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<br />Orange County water supply reservoir water levels <br />Available information as of 3:00 PM, Thursday, January 31, 2008 <br />Lake Orange <br />• Water level has risen to a level 76.0" below spilling. As of January 8th, the Eno Capacity <br />Use restrictions were revised upward to Stage IV withdrawals and instream flow releases <br />• Water storage capacity remains at 46.6% (221 million gallons) <br />• Approximately 81 days of water supply remaining (at Capacity Use specified release rate) <br />• The Hillsborough gage indicates that recent Eno River flows have hovered at approximately <br />3.0 cfs (approximately 1.9 mgd). This flow is but a small fraction (6%) of the median flow <br />levels for this time of year. <br />• Orange Alamance continues to operate its water plant with average withdrawals of 300,000 <br />gallons per day, each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. <br />West Fork Reservoir (as of 01 /25/2008) <br />• Water level is 89" below spilling <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 53.4% <br />• Approximately 184 days of water supply remaining (assuming Town's current release rate <br />(2.0 cfs, 1.3 mgd). <br />• Since 9/11/07, the Town has been releasing a level of flow into the river in excess of its <br />minimum instream flow release. <br />• As of 10/22/07, the Town's water customers are in Stage I - voluntary water restrictions. <br />OWASA Reservoirs (as of shown for 01/10/2008) <br />• Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is 190" below full <br />• Water level at University Lake is 74.5" below full <br />• Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 39.4 % <br />• Approximately 192 days of water supply remaining (at current 30-day average daily demand <br />[7.3 million gallons per day]) <br />• On October 18, 2007 OWASA and the local governments having civil jurisdiction over <br />OWASA customers implemented OWASA's Stage 11 Water Shortage restrictions.