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.x di i 11: '31 L 1 J b+ 4 2' '11 LIWN HALL PAGE 0' 3 rn T t allows Piedmont Mine s to stay open and operating, sincp they must shut down in Stage 6. Orange-Alamance must decrease their Eno withdraw! by approximately an additional 300,000 GPD if Stage 6 occurs. It is not Hillsborough's intention to request compesisation for the aforementioned releases at this time, this was an effort made b y the Mayor and Board of Co htii7ssioner to be a good neighbor. Though, due to the exteme cost of the reservoir it is clear that the Hillsborough water customers cannot continue to pay (through very high rates) for a reservoir that is providing substantial • benefits to the Piedmont Minerals and OrangeAlamance systems without gel fair compensation at some point in the future. Otherwise, I illsborou,gh will deplete its reservoir t an accelerated rate to supplement the needs of Orange-Alamanee and Piedmont t de s. In addition, the cost for supplementing# these two other systems l have been aid for by " Hillsborough customer who are heady paying very high rates. SHORT-TERM CREST • Continue co rrd on/pa c with Orange County reganling releases' at the two reservoirs so as to preserve the water storage in the most reasonable and fair e possible during tills crisis. • Continue coordination with Orange County when Hillsborough finds pit needs to decrease the supplement that it's current releases from the West Fork has essentially not been using any of the allocation in which it is entitled to over the three weeks,- adjustments will likely have to occur sometime in the future). • Jointly develop and implement a Fining" system to address the requirements established in Stage 6. • Meet with Piedmont Minerals, Or ge-A1amance, Orange County, and Hillsborough to discuss/plan voile we would all respond if Lake ,, a goes dry(i.e., a worst.case scenario). h M!DJ:tiis1.RANGE INTERESTS: • Updating the Capacity Use Agreement to better amount for the change/impact of the West Fork Reservoir on Lake Orange and its users. • Consider exam in in (and g coordinating where reasonable) specific provisions of each stage of restrntons. • If additional releases are going to be required of the West Fork Reservoir to supplement the withdraw' capabilities of ►range_ ►l mane and Piedmont Iviinensis, then some fair method d, of rebu ,mg the Hillsborough system ust be agree upon.