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07c MEMORANDUM TO: ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD ORANGE COUNTY MANAGER FROM: MARV'IN COLLINS, PLANNING DIRECTOR DATE: JANUARY 6 , 1986 SUBJECT: SCOTSWOOD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT — WATER SUPPLY CONCERNS At the November 25, 1985 public hearing , a 30—day continuation of the public hearing on the Scotswood development was requested Ito allow Planning Staff an opportunity to review the County Manager ' s report to the Commissioners regarding raw water availability in northern Orange County . Since then , the County Manager has presented a proposed five—point policy statement to address raw water needs in northern Orange County . Planning Staff comments relative to the Scotswood development and raw water availability, including the proposed policy statement , are listed below. 1 . The statement of purpose in the policy statement recognizes that the water resource of Lake Orange must be managed to provide optimum public benefit , subject to reasonable regulation to conserve the resource and provide conditions conducive to development and use of the water. 2. The policy statement recognizes that the usage of water released from Lake Orange is at or near capacity during periods of extended Low stream flow in the Eno River . 3 . The policy statement calls for the Orange—Alamance, OWASA and Hillsborough water systems to seek water from other providers during periods when water must be released from Lake Orange to maintain in—stream flow requirements in the Eno and the water level in Lake Orange has dropped to the emergency stage . 4. The policy statement calls for the initial safe yield for water supply to be set at 2.2 MGD, the current safe yield lof Lake Orange . As soon as proposed improvements are made to Lake Orange , Lake Ben Johnson and Corporation