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Fc'e,:`-j <br /> (Page 2 . 3-4 ) <br /> Town of Hillsborough <br /> The Town of Hillsborough has a municipally-owned water system. The <br /> Town has identified a future utility service area that extends <br /> south and east of the current Town and ExtraTerriorial Jurisdiction <br /> (ETJ) . Currently, service is provided to most areas within the city <br /> limits and ETJ, and additional portions of Hillsborough and Eno <br /> Townships to the south and east of town. The system in 1986 served <br /> 8 , 800 persons_ through 3,400 meters, an increase of 2,800 persons <br /> and 1, 200 meters from 1980 service levels. Water consumption within <br /> the Hillsborough water service area averaged 1.43 mgd in 1986 . <br /> Hillsborough' s primary source of raw water is currently Lake Ben <br /> Johnson on the Eno River. The impoundment has a 20 year safe yield <br /> of 0 .43 mgd. Available supply is affected by withdrawals upstream <br /> at Corporation Lake, although limited diversions can be made around <br /> Corporation Lake from Lake Orange, further upstream. Under optimal <br /> conditions 2 .5 mgd can be diverted from Lake Orange to Lake Ben <br /> Johnson. The Orange County Water Conservation Ordinance, however, <br /> allocates 1. 8 mgd to Hillsborough from Lake Orange when the lake is <br /> at its normal level. This allocation from Lake Orange drops to <br /> 0 . 80 mgd when the lake reaches a crisis level. Lake Orange, which <br /> can provide 2 . 62 mgd, is owned and controlled by Orange County. <br /> Hillsborough is connected to OWASA via a 16" pipeline, while a 6" <br /> pipeline connects Hillsborough with Orange-Alamance Water System. <br /> A bond referendum passed in 1987 gave the town authority to <br /> construct an additional connection with Durham, <DELETED>although <br /> this pipeline has not yet been pursued. <DELETED>, c ' > 1>9 1 t e <br /> :e ; �tf..:�:: the:`:: t:. ::� o `:>Du .. <br /> ::;<; ...::::.:.................:::::::::::,� : .::.:. :.:�`.. ::.:... . ....... �44m: iiic<::>4:.:: .igetett > Jordan hake may <br /> provide Hi lsboroug with' `up to 5 . mgd at some point during the <br /> next twenty years. In 1988, the town filed a request with the North <br /> Carolina Division of Water Resources for a Level II allocation of <br /> 6 . 0 mgd from the 100 mgd available from Jordan Lake for public <br /> water supplies. The request was filed as part of an application <br /> submitted jointly with other jurisdictions and agencies in Orange <br /> and Chatham Counties. The Town received a future allocation of 5 .5 <br /> mgd. Plans _for treatment and transmission of any allocation from <br /> Jordan Lake from Hillsborough have not yet been developed. <br /> Demand and deficit projections are displayed in Figure 2-3 . They <br /> indicate that Lake Ben Johnson is severely inadequate when <br /> considered as a sole source of supply. Even with a full allocation <br /> from Lake Orange under the Orange County Water Conservation <br /> Ordinance the Hillsborough system will face a demand deficit by the <br /> year 2000, and possibly before. <br /> Ugir4989413he Town of Hillsborough identified a preferred future <br /> source of water as a new impoundment on Seven-Mile Creek, which uld <br /> also serve other County residents in central Orange as well . <br /> <DELETED>At this time, discussions are underway between the County <br /> and the Town regarding the construction, management and allocation <br />