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014 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Aut <br /> Item No. %, <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: SEPTEMBER 16, 1986 <br /> SUBJECT: LONG RANGE WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY COMMITTEE <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> COMMISSIONERS <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth R. <br /> Thompson X501 and/or DON WILLHOIT <br /> X505 <br /> NONE TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider how water supply might be addressed through inter- 1 <br /> governmental agreements, financing and organization. <br /> NEED: In southern Orange the OWASA structure and customer base is of <br /> sufficient size to finance the water supply construction needs <br /> for its service area; however, no single utility--be it <br /> Hillsborough or the Orange Alamance Water Corporation--is <br /> broad based enough to finance the construction of major trans- <br /> mission lines and a new raw water impoundment for central and <br /> northern Orange. By the same token the County has not yet <br /> identified a revenue source to devote to such purpose alone or <br /> in conjunction with the water utilities. A policy of the <br /> Board is, in fact, to preclude the use of general fund revenue <br /> where only a limited portion of the citizenry is to be bene- <br /> fitted. <br /> To avoid an emergency resulting from the depletion of water <br /> reserve new facilities must be built to transfer water from <br /> other jurisdictions during periods of prolonged drought. In <br /> addition, the means must be found to finance a reservoir to <br /> meet current and future growth needs. <br /> Therefore it is proposed that a Long Range Water Management <br /> Strategy Committee be formed to identify alternatives and <br /> develop recommendations. Specifically it is to outline: <br /> Transfers <br /> 1. The water transfer options available to meet projected <br /> demand for the next 2, 4 and 8 year periods <br /> 2 . Sources for such transfers <br /> 3 . Costs associated in terms of one-time construction, and <br /> per 1, 000 gallon purchases <br />