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NASA has a sound management track record and financial position. It has a comprehensive 15-year Capital Improvements Plan which sets forth 'anticipated water and sewer facilityraf these pnrojects a�under]cons ru�c�'tian and a in sewer e service demands. g and design; therefore, CWASA is approaching a the early stages of planning 9 critical time for making several important decisions relative to ,future facility locations, capacities, scheduling and financing. From CWASA's standpoint, if a County-wide, regional effort is going to be taken the time for implementing such an effort is rapidly approaching. A tentative timetable for coordinating CWASA's present capital improvements program with a proposed County-Wide water authority is attached. CWASA recognizes that CfWASA customers and the general public will benefit from cooperative water resources planning and management and facility . construction efforts, and continues to Chapel5Hil1 efforts. In close cooperation with Orange and Town of Carrbara, the NASA Directors give f consideration to alternative �ng emnt approaches whichwill povide the approaches include contractual public with improved services. Such app agreements for service delivery, technical service agreements, and inclusion of additional jurisdictions in O4ASA. S, umna y , The cooperative development of major water supply-related facilities, as opposed to the construction and operation of of everal smaller works and individual jurisdictions, can take . permit a significant reduction in both capital and operating costs per unit of service provided. Financing is more economical for larger systems. A regional approach could promote improved water treatment, more uate staffing, and better water quality testing. This would permit P with the increasingly stringent provisions of the Safe Drinking water Act and the Clean Water Act. In summary, regional development and :management _ offers the opportunity tc provide better service at lower cost. A County-wide authority has been suggested as a possible approach for improving water supply and treatment planning and management within Orange County. That approach is preferred over other alternatives considered. G4ASA's appropriate level of participation in a larger-scale regional system }' discussion of this issue with the O'TPSA can only be determined by initiating Board of Directors.- This discussion is necessary to assure that C14FSA continues to provide its present and future customers with economical water . and sewer services. 'It will also be necessary for Orange County, Chapel of Hill and Carrboro to further evaluate planningdand managementcefforts local and regional water and sewer on the Joint Planning process. 22