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U14 <br /> Water Resources <br /> 1 . The Board of Commissioners should direct the Orange County <br /> Reservoir Siting Committee to develop a proposal for the <br /> management of the water of the Upper Eno River during drought <br /> conditions . The proposal should include an operational <br /> definition of a drought , a set of rules for allocating available <br /> resources under a range of conditions that may exist during a <br /> drought , and a rule governing the release of water from upstream <br /> reservoirs to maintain appropirate levels of instream flow. That <br /> committee should report its findings to the Commissioners for <br /> review on or before December 31 , 1987 . <br /> Z . The Commissioners should consider the adoption of ordinance <br /> requiring the posting of a performance bond of sufficient size to <br /> provide a reasonable guarantee that private wastewater package <br /> plants will continually satisfy their effluent limits . <br /> 3 . The Commissioners should direct the Health Department to <br /> conduct a sanitary survey of county watersheds in 1987 and repeat <br /> that survey at intervals not exceeding three years . The survey <br /> should identify any activities on the watersheds that pose a risk <br /> to health; either activities that continuously discharge to <br /> streams in those watersheds , activities from which stormwater <br /> runoff could reach the streams , or activities that could <br /> accidentally discharge to streams . Results of that survey should <br /> be made available to purveyors of public water supplies both in <br /> the county and to others who may be affected . <br /> 4 . The Commissioners should authorize and direct the County <br /> Sediment Control Officer to conduct a review of the adequacy of <br /> existing enforcement of the sediment control ordinance , and the <br /> adequacy of present staff resources to manage sediment and <br /> erosion in the county . The sediment control officer should be <br /> directed to deliver a report of its findings and recommendations <br /> to the EAB by December 31 , 1987 . <br /> 5 . The Commissioners should authorize and direct the County EAB <br /> to undertake a study of the options for stormwater mangement . <br /> The study should include a review of policy and practices in <br /> neighboring communities and states . The LAB should be directed <br /> to deliver a report on its findings and recommendations to the <br /> Commissioners no later than May 1 , 1988 . <br /> 3 <br />