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<br />Orange County water supply reservoir water levels <br />Available information as of 2:00 PM, Thursday, April 19, 2007 <br />Lake Oran6e <br />• Water level full and spilling. <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 100% (475 million gallons) <br />• Approximately 141 days of water supply remaining (at Capacity Use specified release rate) <br />• Current Eno River flow at the Hillsborough gage is averaging approximately 70 cfs {45 million <br />gallons per day). <br />• There are no Eno River Capacity Use Restrictions in effect at this time. <br />~~t~est Fork Reservoir <br />• Water level is frill and spilling <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 100% <br />• In excess of 300 days of water supply remaining (assuming Town's current daily demand and <br />releases for streamflow augmentation) <br />OVVASA Reservoirs <br />• Water level at Cane Creek Resei-~~oir is full and spilling <br />• Water level at University Lake is full and spilling <br />• Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 100% <br />• Approximately 415 days of water supply remaining (at current 7-day average daily demand [8.1 <br />million gallons per day]) <br />National ~~~'eather Sei-~rice/NOAA Regional Preciuitation data <br />(viches above f+l or beloFV 1-1 noi~nal) <br />RDU Piedmont-Triad <br />+1.91" since April 1, 2007 +2.60" since April 1, 2007 <br />-1.14" since Jan. l~ 2007 +0.72" since Jan. 1. 2007 <br />Miscellaneous notes <br />The NC Drought Management Advisory Council drought map, updated April 17, 2007, shoti~~s Orange <br />County to be in the area characterized as "normal" in terms of drought conditions. The portion of the state <br />«~~est of ~~~inston-Salem is classified as either "abnormally dry" or "moderate drought".. <br />