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014 <br /> water to set rules to govern water allocation during drought <br /> periods; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County has developed conservation rules and an allocation <br /> plan based upon monthly raw water withdrawal records, modeling of <br /> streamflow conditions as have existed over a 40 <br /> year period by <br /> the North Carolina Division of Water Resources, and calculation <br /> of the 7-day 10 year low flow at Lake Ben Johnson. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, pursuant <br /> to North Carolina General Statutes Section 153A-121, ORDAINS: <br /> ARTICLE 1. Water Shorta•e and Withdrawal Conservation Restrictions. <br /> A. While water is flowing over the Lake Orange spillway normal con- <br /> ditions will be deemed to exist with no withdrawal or conserva- <br /> tion restrictions to be enforced. <br /> A water shortage shall be declared to exist with respect to Lake <br /> Orange, whenever the level of Lake Orange reaches the second of <br /> seven stages shown on Table 1, or whenever emergencies develop <br /> such that citizens cannot be supplied with water to protect their <br /> health, safety and welfare without curtailing the water demand. <br /> Conservation measures and a limit on withdrawals shall be insti- <br /> tuted upon reaching the alert stage and made more restrictive <br /> through successive stages of drought in an effort to prolong the <br /> availability of water. Each public water user must make allow- <br /> ance to pass below its intake facilities the prescribed minimum <br /> flow established for its service area plus the proportionate <br /> share of other water users' share plus instream flow need cal- <br /> culated for the Eno River below Lake Ben Johnson. <br /> Water withdrawal rates for public water users and instream flow <br /> releases shall be instituted in the amounts and per the condi- <br />