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Fear and the Upper Reuse, serving the US 70 corridor west <br /> from Efland, the Mebane area and several rural communities in <br /> eastern Alamance County.. A small portion of Cedar Grove <br /> Township is also served with water by the system. <br /> Approximately one-third of OAWS customers are in Orange <br /> County, with a slightly smaller proportion in the Upper Meuse <br /> drainage basin. Industrial use accounts for about 20% of <br /> total usage in the system. The three major industrial users - <br /> GKM, Honda, and Dayco -are located in Alamance County. <br /> The primary raw water source for OAWS is Corporation Lake, <br /> and impoundment on the Eno River just north of US70, which <br /> has a 20 year safe yield of 0.7 mgd'. The rate of <br /> sedimentation is such, though, that 35% of its storage <br /> capacity has been lost since the dam's construction in 1969. <br /> At that rate of sedimentation, Corporation Lake would be <br /> completely filled by the year 2025, with a resulting yield of <br /> zero. The Orange County Water Conservation Ordinance, <br /> effective January 1988, allocates 0.80 to OAWS from Lake <br /> Orange when the lake is at its normal level. This allocation <br /> drops to 0.32 mgd when Lake orange reaches crisis level. <br /> OAWS has interconnections on the east with Hillsborough and <br /> on the west with the Graham-Mebane water system. <br /> Graham-Mebane is, in turn, connected to the City of <br /> Burlington. <br /> Between 1980 and 1986, raw water pumped from OAWS increased <br /> by 505, from 0.42 mgd to 0.63 mgd. Population served during <br /> that time increased from 4,800 to 6,150. Projected water <br /> demand and deficits are shown in Figure 2.4. The figures <br /> show that the system is rapidly reaching capacity when <br /> Corporation Lake is considered as a sole source. Even with a <br /> full allocation from Lake Orange, under the Orange County <br /> Water Conservation Ordinance, OAWS faces a system-wide demand . <br /> deficit by 1995. <br /> Potential Water Supply Sources for Orange County <br /> With the completion of Cane Creek Reservoir in Bingham <br /> Township, OWASA should have adequate supplies of water <br /> through the twenty year plan period. The two water suppliers <br /> in central Orange County are in a less enviable position. As <br /> growth trends and the drought of the mid 1980's clearly needs <br /> showed, Hillsborough and OAWS have serious water supply <br /> that are both short and long term. <br /> Twenty-eight potential reservoir sites were identified in <br /> 2.3 text 5 <br />