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RNGU ~,? a <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners <br />P.O. BOX 81.81 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Mark Chilton, Mayor <br />Town of Carrboro <br />301. West Main Street <br />Carrboro, NC 2751.0 <br />Kevin. Foy, Mayor <br />Town of Chapel Hill <br />405 Martin Luther King Jr. <br />Boulevard <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27514 <br />SUBJECT: Potential Use of the Jordan Lake Water Supply -Information for the March <br />31, 2008 Orange County Assembly of Governments Meeting <br />Dear Chair Jacobs, Mayor Chilton, and Mayor Foy: <br />I'm writing to provide information about our intent to update OWASA's long-term Water <br />Supply Plan with an evaluation of the estimated costs, benefits, and other considerations <br />regarding the possible joint use of Jordan. Lake. <br />Background <br />Information about this subject was presented and discussed at the September 20, 2007 Assembly <br />of Governments meeting and later discussed with regional officials at intergovernmental <br />meetings on October 30, 2007 and February 21, 2008. <br />OWASA currently holds a Level II allocation for fiiture use of five percent of Jordan Lake's <br />water supply storage capacity, which will provide an estimated five million gallons per day <br />(MGD). <br />In 1989 OWASA purchased 1.25 acres adjacent to US Army Corps of Engineers (corps) property <br />south of US Highway 64 on the west side of Jordan Lake in the Pea Ridge - Seaforth Roads area <br />(please see Attachment #1). Our property is close to the preferred site of a water supply intake <br />recommended in a 1991 OWASA-commissioned engineering analysis. <br />The Town of Cary's intake is on the east side of the lake just north of Highway 64 (also shown <br />on Attachment #1). The Corps has indicated that it will likely allow only one new water intake <br />on the west side of Jordan Lalce. Although. OWASA owns the property described above, neither <br />we nor any other local entity own or control rights to an intake location within the lake itself. <br />Only the Corps has the authority to grant access for water supply facilities. <br />400 Jones Ferry Road Equal OpportunitJ~ EmploJ~er Voice (9l9) 968-4421_ <br />PO Box 366 Printed on Recycled Paper FAX (919) 968-4464 <br />Carrboro, NC 27510=0366 rr~rvrr.orrasa.org <br />