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1 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 7, 1993 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # .IV- <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution to implement water conservation measures for the <br /> Eno River <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Resolution County Engineer, ext. 2300 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: A resolution to implement the provisions of the Orange County <br /> Ordinance dealing with northern Orange County and providing <br /> for water conservation during a water shortage. <br /> BACKGROUND: As of July 1986, the Orange County BOCC enacted a County- <br /> wide water conservation ordinance intended to address <br /> periodic water shortages which had historically affected <br /> the water supply capacity of OWASA, the Town of <br /> Hillsborough and the Orange-Alamance Water System. The <br /> ordinance set forth several tables relating reservoir <br /> water levels, the quantity of remaining raw water supplies <br /> and water conservation measures. The ordinance also set <br /> forth a management plan for the Eno River by tying rates of <br /> instream flow and water withdrawals for Hillsborough, <br /> Orange-Alamance and Piedmont Minerals to the water level <br /> (and remaining storage capacity) at Lake Orange. The <br /> tables were revised effective January 1988 to reflect the <br /> addition of flash boards and additional water storage <br /> capacity at Lake Orange. The Eno management plan portion <br /> of the ordinance was supplanted by the Eno River Capacity <br /> Use Agreement adopted in 1989. As drought and water supply <br /> conditions require, the provisions of the County ' s water <br /> conservation ordinance are both effected and rescinded by <br /> means of a formal resolution by the BOCC. <br /> As of Thursday, September 2 , the water level at Lake Orange <br /> is nineteen inches below the spillway overflow. The water <br /> level is expected to continue dropping thoughout the Labor <br /> Day weekend due to high temperatures and low probability of <br /> rainfall throughout the period. It is anticipated that the <br />