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07S Town of Eillsbor Mayor Town Clerk Frank H. Sheffield, Jr. Agatha Johnson HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 Supt. Water Works Commissioners James Pendergraph Myron L. Martin Horace H. Johnson Street Supt. .10-roar, Allen A. Lloyd * L.D. Wagoner 464 v,_ Remus J. Smith Chief of Police Rachel H. Stevens 16-r Arnold W. Hamlett Fire Chici • milir,;■ 4, John Forrest ■W.7+ Septber 15, 1986 Prange County Board of C.1.1. ssioners Orange County Courthouse 106 E. Margaret Lane Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 Dear Board of C.euissioners: The summer of 1986 has been difficult for the many thousands of Orange County residents who depend on public water supply. They have lived under mandatory water use restrictions, and they have lived under the threat of no water at all being available. If there is one lesson to be learn-. , it is the need for preparedness: the need to take steps now to avoid unnecessary water emergencies. In this spirit of preparation for the immediate future we come before you now and request action to put in place the simplist and least expensive method of making a large additional amount of water available for the people of Orange County. We ask you to take the necessary steps to raise the level of Lake Orange by two feet by the installation of flashboards. This will in- crease the capacity of the Lake by 104 million gallons, which is a 24 percent - increase. While we recognize that raising the level of Lake Or. .ge is not the solution to our long-term problem, no other solution for what we may face next year comes even close to this in terms of cost/benefit and ease of As a separate matter, we fully support and urge planning and action on construction of a large new water impoune.,ene to meet future needs. This needs to be started soon vigorously pursued. But the new water impound- ment will do nothing for us in the next few years. It simply takes time now-a-days to create a new lake. To meet the ..ediate need to be ready for another potential dry year in 1987, we respectfully request a decision to proceed immediately with the addition of two feet of flashboards on Lake Orange.