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Orange County water supply reservoir water levels Available information as of 3:00 PM, Thursday, November 1, 2007: Lake Orange • Water level is at 84" below full. Water storage capacity remaining is approximately 42.1 % {135 million gallons} Approximately 75 days of water supply remaining {at Capacity Use specified release rate}. We are currently releasing less than the Capacity Use specified rate, due to Hillsborough's extra release and the drastic reduction in withdrawals by grange-Alamance and Piedmont Minerals. We are currently in Stage 4 of the Eno River Capacity Use Agreement. Stage 5 is triggered once the Lake drops to 89" below full. West Fark Reservoir ias of October 25, 20071 • Water level is at 62" below full. • Water storage capacity remaining is approximately 67.6%. • Approximately 220 days of water supply are remaining {assuming Town's current daily demand and releases far streamflow augmentation) • Hillsborough is currently releasing approximately 1.3 million gallons per day mare than they are required. This excess amount meets most, if not all, of their current average daily demand. • Hillsborough has asked for Voluntary Conservation from all of its customers. OWASA Reservoirs • Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is 126.75" below full • Water level at University Lake is 82.5" below full • Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 50.0% • Approximafety 219 days of water supply retraining (at current average weekly demand) • OWASA is currently in Stage 2 of its Wafer Conservation Ordinance. National Weather Service/NOAA Regional Precipitation data (inches above [+] or below [-] normal) RDU -6.16" since January 1 -0.56" since September 1 11~Ziscellaneous notes Piedmont-Triad -9.68" since January 1 -0.08" since September 1 * The NC Drought Management Advisory Council drought map, dated June 19, 2007, shows the majority of Orange County to be in the area characterized as "severe drought" in terms of drought conditions. * grange-Alamance has asked for Voluntary Conservation from all of its customers.