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<br />Qrange County Water Supple Rese~°voir Water Le~~els <br />Available information as of 11:00 A141, Thursday, April 27, 2006 <br />Lake Orange <br />• Water level is at the point «~here it is freely spilling (full) over the spilh~~ay. <br />• t~'ater storage capacity remaining is 100°l0 (475 million gallons) <br />• Current Eno River flow at the Hillsborough gage is approximately 90 cfs (58 million gallons per <br />day ). <br />• Eno flow levels, which have averaged well above the 10 cfs flow that triggers Capacity Use <br />restrictions for the last six days, are also averaging at or well above historical median «~ater flows <br />(approximately 40 to 50 cfs for this time of year) as a consequence of recent thunderstorni and <br />rainfall conditions. <br />• There are no Eno River Capacity Use Restrictions in effect at this moment, and it now appears <br />unlikely that instream flow conditions that would initiate restrictions will be seen within the next two <br />weeks. <br />V~~est Fork Reservoir <br />• Water level is at full capacity <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 100% <br />O~'t~aSA Reservoirs <br />• Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is 22.3" Belo«-• full <br />• Water level at University Lake is 18.3" below full <br />• Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 90.1% <br />• Approximately 33(I days of water supply remaining (at yearly average daily demand (9. f1 million <br />gallons per days} <br />National Weather Service/NOaa Regional Precipitation data (inches above [+] or below [-] normal) <br />RDU <br />-6.34" for 2005 <br />-5.11" since January 1, 2006 <br />-1.34" since 1Vlarch 1, 2006 <br />+1.44" since April 1, 2006 <br />11~Ziscellaneous notes <br />Piedmont-Tizad <br />-9.94" for 2005 <br />-6.80" since January 1, 2006 <br />-4.08" since 1Vlarch 1, 2006 <br />-1.18" since April 1, 2006 <br />1. Approximately 10 days ago, it appeared that lot~~• floe-• conditions (7 consecutive days where daily <br />flow averages below 10 cfs) were going to initiate Capacity Use withdrawal restrictions and notices <br />to that effect were sent out. However, the USGS recalibrated the Eno gage and adjusted flow levels <br />upward going back for two or more weeks. This negated the perceived low flow conditions and <br />restrictions were rescinded. <br />2. grange County is within the area that remains under the "severe drought "condition designation as <br />per the NC Drought Management Advisory Council (as of 4,18/2006). <br />