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002 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date December 1, 1987 <br /> Action A e da <br /> Item # .r <br /> SUBJECT: REPORT OF THE LONG RANGE WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY COMMITTEE <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Final Report of the Long Range Brad Torgan <br /> Water Management Strategy <br /> Committee (under separate cover) John Hartwell, Board of County <br /> Commissioners <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive the Final Report of the Long Range Water <br /> Management Strategy Committee. <br /> BACKGROUND: In the response to worsening water supply problems in Orange <br /> County, the Board, in early 1987, created the Long Range Water <br /> Management Strategy Committee. The Committee, chaired by Dr. John <br /> Hartwell of the Board of County Commissioners, was charged with <br /> reviewing and recommending strategies for the long term <br /> management of Orange County's water supplies. <br /> The Committee first looked at transfer options, reviewing current <br /> actions by Orange County's three water providers. Discussion then <br /> turned to what is the focus the Committee 's final report, the <br /> creation of a system best able to supply and equitably manage the <br /> long term water needs of Orange County and the best means by <br /> which to implement such a system. <br /> Members of the Committee and support staff will present the <br /> report's findings and recommendations. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: 1) To accept, in principle, the report. <br /> 2) To discuss the specific recommendations in further detail <br /> at the Commissioners' December 5, 1987, work session. <br />