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1 <br /> i <br /> OR AN G E C 0 U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 26, 1995 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # Y�-G <br /> SUBJECT: Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: Yes —X—No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Amendment to the Interlocal County Engineer ext. 2300 <br /> Agreement with cover letter <br /> and attachments TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To present to the BOCC, for its approval and ratification, a <br /> resolution to amend the Interlocal Agreement governing the <br /> Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoirng Project. <br /> BACKGROUND: In 1988, Orange County and a number of other Research <br /> Triangle area local governments and agencies which are <br /> involved in the provision of drinking water derived from <br /> surface waters entered an interlocal agreement to undertake <br /> a project to acquire information on the water quality of <br /> the region' s raw water supplies. These agencies contracted <br /> with the Triangle J Council of Governments (TJCOG) and the <br /> US Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct a three year program <br /> which would involve: 1) sampling, monitoring and laboratory <br /> analysis of the waters of the region' s water supply sources <br /> (rivers, lakes, reservoirs) ; 2) evaluating the significance <br /> of the findings derived from the monitoring and analysis as <br /> necessary to detect and explicate trends in improvement or <br /> decline of water quality. <br /> The initial three years of the project were completed in <br /> 1991. The water quality data gathered and analyzed to that <br /> point in time indicated that existing water quality was <br /> generally higher that had been anticipated. The agencies <br /> participating in the project concluded that there much more <br /> to be learned about the quality of the region's water <br /> supplies and the sources of water quality impacts. As a <br /> result, the project was extended into a second phase <br /> consisting of four additional years of monitoring, analysis <br /> and evaluation. The interlocal agreement was modified <br /> for the Phase to portion of the project as necessary to <br />