Agenda - 12-09-1995 - Attachment 2

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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT 306F REVERE ROAD HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 o , J November 29, 1995 Moses Carey, Jr. Chairman, Orange County Board of Commissioners PO Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Dear Moses: Regarding your letter Committee for 1996-97 °n Priorities of the Water headway has been made toward accomplishing to report that significant past fiscal year. The GIS database for water resource gning the Project goals during the necessary equipment u s now has all that will comprise the data baseiis now in the system one-third is available for Purchase and about one-third of the data Positioning S e with exist ng fundsh1Two Global accurately System (GPS) transceivers have been earl y locate all new wells and septic tanks Purchased to y in 1996, Environmental Health personnel will tanks, using this equipment in the field (although g using this exist) . The pilot Ground Water Recharge ate GPS equipment needs approximately halfway to completion g Project with USGS is Compatible data to be available in October 19911 report and GIS- On the public education front, substantial work has be developing a second brochure on abandoned wells en done in or slide presentation on ground , and toward a video ound water addition, several other ideas that link both Orange County. In Public education are underwa y in articular , a a* The Committee is excited about one P proposed Water Center" cooperation with staffs from the Soil and Water District Planning, that is being planned in Engineering, Environmental Health Service. We feel that the Water Center will Cooperative Extension service to citizens on water-related existing Provide s convenient g staff resources. questions and issues, using In terms of top priorities for Committee would list the following: year,1996-97 fiscal year, the 0 The continuation of ongoing projects,second year of the USGS Ground Water Recharg g the e project and others as listed above. g Rate