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<br />Orange County water supply reservoir water levels <br />Available information as of 2:00 PM, Thursday, May 10, 2007 <br />Lake Orange <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 16 cfs { 10.3 million <br />gallons per day), which is well below the median flow for this time of year.. <br />• There are no Eno River Capacity Use Restrictions in effect at this time. <br />1~'est Fork Reservoir <br />• t~'ater level is full and spilling <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 100% <br />• In excess of 300 days of ~~ ater supply remaining (assuming Town's current daily demand and <br />releases for streamflo~j~ augmentation) <br />O~VAS A Reservoirs <br />• Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is full <br />• Water level at University Lake is 11.25" below full <br />• Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 98.6% <br />• Approximately 337 days of water supply remaining (at current 7-day average daily demand [9.8 <br />million gallons per day]) <br />National VS~eather Service/NOAA Regional Precipitation data <br />(niches above f+l or below 1-1 normal) <br />RDU <br />-0.59" since May 1, 2007 <br />Miscellaneous notes <br />Piedmont-T clad <br />-0.73" since May 1, 2007 <br />The NC Drought Management Advisory Council drought map, updated May 8, 2007, shows Orange County <br />to be in the area characterized as "abnormally dry" in terms of drought conditions. The portion of the state <br />-•est of Winston-Salem is classified as either "moderate or severe drought". <br />