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OWASA <br /> ORANGE WATER and SEWER AUTHORITY <br /> P.O.Box 366 I Cwboro,North CmWWx 27510 <br /> 919-9684421 <br /> February 3 , 1978 <br /> Mr. Louis Freeland, Jr. <br /> President, Orange County <br /> Firemrzds Association <br /> Route 3 Box 257 <br /> Chapel Hill, NC 27514 <br /> Dear Mr. Freeland: <br /> At our meeting on January 5, 1978 , it was deter- <br /> mined that it would be beneficial to have three fire hyd- <br /> rants located on the emergency water line to Hillsborough <br /> along old Highway 86 for use by the rural fire departments . <br /> The thr e locations specified were : <br /> 1. Near the power line crossing on the north <br /> side of the divide; <br /> 2 . New Hope Road intersection; and, <br /> 3 . Eubanks Road intersection. <br /> Rose, Pridgen & Freemon, Inc. , design engineers <br /> for this project, have investigated the feasibility of <br /> fire by rants at these. locations. It has been determined <br /> that th elevation at the first location near the power <br /> line will not provide an adequate flora of water for the <br /> hydrant The only possibility would be to locate the hyd- <br /> rant at a lower elevation toward Hillsborough and have an <br /> arrange ent whereby water pressure was maintained on this <br /> northern-most section of line year round from the elevated <br /> storage tanks of the Town of Hillsborough. The installa- <br /> tion of a booster station only to serve a single vise hyd- <br /> rant would not be justified. To Make a conclusive deci- <br /> sion on this particular hydrant, additional investigation <br /> will be necessary. <br /> It has been determined that it is feasible to lo- <br /> cate by rants at the other two locations, New Hope Road <br /> and Eub nks Road, and serve these hydrants on a year-round <br /> basis. During periods when this water line is not in opera- <br /> tion to receive water from the Town of Hillsborough, <br />