop 3 <br />River Withdrawal; <br />Quarry <br />Cape Fear River - Increased <br />Cape Fear <br />River Withdrawal <br />12.8 <br />Withdrawal <br />All New Sources <br />61.1 -63.1 <br />Can Downstream Communities Meet 2060 Needs under the TRWSP? <br />Yes. The JLP used DWR's combined hydrologic model of the Neuse and Cape Fear River Basins to <br />simulate 2060 water demands, including the JLP Recommended Alternative, under the entire 80+ year <br />range of hydrologic conditions and historic droughts. The results indicate that the long term water <br />supply needs of the Partners, as well as those of downstream water users, can be met under the TRWSP. <br />A preliminary modeling analysis by DWR, as they work toward development of a Cape Fear Basin Water <br />Supply Plan, confirmed these results. <br />What Could Affect the Success of the TRWSP? <br />The TRWSP conclusion that the Triangle Region will have enough water to meet projected water <br />demands through 2060 hinges on the accuracy of many assumptions, on Jordan Lake water supply <br />allocations consistent with Table 1, and on each Partner implementing its water supply projects. The JLP <br />Recommended Alternative will require implementation of many complex projects, with numerous <br />regulatory and environmental challenges. Key uncertainties include: <br />• Rate of population growth; <br />• Adoption of water efficiency and conservation practices including reclaimed water use; <br />• Water quality policies, environmental permits, endangered species impacts, environmental <br />justice concerns or evolving regulations, especially as they relate to the development of new <br />water supply sources; <br />• Legislative and /or regulatory actions regarding competing water uses; and <br />11 <br />